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Here are 5 ways a 5% currency depreciation has quietly squeezed Indian households India’s rupee lost over 5% against the US dollar in 2025. By mid-Dec, it had slipped past Rs 91 to the dollar, marking one of its sharpest moves in years. Volatility was equally striking. By year-end, the currency was swinging by more…

The summit of the elites feels different this time, thanks to Trump and the disruptions he is wreaking on the world. When the going gets crazy, in-person meetings reacquire significance for decision-makers Davos is back in the spotlight, not as just any old, tired networking event, but as a stocktaking opportunity for leaders of govts…

The Supreme Court recently protected press freedom by stopping the Punjab government from shutting down a newspaper’s printing press in Ludhiana. The government said liquor bottles were found there, but the newspaper said it was being punished for writing stories that criticised the government. The Court said the newspaper must be allowed to print and…

They are like Valentine’s cards. You can sign as many as you want without landing a date, or a dollar There are many reasons to be in Davos right now, not least its AQI. There’s snow too, something Himachal and Uttarakhand have missed this winter. At Davos, the snow is deep enough for activists to…

Photographer and printmaker , Jyoti Bhatt’s photographs done as a study more than 60 years ago , became a traversing of tradition through the tapestry of time and button holed mortality. Just opened at Ahmedabad at the prestigious Archer Gallery, A World Gone By, unveils a set of black and white images that  capture inherited artistic conventions that give…

Self-doubt, confusion, not feeling confident, not showing up for yourself, not taking the first step or any step all – all these emotions are valid and form a phase of life, (no matter what your age), that is real and palpable. This is a time in your life, where it seems like nothing more can…

It was a hot humid afternoon in the mid-1990s. Clutching a file which contained my CV and clippings of a bunch of letters to the editors published in national newspapers, mostly in The Times of India, Patna edition, I reached a small office located in a modest building in the Jamia Nagar area of New…

The Chartered Accountancy (CA) profession has long been regarded as one of the most respected and technically rigorous professions in India. Chartered Accountants play a vital role in ensuring transparency, financial discipline, and corporate governance in the country. However, in recent years, a growing section of the profession believes that a series of policy decisions…

AI systems now influence who gets opportunity, who is visible, who is trusted—and increasingly, who is believed. They shape incentives, behavior, and social outcomes at a scale no previous technology has reached. Yet the way we talk about AI remains oddly shallow. Every week, the headlines get louder. Bigger models. Faster reasoning. Autonomous agents. Entire…

Continuing…… Building Agricultural Infrastructure and Market Power Post-harvest losses and weak market linkages have long constrained farm incomes. To this effect: The government has launched the Rs.1 lakh crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) which seeks to address medium- and long-term debt financing for warehouses, cold storage, grading units, and community farming assets. The Scheme offers: Interest Subvention…