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India’s space economy can take flight with 100% FDI, but it needs a law to lift-off

With a new liberalised FDI regime, India’s space sector will witness more investments and technology transfers. But how well can an executive policy function without a legal framework?

Competition Commission is Indian startups’ bugbear. It’s also causing global embarrassment

The DSM-Firmenich merger was just one of the 20-odd deals worth $1.5 billion pending before the CCI last year. Some experts blame the commission for trying to be too 'industry friendly'.

Jaipur, Agra, Lucknow got big status with metros. It’s all pride, no profit or passengers

Jaipur Metro’s ridership data raises the fundamental question whether India’s small cities need this expensive piece of infrastructure.

Narmada aarti to floating sun panels—holy Omkareshwar is putting MP on global solar map

The Omkareshwar Dam solar park is the most ambitious project of its kind in India. Set to be operational by 1 April, it will generate enough electricity to light up 9 lakh homes.

Andhra has 3rd highest C-section rate in India. How it’s trying to reverse trend, with midwives at helm

Pan-India, C-section increasingly becoming an elective surgery rather than one driven by medical necessity. A state govt pilot project, which has kicked off in Tenali, aims to change this.

‘Yams over grenades’ in Assam. Samir Bordoloi & his green commandos make farming cool again

Samir Bordoloi’s Assam food forest has brought the elephants back to the jungle by planting bamboo trees. They no longer trample the village rice fields.

‘Chandni Chowk, but with AC’ — Omaxe mall is the hot new thing in Old Delhi

Its bejewelled arches and roofs are straight out of the Mughal-e-Azam dance scene – a Bollywoodised imagination of the past.

10 dirtiest cities are in ‘waste Bengal’. Kolkata to Kalyani, people clip noses, accept it

Bengal's dismal showing in the 2023 Swachh Survekshan survey has sparked outrage and raised questions about the result’s validity. But the state’s cities still fall far short on cleanliness.

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra quietly achieved something that the original didn’t

We don’t need a grand conspiracy theory to understand the lack of attention to BJY 2.0. But if you judge it by its impact on the Lok Sabha election, it could be called a success.

Not Manusmriti, British—caste system in medieval Tamil Nadu solidified after Cholas fell

Middle castes reveal a complicated social history. Caste is rooted in politics, not just religion

On Camera

From Virat & Anushka selling sarias to dentist ads, Bihar walls tell a ‘rurbanisation’ story

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.