BOOKS
Book Review | A framework to make sense of our bewildering era
There’s an unprecedented shift in geopolitics, technology and balance of power in the backdrop of a looming climate shock. All of them are happening at the same time. It’s a book that takes the reader through the forces of transition and provides the means to connect dots.
BUDGET
Transport and defence investment drive record capital expenditure
Financial year 2025-26 is expected to see government’s capital expenditure touch a record high of Rs 11.21 lakh crore
BUDGET
Budget puts an additional Rs 1 lakh crore in the hands of consumers
A major boost for consumption will also come from indirect tax changes, notably from lowering of basic customs duties of mobile phone inputs.
BUSINESS
Food for thought in GST
Multiplicity of rates for popcorn is not unusual. That’s pretty much the case with some other popular food-related items. It’s a reminder that the intentions that undergirded GST’s introduction are nowhere close to being realized. A multiplicity of tax rates and many political constituencies to be catered to are limiting the potential of what was India’s most important tax reform.
WORLD
Sinwar’s death marks an end of a phase of conflict and probably the beginning of another
Israel-Palestine conflict is driven by three interrelated factors — demographics, statelessness and a deep-seated sense of historical grievance. Deaths, natural or otherwise, have not led to peace, nor have they insulated Israel’s neighbours like Lebanon and Jordan from being destabilised by the conflict’s fallout
