Legal Matters | Speeding delivery of justice through artificial intelligence
Judicial pendency is one of the biggest problems in India with over 35 million cases pending in courts. Speedy justice is indispensable for the efficacy of the law, and for that modern tech, such as AI, can help.
Politics | How political parties are reacting to CAA protests in Tamil Nadu
In Tamil Nadu, the Sri Lankan Tamil issue is not the vote catcher it was once perceived to be, and so a strong push on this is missing.
How good MFIs are leaving public sector banks far behind
This group of lenders have learnt how to make most of the opportunity at the bottom of the pyramid
Why did the monetary policy doves stop cooing?
MPC minutes show concerns on rising inflation expectations, fiscal slippage
Policy | More than CAA, focus must be on economy and unemployment
The real threat for India may not be from stepped up flow of refugees from across the borders, but from the spiking levels of youth unemployment.
GST Council is right not to hike rates. Here’s a to-do list
A blueprint for better tax compliance, simpler procedure and a higher tax base will do a world of good
NCLAT ruling on Tatas: A lesson on corporate governance retold!
Post judgment, once can safely assume that the issues at hand are largely procedural
Politics | Impeachment will further embolden Donald Trump
A hyper partisan impeachment process is likely to further polarise an already divided American polity where the middle ground seems to have completely disappeared.
India’s increased weight in MSCI index has nothing to do with economic fundamentals
The increase in weight has been made possible because of a change incorporated by the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget
NCLAT order in favour of Mistry brings uncertainty back in the Tata stable
The NCLAT order could divert management attention from more pressing issues at Tata group listed companies
From Bitcoin to Saga: The four waves of digital currencies
Both Bitcoin and Libra took shape to challenge governments, but Saga wants to work with them
Politics | With the Rajapaksas back in power in Sri Lanka, how will the China factor play out?
The recent developments in Sri Lanka imply that South Asia is turning into another theatre of US-China rivalry and attenuation in India’s pre-eminent position in the region.
Book Review | How the elephant can learn to dance with the dragon
Policy | The good and bad of the Data Protection Bill
There can be simply no scenario in which allowing the government to intercept, access, and process personal data without strict safeguards can be good for a democracy.
HUL and Unilever should put margins on a diet to revive sales growth| Corporate Corridor
HUL’s margins have risen by 8 percentage points in three years, after Unilever set a global operating margin target of 20percent
Chart of the Day | Did the recovery in the global economy continue in December?
The PMIs show a divergence between the US and the other economies, but that has been around for quite some time.
What Xi Jinping really thinks about economics
The key message: While China, as well as other developing nations, must learn and seek help from economic theories that originate in the West, these theories must be adapted to specific national conditions.
Trade | Will WTO be the first casualty of rising nationalism?
With the rise in nationalism and the narrowly-focussed transactional approaches, multilateralism is facing severe challenges at all levels across different institutions.
Madrid talks create a climate of uncertainty
India must take the lead in forging a global consensus to make meaningful progress on environmental issues
Politics | BJP on the back foot in Maharashtra
In just over a month the BJP has gone from being the strongest party in Maharashtra to becoming the most vulnerable and as electorally weak as the others.
US-China trade war. Where do we go from here?
The best solution to the trade war is implementation of structural reforms by the Chinese economy that allows it to move away from its infamous exploitative trade practices.
Arvind Subramanian and India’s Four Balance Sheet problem
Arvind Subramanian’s latest Harvard University paper says the Indian economy is trapped in a vicious circle, as stress in the corporate and financial sectors are feeding on each other, driving the economy downwards
Five reasons why SEBI’s latest diktat is against retail investors
From January, retail investors will have to maintain deposit money with their stockbrokers to buy or sell shares
Citizenship Act | Lessons to learn from BJP’s floor management in Parliament
The Citizenship Amendment Bill being passed in Parliament, especially in the Rajya Sabha, is a good case study to understand how deftly Amit Shah and the BJP won over the support of not just its allies but also regional parties opposing it.
