infoglut in australia

Breaking through infoglut: The anger-information overload cycle

Infoglut on COVID, global warming, conspiracy theorists, natural disasters, financial collapses — and a sham social media ban make young Australians are glum. Read more »
education trap in India

India’s education trap begins with unequal access

Government schools remain crucial to mobility, but closures, costs and unreliable examinations could create an education trap in India. Read more »
fact checking on internet

The collapse of trust: Making sense of fact checking on the internet

As AI and crowdsourced systems take on the job of fact checking, they promise speed but struggle to deliver trust and explainability. Read more »
Civil service training

Civil service training in India needs a second reform

India’s civil service training now reaches millions, and the next challenge is turning course completion into judgement, expertise and better deployment. #civilservices Read more »
Surplus liquidity

Surplus liquidity could complicate RBI’s next rate hike

Rising surplus liquidity has pushed overnight rates below the repo rate, reviving debate over RBI’s incremental CRR tool. #RBI #liquidity Read more »
Dollar decline

Dollar decline tests the limits of US dominance

Trump’s tariffs, debt and sanctions are fuelling a slow dollar decline even as the greenback remains the world’s dominant currency. #Trump #dollar Read more »
family businesses

Why family businesses thrived after the 1991 reforms

India’s family business now dominate listed-company revenues, and their post-1991 rise shows how liberalisation rewarded scale and adaptation. #business #BombayClub Read more »
basmati exports

India’s basmati exports boom faces a West Asia problem

India’s basmati exports are booming, yet West Asia concentration, falling realisations and sanctions pose a growing challenge. #exports #basmati Read more »
River-linking plan

River-linking plan needs a data backbone

India’s river-linking plan needs a digital layer linking hydrology, forecasts and state decisions before large inter-basin transfers begin. Read more »
Energy transition

Energy transition can reshape India’s industrial investment

Falling solar and storage costs are weakening the case for new coal and changing the economics of India’s energy transition. #energy #coal #solar Read more »