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India’s higher fiscal burden can be shouldered by companies, investors

4 min read . Updated: 01 Jun 2021

The Paytm IPO will also give an insight into how investors view companies that haven’t been profitable.

Paytm’s proposed IPO marks the coming of age for Indian startups

2 min read . Updated: 31 May 2021

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (REUTERS)

PM Modi faces the biggest test of his second innings

4 min read . Updated: 31 May 2021

China’s Sri Lankan port grab adds a pearl to its string

4 min read . Updated: 30 May 2021

Central bankers seem to have nostalgia for the Alan Greenspan era (Photo: Reuters)

The US Fed faces a tough call on acting fast against inflation

3 min read . Updated: 30 May 2021

A file photo of the cast of 'Friends' at the 54th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, September 22, 2002. (Photo: Reuters)

Why your life wasn’t like that of the friends in ‘Friends’

4 min read . Updated: 31 May 2021

The fact that cryptocurrencies can move 50% upward or downward in a matter of weeks tells us that there is a fundamental weakness at the heart of their structure (Photo: Reuters)

Governments won’t sit around and let cryptocurrencies boom

4 min read . Updated: 31 May 2021

The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite. (Photo: ESA/ATG Medialab)

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Better, it’s a satellite

6 min read . Updated: 28 May 2021

Our mental healthcare systems need no less of a boost

4 min read . Updated: 27 May 2021

Market pressure may force the Fed to issue a digital dollar of its own (Photo: Reuters)

The US dollar and a Fed-issued digital version needn’t be equal

3 min read . Updated: 27 May 2021

A blazing space race that we all need to be mindful of

3 min read . Updated: 28 May 2021

Social commerce poised to expand footprint in India

3 min read . Updated: 27 May 2021

The Abraham Accords of 2020 had held out hope of Arab-Israeli peace. (Photo: Reuters)

West Asia’s Abraham Accords dividend could fail to show up

3 min read . Updated: 26 May 2021

The pandemic poetry of Indians has roused readers far and wide

4 min read . Updated: 27 May 2021

Japan is a good option for diversification

3 min read . Updated: 25 May 2021

The US and WHO officially took note of airborne risk only recently (Photo: Reuters)

America’s delayed acceptance of airborne covid transmission

3 min read . Updated: 25 May 2021

Photo: Bloomberg

Digital intermediary rules confuse more than clarify

4 min read . Updated: 26 May 2021

A public-vs-private tussle over Bitcoin is likely to intensify. (Photo: Bloomberg)

The contagion effect of crypto volatility on other asset classes

3 min read . Updated: 25 May 2021

Photo: Raj K Raj/HT Photo

The grand alliance we require to address our national challenges

4 min read . Updated: 25 May 2021

Photo Hindustan Times

When the going gets tough, the tough get going

3 min read . Updated: 24 May 2021

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