Better use of data could help small caps and their investors flourish
Rather than condemn an entire class of stocks as inherently risky, Sebi should harness the account aggregator network to give analysts the data they need to find the winners of tomorrow.
We must learn to be more human in the age of artificial intelligence
Classic human attributes like empathy and language felicity will gain in value as these enable us to make the best use of AI tools. Trying to be more like computers won’t get humans anywhere.
Happiness: A scarcity that’ll take long to eliminate
That the UN deemed happiness worthy of celebration tells us how elusive it is for most of the world. After all, economic well-being is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it.
Election synchrony: Convenient or costly?
A panel headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind submitted a report on simultaneous national and state elections to President Droupadi Murmu. It explains how it can be achieved, but will it result in many more elections?
The fallacy of crypto as an alternative to fiat currency
The notion of cryptocurrency offering a solution to currency debasement is misplaced. As its volatility has shown, it is neither a useful store of value nor a reliable medium of exchange.
OpenAI can win back the trust it lost by being more transparent
A company making powerful AI tools needs to be more open about their design and innards. We need to know more about their training data sets, creator consent policies and much else.
Free trade has two faces and the one offering harmony must prevail
It’s a force for good if we make proper use of it for common prosperity. There’s still hope. We must democratize trade and not let narrow interests dictate its patterns.
The proliferation of EVs could make decarbonization harder to achieve
EVs look set to use more power than the country can clean. To solve this problem, electric cars will require solar roofs so that they can charge while parked in the sun, even as we push for a cleaner electricity grid, use...
The things a few calculations tell us
State Bank of India and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation face criticism for delays in tasks, like submitting records and building a bridge, due to seemingly manageable challenges.
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A well-allocated basket of assets ensures that you are not riding a roller coaster and instead you are gradually moving up in life, as steadily as possible
We could make up for the covid disruption of schooling if we try
India needn’t have an educationally lost generation but it requires us to acknowledge the problem. Some states get it, others don’t.
The Agni-5 trial has strengthened India’s strategic deterrence
Its success places India in the league of a few countries with this special missile technology and pushes up the cost that an adversary would have to bear for a military misadventure.
Stock deflation: Sebi’s role
The Indian stock market is undergoing some turbulence with mid- and small-cap stocks falling sharply amid talk of a bubble. It’s earnings that must drive prices, not how much money there is in pursuit.
13th Ministerial Conference of the WTO: Multiple narratives need not perplex us
What may seem like overwrought negotiations on world trade may yet yield clarity. We need progress on e-commerce, food security, fisheries and dispute settlement, among other issues.
Success in solar energy may be a curse for Chinese panel manufacturers
A tidal wave of investment in solar panels has led to a market glut, with prices sliding. Manufacturers are stricken but it’ll speed up the race for clean energy.
India should prepare itself for a dynamic employment scenario
Our policy emphasis must go beyond job creation to encompass job preparedness for a demographic dividend to be realized.
Bengaluru’s water crisis may reflect an even larger one
What India’s technology hub seems to lack is the collective will to act in favour of the larger good.
Geopolitical power is now seen to flow from the pins of microchips
The China-US wrangle over semiconductors highlights a world in which India is not badly placed.
Generative AI could give advertising its worst ever crisis of credibility
Deepfakes cloning real people are the latest in identity theft for ads. If this goes on, people may soon start rejecting all that they see as fake.