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Budget 2026–27: Discipline Over Drama

Markets are often quick to judge and slow to reflect. The initial selloff after the Union Budget 2026–27,...

 February 5, 2026

India’s Skills Gap and Industry’s Retreat

As artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data engineering, and cybersecurity redraw India’s economic landscape, the country’s skills gap has...

 February 5, 2026

Solid Waste Rules 2026 and the Circular Turn

India’s solid waste crisis has long exposed the limits of landfill-centric urban governance. With the notification of the...

 February 5, 2026

India’s Defence Budget at a Turning Point

For decades, India’s defence budgeting has struggled with a structural dilemma: how to balance manpower-heavy revenue expenditure with...

 February 5, 2026

India’s Space Budget and the Private Sector Question

India’s space programme has finally emerged from the disruptions of the COVID-19 years, with budgetary allocations crossing pre-pandemic...

 February 5, 2026

Finance Commission and the Shrinking Divisible Pool

The 16th Finance Commission’s (FC) recommendations on vertical devolution have reignited an old but unresolved debate in Indian...

 February 5, 2026

MPLADS Debate: Misuse or Misread?

A fresh political controversy over the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) has reopened an old...

 February 5, 2026

AI’s Profitability Moment: Why Applications Matter

The artificial intelligence industry has crossed a critical threshold. The debate is no longer about whether AI works,...

 February 5, 2026

India–US Trade Deal: Relief, Risks, and the Unanswered Questions

News of a breakthrough on the India–United States trade front has delivered immediate relief to several Indian industries...

 February 5, 2026

Electrons vs Molecules: India’s Industrial Test

The global industrial system is undergoing a quiet but decisive shift. For more than a century, factories, furnaces...

 February 5, 2026

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