PM Modi interview to Moneycontrol highlights the climate challenges before G20 nations
PM Modi’s remarks on the world’s climate challenges cast a responsibility on G20 nations to take forward the spirit of constructive environmental leadership that India displayed during its G20 Presidency and evolve a leadership role in climate mitigation.
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Indian market infrastructure will be the best in the world
In this edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: Bear -- the new monster in town, India a preferred investment destination, SEBI’s proposals not equipped to rein in finfluencers, India looks ready to take on larger global role, and more
What a calculator can tell you about ChatGPT
Come test time, earlier generations that snapped up study guides and calculators discovered that it would be difficult to write a good paper or understand where they went wrong on a math problem. Educators, rest assured: The same will likely happen with ChatGPT
Barclays has much at stake in the fintech future
Spending what is required to compete in payments will hold back profits today in exchange for a potentially bigger prize in future. Getting in a partner with deep pockets and tech knowhow could make the UK bank smarter and faster, but sacrifice a share of future earnings
How digital cash got caught up in the culture wars
Plans for central bank digital currencies are gaining momentum around the world — and so are conspiracy theories
China’s demand dilemma could spell trouble for the world
The other G20 countries should signal consensus against Beijing running a big surplus
Vedanta Resources gets key reprieve with the return of Konkola Copper Mines
The Zambian asset’s return comes at a time when the company’s debt woes are affecting its credit ratings
One Nation One Election: 2019’s limited simultaneous polls suggest traction for regional over national
Four states that had simultaneous Lok Sabha-assembly polls in 2019 gave the upper hand even in Lok Sabha to the party that won the assembly. While BJP’s LS vote share had a minor uptick in these four states, simultaneous polls arguably helped regional parties send more MPs. Even if BJP has fears about upcoming state polls, lumping them with LS polls could be counterproductive
Cipla’s stake change: different scenarios for the investor
Though Cipla will be too big to swallow for any Indian pharmaceutical player, either a combination with a private equity company or a plain private equity buyout is possible. The two options have different ramifications for investors.
Chart of the Day: Smaller companies’ contribution to mcap near a two-decade high
While the Nifty50 index has given a return of six percent this year, Mid-cap 100 has posted 24 percent gains, and the Small-cap index gave 26 percent.
Space Race: Hyundai, Mitsubishi are working on a moonshot
As governments, coupled with research organisations and commercial clients, find the cash to make lunar missions happen and some like India do it on a shoestring budget, we face the very real prospect of moonshots becoming a truly global venture. That alone is an achievement worth celebrating
Summer’s end is ushering in a recessionary chill in the US
Gross Domestic Income, which was buoyant in 2022, has recorded two successive negative quarters now. GDI is now an all-time-high $379 billion less than GDP on an annualised basis. This is concerning because GDI is the more reliable recession predictor than GDP
Bangladesh: India owes microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus too much to watch his persecution silently
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina will be in India to attend the G20 summit and it is an opportunity for us to join many notable global thought leaders in urging a halt to the harassment of Yunus, who helped or inspired so many of India’s microfinance institutions take the first steps on the long road to success
SEBI’s proposals to rein in finfluencers fall far short of the goal
Legal workarounds around the proposals in Sebi’s consultation paper can defeat the main purpose of protecting small investors
India could become a medical devices powerhouse
The Indian medical device industry is at an inflection point and the current policy could trigger the next phase of its growth
There is a new monster in town, and it's called a Bear
It will be foolhardy to bet that markets will always be north bound, especially as global instability intensifies due to accelerating interactions between an increasing number of variables and imponderables, something that economic historian Adam Tooze calls a “polycrisis”
India gets a thumbs up from rich countries, but China does better in Global South
Pew Research surveys show that while India is viewed far more favourably than China in the rich nations—the US, UK, France, Germany and the like —the developing countries have a more favourable attitude towards China. In South Africa, for example, only 28 percent have a favourable view of India, while 49 percent like China
PM Modi's interview signals India ready to take on larger global role
The prime minister’s interview with Moneycontrol lays bare his thinking not just on India’s current G20 presidency, but also his vision of India and what our nation has to offer the world.
Panel evaluating One Nation, One Election proposal shouldn’t be guided by political calculations
The One Nation, One Election concept seeks to address the huge costs in terms of finances, administrative effort and policy disruption caused by frequent elections. But issues like a state or central government losing its majority midway through its term need to be studied by Parliament threadbare
Erdogan’s Putin meeting was more about damage control than grain
Turkey’s strongman is stuck in a loveless triangle with Russia and NATO
Chips, Silk and Paper: You can’t keep secrets forever
The Huawei semiconductor breakthrough is just part of a long history of the spread — or theft — of what we now call intellectual property
Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Are Chinese imports a threat to Indian steelmakers?
In this edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: BHEL could rise again like a phoenix, retail traders are making hay, PMI indicates strong GDP growth in Q2, kiranawalas regain their form, and more
G20: India can use leadership to focus attention on problems facing agriculture
With agriculture's pivotal role in the economies of the Global South and their heightened sensitivity to food prices, it is imperative to address these challenges comprehensively
Big government is back. How will we pay for it?
Countries are spending heavily on defence, welfare and the green transition. With debt levels already high, taxes look certain to rise
G20: India’s women-led development focus is a good attack on the ‘wicked’ gender gap
India’s revolutionary leaps in financial inclusion has led it to the paradigm of women-led development, which can become the defining mantra of this age. G20 must pick up the baton and keep pushing women-led development, where women aren’t just beneficiaries of development but are setting the agenda, as leaders and equal participants
