electric vehicles VS hybrids

What Honda’s electric vehicles retreat means for the future of mobility

Japan’s carmakers treated electric vehicles as niche, betting instead on hybrids, hydrogen and e-fuels while China benefitted from its focus on EVs and batteries. Read more »
policy circle image

HDFC Bank chairman’s exit revives compliance questions

RBI’s swift reassurance may have contained panic, but HDFC Bank still faces deeper questions on board oversight, supervisory baggage and trust after its merger with HDFC Ltd. #HDFCBank Read more »
China vs US green energy strategy

China’s green energy strategy is becoming a theory of power

China's green energy strategy now shapes global costs, trade flows and future economic influence, leaving the US way behind. Read more »
India textile industry

India textile industry remains exposed to global shocks

For the India textile industry, recovery is not enough; it needs new markets, man-made fibre capability and stronger manufacturing depth. #textile Read more »
India’s IT industry

India’s IT industry must outgrow outsourcing

India’s IT industry built scale, exports and jobs through outsourcing, but AI, outcome-based pricing and weak R&D investment are exposing the limits of that model. #ITindustry Read more »
Equitable AI

Equitable AI needs democratic governance, not declarations

Pledges at the New Delhi summit sound reassuring, but equitable AI will fail without democratic oversight, accountability, and contestable public systems. #AISummit #AI Read more »
UPI global expansion

UPI global expansion faces the real cross-border test

UPI global expansion must solve settlement, merchant incentives, fraud liability, and sustainability to scale. #UPI Read more »
LIC market share

LIC market share ambition faces the digital insurance test

LIC market share is more than half of India’s life insurance industry, but can it retain its dominance in the age of digital underwriting? #LIC Read more »
cooperative banks

Cooperative banks: RBI must fix structure, not issue licences

India’s cooperative banks matter for inclusion, but their governance and capital design clash with modern prudential regulation. #cooperativebanks #financialinclusion Read more »
aviation sector

Duopoly in aviation sector cannot be fixed by CCI action alone

Two airlines dominate India’s aviation sector, but aircraft supply and regulatory coordination now reinforce that dominance. #aviation Read more »