foreign universities in India and higher education

Foreign Universities in India: High-stakes gamble in higher education

Without parallel fixes in school quality and faculty retention, campuses of foreign universities in India risk deepening the very inequalities they are meant to cure. #highereducation Read more »
climate change, aviation

Climate change: Aviation industry must rethink its sustainability plan

Aviation industry’s current trajectory risks derailing climate change goals, and only a mix of technology, regulation, and cultural change can avert disaster. #aviation #climatechange Read more »
Pahalgam, India-Pakistan economy

Pahalgam terror fallout: The cost of the latest India-Pak flashpoint

From pricier air travel to a record slump on the Karachi bourse, conflict economics are rippling across South Asia in real time after Pahalgam terror. #India #Pakistan #Pahalgam Read more »
algorithmic management

Invisible bosses: Algorithmic management rewrites labour contract

A new ILO study shows that algorithmic management is eroding job quality and blurring accountability faster than regulators can react. #algorithms #AI #jobs #technology #HR #ILO Read more »
India's services exports to the US

Services up, goods down: India eyes gains in Trump-era trade order

As #manufacturing exports face fresh hurdles, India’s resilient #services sector may become its strongest lever in the #UStrade equation. #reciprocaltariffs #trumptariffs Read more »
India's EV industry, EV adoption in India

New EV policy may offer tariff cuts, investment sweeteners

India is reworking its EV policy to offer lower tariffs and easier investment norms, hoping to turn the country into a manufacturing hub. #EVs #tradewar #UStariffs Read more »
poverty

Millions lifted from poverty, but the harder battle against inequality begins

While poverty is falling sharply, rising inequality and fragile job quality threaten to undermine the progress. #poverty #policy Read more »
legal personhood to Ganga and Yamuna

Legal personhood to sacred rivers: The ruling gave symbolism, not solutions

The execution of the Uttarakhand High Court decision to grant #legalpersonhood to the #Ganga and #Yamuna rivers exposes troubling gaps. Read more »
Indian railways

Indian railways: Transparency, technology missing links in modernisation push

While Indian Railways roll out high-speed trains and revamps old lines, a lack of operational data transparency threatens to derail accountability and reform. #railways Read more »
rupee, REER, exports

Rupee’s REER dip offers some relief to struggling exporters

A softening REER is enhancing India’s export competitiveness just as global markets reel under tariff-driven uncertainty. #REER #exports #rupee #tradewar Read more »