Impress upon the West the futility of its oil cap
The West’s latest attempt to squeeze Russia’s earnings is just as futile as its other sanctions. India should initiate talks on a global treaty aimed at barring the weaponization of trade
Why we can delay but not escape the global economic crisis
Unsustainable debt pile-ups make stagflation hard to fight and a moment of reckoning inevitable.
The chaos of the Eras presales and ticketing at the World Cup
Football draws 1,000 times as many fans, who try to buy tickets with complications of dealing in multiple currencies, etc.
Mint Explainer: Has Iran's establishment finally caved in to protestors?
Disbanding of morality police won't stop protests as people are also up against official corruption, stifling authoritarianism and unemployment.
MPs and MLAs have special rights to free speech for a valid reason
This constitutional privilege being challenged in the Supreme Court serves as an essential bulwark of liberty in a democracy
Dharavi redevelopment is a big-reward challenge
The mention of Dharavi, Mumbai’s slum sprawl, evokes a variety of images and conjures up numerous associations
Public sector procurement of AI must take a principled approach
As both a buzzword and real-world application, artificial intelligence (AI) has found its permanent place in the public policies of governments around the world
Why contentment could let people down as India grows
If there is tremendous and unprecedented economic progress, content people will be priced out from their good lives.
Elusive target
In a baffling display of anti-monopoly zeal, NPCI wanted the top two to resist user demand and reduce their slice of a rapidly growing pie by the end of 2022
The US Fed and markets must give up talking past each other
Markets surged after Jerome Powell, the US Federal Reserve chair, indicated on 30 November that the world’s most powerful central bank would now slow its pace of rate increases
Two big cyberattacks tell us India needs something more than tech
India must shield itself with the most efficient tech and equipment, but warding off a cyber threat is more than a question of technology.
Here comes the friendly, neighbourhood Terminator
San Francisco is stepping into an approaching future by planning to deploy robots to tackle dangerous assailants.
AI parental aids cannot credibly claim expertise
They are offering to take parental supervision to new levels, even flagging the moods of our children. But this opens a disturbing frontier that AI tool makers and users should be wary of