Calling the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and India “the mother of all deals” may sound premature. The legal text is still awaited, negotiations...
For generations, ecology was inseparable from physical fieldwork — trudging through forests, wetlands and reefs to observe life directly. Fieldwork was not just a research method but a...
Generative AI has quietly entered children’s playrooms in the form of plush companions, talking robots and interactive toys. Marketed as educational, screen-free and emotionally supportive, these AI-powered toys...
As the Union Budget 2026 was presented, familiar phrases—capital investment, growth momentum, and the vision of Viksit Bharat—once again framed the government’s narrative. Cities were described as engines...
The direction of fiscal policy is never neutral; it is shaped by the fiscal rules a government chooses to bind itself to. Budget 2026–27 needs to be read...
The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to constitute a tribunal to resolve the long-pending inter-state water dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka over the Pennaiyar River. The...
Budget 2026–27 is unusual for what it does not do. For the first time in several years, there are no new flagship social sector schemes. While this may...
Budgets are rarely read backward. Public attention almost always shifts to the newest announcements, while the promises and assumptions of the previous year quietly fade from view. Yet,...
Budget 2026–27 arrives at a moment of relative macroeconomic comfort for India, often described as a “Goldilocks phase” of high growth and moderate inflation. The economy has overtaken...
The Union Budget is more than an annual accounting exercise; it is one of the few public windows into the government’s medium-term economic thinking. In the absence of...
