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Why the Union Budget No Longer Excites — and What That Says About India’s Investment Malaise

For decades, the Union Budget was one of the most anticipated political and economic events in India’s calendar. This year, ahead of the February 1 presentation, the “Press...

January 13, 2026

Why Winter Fog Brings India’s Trains and Flights to a Crawl — and How Technology Tries to Cope

Every winter, dense fog becomes an unavoidable disruptor of India’s transport networks. From grounded flights to trains running hours behind schedule, low visibility — especially across northern India...

January 13, 2026

Why Sweden’s HPV Vaccine Findings Matter for India’s Fight Against Cervical Cancer

As India weighs a nationwide, school-based HPV vaccination programme, fresh evidence from Sweden adds urgency — and optimism — to the debate. A large population-based study has shown...

January 13, 2026

Global Growth After 2025: Resilient, Reallocated — and Still Fragile

Against expectations of a hard landing, the global economy surprised in 2025 by holding together. Growth endured despite wars, supply-chain rewiring, and sharp monetary pivots. The real question...

January 13, 2026

Rethinking Entrepreneurship at 35: Why India Needs a New Economic Mindset After 1991

January, named after the Roman god Janus who looks both backward and forward, is an apt moment to reflect on India’s economic journey. As the country marks 35...

January 13, 2026

How Technology Is Rewiring India’s Supply Chains — And Why Logistics Is at the Core

Technology has emerged as the most powerful force reshaping modern economies. From healthcare and education to manufacturing and retail, digital solutions are redefining how value is created, delivered,...

January 13, 2026

Why the Sea Matters: Rethinking India’s Maritime Destiny Through History and Strategy

India’s civilisational story has been shaped as much by water as by land. While the Himalayas defined its northern frontiers and filtered waves of invasions, the Indian Ocean...

January 13, 2026

Rethinking the Age of Consent: Why the Supreme Court’s POCSO Remarks Have Reignited a Long-Running Debate

The Supreme Court’s January 10 judgment in “State of Uttar Pradesh versus Anurudh & Anr.” has once again pushed the question of India’s age of consent into the...

January 13, 2026

2025: A Testing Year for the Quad in a Turbulent Indo-Pacific

The year 2025 proved to be an inflection point for global geopolitics, marked by leadership changes, policy churn, and sharpening great-power rivalry. Nowhere was this more visible than...

January 13, 2026

What is Pax Silica, the US-led AI and semiconductor supply chain bloc India will be invited to join

India is set to be invited to join Pax Silica, a US-led strategic initiative aimed at securing global supply chains for artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors. The announcement,...

January 13, 2026

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