Global trade has been sluggish in recent months, but it remains to be seen if the trend persists
The sudden decline in oil prices has set a shock wave across asset class. Unless oil prices stabalise, equity markets will remain volatile.
The current RBI-government relationship was the result of a broad intellectual consensus that was based on evidence in the Indian context and defied easy ideological classification
After the second wave of the #MeToo movement in India, there are both positive and negative signs. The positive one is that the initial shock and awe have led to some acknowledgement of the dark underbelly of the world of work.
Paris has many things going for it. The city is an administrative capital, hosts the central bank, has a tradition of financial activity, is centrally located and is the headquarters of multinational companies and policy making
Counterintuitively for a sector that is so heavily dominated by regulatory agencies, the road to reform goes through Parliament
The owner’s decision to exit seems to be a mixture of personal and business reasons. But the regulatory risks in the business have played a bigger role in the decision, for certain.
Bharatmala, UDAN and NABH will bring about seminal changes in infrastructure sector
The government’s intentions may be that consumers should benefit from rate cuts but the anti-profiteering provisions are a harsh weapon to deploy
The main focus of a large number of Indian companies investing in the UK has been primarily the British market. Still, some of them have been using Britain as a gateway to Europe. A few may need to relocate their businesses.
It’s well-known that farm loan waivers are nothing more than vote winning gimmicks and end up hurting the interests of farmers over the long term
Markets are worried Fed Chairman Jerome Powell may withdraw the drug that propelled them to new highs.
The emergence of ‘big data society’ and its predictive regime of truth based on obscure processes seem to be inadequately regulated by the existing data protection law.
Despite Donald Trump and India’s coming elections, barring unforeseen developments, no one is likely to rock the ties between India and the US
Stable FDI inflows to India, too, could slow down over the first half of 2019, as investors await greater clarity on policy direction
Development states are able to rise above powerful sectional and vested interests. Unfortunately in India, governments have, time and again, meekly surrendered to populist pressures.
The rate cuts are likely to fall short of the Street’s expectations, as rates on goods such as cement and some auto parts that were in the highest 28 percent slab were not reduced.
Therefore, investors who track tax rates and their impact on sectors should continue to watch out for decisions on rates around the time the budget is presented
Swiggy has competition from other food delivery companies and even ride-hailing companies Uber and Ola have entered the market.
Farm loan waivers represent bad economics, bad banking and promote the wrong type of social values. They end up hurting farmers
29A has yielded multiple costs and limited benefits
To set better privacy standards, and achieve 'data democracy', Indian leaders will have to acquire real insights, and technological vision, in taming foreign data mercenaries, and in stopping an indigenous one from emerging
As India gets digitised, there is an urgent need for it to be made digitally safe as well. In this regard, some of the developments in 2018 need to be analysed and modified in 2019
Emma Walmsley has taken bold and sensible steps, reshaping GSK to face up to a changed business environment.
ONGC Videsh's listing will give investors an opportunity to play a fast growing international oil exploration and production company, a much better play than its parent ONGC
