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Saturday, March 14, 2026
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Topic: Production

Ta-ta Twix, hello Belco—Pakistan’s import ban is a cause for local chocolates to celebrate

While the import ban benefits Pakistan's local brands, some question why their foreign chocolates are being confiscated during customs checks.

Dr. Yasam Ayavefe details the causes and effects of low productivity increase

There are differences between productivity measures using value added and those based on production. Many differences may also come from other sources, such as the existence of cost savings.

What is a certified Scrum product owner and why you should go for it

Becoming a professional CSPO® increases the certainty of better use of tools and techniques, making one an efficient product owner and expanding the area of opportunities.

5 key areas Modi govt should focus on to walk the private sector talk

Govt has launched Production Linked Incentive scheme for telecom & networking, but it must ensure stable and predictable policy environment too.

Modi govt announces Rs 1.46 lakh crore scheme for 10 sectors, auto sector gets biggest share

The incentives, spread over 5 years, will be provided to sectors like auto, automobile components, textile products, white goods like LED screens, processed food products, among others.

India’s fight against Covid-19 needs wartime industrial production, not more red tape

A credible industrial response during the coronavirus lockdown will translate into better provisioning for India’s overall healthcare sector in future.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.