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Minhaz Merchant is the biographer of Rajiv Gandhi and Aditya Birla and author of The New Clash of Civilizations (Rupa, 2014). He is founder of Sterling Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. which was acquired by the Indian Express group
Like any innovation, AI chatbots are a work in progress. It’s wise not to be taken in by the hype or be unsettled by the paranoia
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The US helped China grow into an economic and technological powerhouse. Instead of driving a wedge between Beijing and Moscow, the US today faces a powerful China-Russia axis that challenges its role as the world’s gendarme
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The pessimism is ill-founded. Banks have started lending to corporates after a long freeze caused by bloated NPAs, a legacy of the UPA government
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India’s manufacturing impetus is aimed not only at boosting exports of goods but at cutting imports of manufactured merchandise that can be made in India. Much of this involves a beneficial transfer of advanced technology as in recent defence and aviation deals. A hybrid manufacturing and services export strategy is best suited to India
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The economic consequences of an ageing China are grim: as the productive workforce falls, GDP growth will slow
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Amid layoffs and financial fraud, startups face not only a funding winter but the forthcoming Ides of March
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After three years of an economic train wreck in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and worldwide recession, India has emerged relatively unscathed
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India’s economy in 2023 will be driven by innovation. Watch in particular the growth of green hydrogen, electric vehicles, robotics, spacetech, life sciences and data analytics.
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China’s total debt has doubled since the 2008 financial meltdown to 275 per cent of GDP. This is unsustainable, especially with several foreign firms employing a China +1 formula by shifting some supply chains out of China
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Data is the new oil. It is time the government improved its own data protocol to ensure more complete and accurate information on the economy and jobs
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