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Lower entry cost

India’s financial landscape is on the verge of a transformative shift with the introduction of low-ticket systematic investment plans (SIPs) aimed at broadening the reach of equity investments.

Afghan policy

India’s decision to re-engage diplomatically with the Taliban marks a significant shift in its regional approach. Following the collapse of the previous Afghan government led by President Ashraf Ghani in 2021, India faced a major setback to its two-decade-long investments in Afghanistan’s development and democratic institutions.

Shaping our world

Lack of friends at a time when India is a significant military and economic power surprises oldtime diplomats. Within living memory, the pendulum has swung from one extreme to the other; in the 1950s and 1960s when we had little to offer to the world except moral guidance, we were the undisputed leader of developing nations.

Traditional wisdom, modern challenges

In a cluster of villages inhabited by Tharu tribals in the terai area of Uttarakhand, a nutrition survey discovered that despite other problems, people had managed to avoid malnutrition to a remarkable extent.

Justice vs. Power

The dramatic standoff surrounding the attempted arrest of South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has drawn global attention to the intricate interplay of justice, power, and public sentiment in a democracy.

Promises in Peril

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s meteoric rise to the presidency in Sri Lanka has been followed by a sobering realisation: the promises made during a campaign in the heat of a national crisis are far easier to make than to keep.

Quiet Revolutionary

In the summer of 1991, in his first budget speech as India’s Finance Minister, when Dr Mannmohan Singh presented his economic vision to rescue India’s faltering economy, it became clear that it was no ordinary moment.

Many sides to the H1B visa debate

US President-elect Donald Trump is in an unusual position - trying to please both billionaire tech guys who fund his campaigns and his hard-core base. Immigration and the H1B visa have become contentious among Trump's core supporters and moderates.