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TopicRisk aversion

Topic: Risk aversion

SubscriberWrites: India may need an agency for risk management & strategic future planning

While the future can’t be predicted, a dedicated institution that embraces future thinking may help ensure that India is not caught unprepared in case of any eventuality.

80% of firms have suffered a cyber attack in the last year. Security begins from the top

Hundreds of terabytes of sensitive data have been publicly published and even stock prices dropped temporarily by as much as 10%. It's too risky.

Power Finance Corp. looks to offset risks by funding new sectors, like electric vehicles

India's distributors are saddled with huge debts from selling power below cost or from poor billing and collection.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.