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Making highways EV friendly: Strengthening the e-mobility ecosystem in India

India has a lot to gain from the widespread adoption of e-mobility

Repositioning the objectives of financial inclusion in India

The pathways from inclusion to welfare, in particular, remain largely unknown

India’s Afghan policy, a tricky affair

With the Taliban not changing their stripes, India is working closely with Afghanistan’s western neighbours in devising policy

The agri-tech network effect is transforming India’s rural ecosystem, one smallholder farmer at a time

There’s a great opportunity to connect these farmers to an integrated value chain, unlock their potential and realise tremendous financial

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Geopolitics Why India and Russia are moving closer

Both are wary of the new aggressive China. Also, for India, the Quad has not delivered all the hoped-for benefits

Financial inclusion – the road ahead

Democratisation of credit and financialisation of savings are critical for a financially inclusive India

The Opposition needs an ‘ism’

In the run-up to the 2019 polls, the Opposition parties need to go beyond a mere anti-Modi stance and forge a social alliance

Dhaka treading a thin line on Rohingyas

In its attempt to rehabilitate the refugees, Bangladesh is keen not to derail its own economy, which is on an uptrend

India Inc: Desperately seeking consumption

Inflation and downtrading are the two bugbears haunting companies that depend upon consumer spending for growth - will they be able to tide over this

Hybrid is the future of work

Seventy three per cent of office space occupiers in India are evaluating hybrid working arrangements going forward, finds real estate consultancy C

VUCA in a phygital world

Companies and managers must embrace versatility, agility and discomfort to progress

Rupee could advance further

But watch out for RBI policy decisions this week

Shree Cement Q1 FY23 weighed down by cost pressures

The topline growth did not carry through to the bottomline, similar to UltraTech and ACC

Are these private sector banks out of the woods?

Once the market favourites, these banks were in immense pain during the pandemic years. Here’s an analysis on what caused the pain and their road to

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up