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Daft RDI Scheme: Innovation Needs Risk Capital, Not Moneylenders
India's ₹1-trillion RDI scheme for R&D sounds bold, but it's built on distributing loans, not risk capital, and on the wisdom of wizened bureaucrats to…
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T K Arun
Vietnam’s US Trade Deal A Cautionary Tale For Indian Negotiators
Meanwhile, as China forges ahead in artificial intelligence and robotics, India is stuck with half-baked R&D schemes
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The Message From Migrating Millionaires
Millionaires are on the move, seeking better taxes, freedom, and living standards. What does this mass migration mean for countries like India, and how…
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June 2025

English must be made ubiquitous, not shunned, for it shed its halo of power and privilege
Indian languages can evolve and acquire complexity only with widespread proficiency in English
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NATO's move to more than double defence spending threat as well as opportunity for India
India's defence imports will turn pricy, as every country tries to acquire the same high-tech weaponry -- it makes sense for India to go big on defence…
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A mute leader of the Global South when Imperialism strikes?
It is in India's self-interest to take a principled stand on the genocide in Gaza and the attack on Iran
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The many casualties of the US attack on Iran
The relevance of the G7 and BRICS figures among the list, but not Iranian nuclear capability as yet
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Yoga and faux yoga on International Yoga Day
Most people who do yoga probably delude themselves, if they do not follow the Iyengar school of yoga
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Promise the moon and then blame the stars
Cash-strapped states are hitting pause on promises. As expenses soar and income lags, India’s welfare politics faces a fiscal reckoning.
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West’s Domination of the Rest at the Core of Israel’s attack on Iran
The subjective compulsion might be Netanyahu’s need to keep a war going to stay on in power, but the objective result is to drive home that might is…
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GDP’s dirty little secret: why we should track GVA instead
GDP numbers are affected by changes in the goods and services tax rates and subsidy allocations, while Gross Value Added directly measures the value of…
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How to beat China's Rare-Earths Blackmail
India can both develop new supplies of rare earth minerals and mass produce reluctance motors that dispense with rare-earth doped permanent magnets
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