petrodollar

Petrodollar power: Venezuela and Iran may extend greenback dominance

The petrodollar faces erosion, not collapse, as Iran war reinforces the dollar before weakening its legitimacy. #petrodollar #Iran Read more »
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Mathematical modelling can save tuberculosis patients

By using real world data, mathematical models can help policymakers reach tuberculosis patients who would benefit most from an intervention, and better identify their needs Read more »
RBI misselling rules

RBI misselling rules may reshape retail finance conduct

RBI misselling rules shift the burden from customer signatures to seller responsibility in India’s fast-growing retail finance market. #RBI Read more »
National Dental Commission, oral health

National Dental Commission can make oral health part of primary care

India’s new National Dental Commission must bring oral health into primary care, reform dental education, and widen affordable access. #oralhealth Read more »
Airline seating policy

Airline seating policy takes aim at dark patterns in bookings

In a major airline seating policy tweak, the government has mandated free access to 60% of seats and moved against one of aviation’s most profitable interface tricks. #airline #darkpattern Read more »
capital expenditure

Capital expenditure efficiency matters more than capex volume

New evidence shows that economic growth depends more on capital expenditure efficiency than headline capex numbers. #capex Read more »
higher education

Higher education inequality: Why access is not the same as opportunity

India has expanded higher education access, but not fairness, with institutional hierarchy, coaching markets, and cost barriers continue to shape who succeeds. #education Read more »
Supreme Court’s menstrual leave judgment rests on hiring fear

Menstrual leave judgment weakens Article 21’s promise of dignity

The Supreme Court’s menstrual leave judgment rests on a hiring-fear argument that sits uneasily with constitutional doctrine, state experiments, and global practice. Read more »
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 »
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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 »