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IBC as a preventive for funds diversion

A well-implemented bankruptcy law can act as an effective deterrent because the penalties arising out of bankruptcy accrue privately to the managers and lead to a large reduction in the need to conduct deep financial audits. (Mint)
Published on Aug 20, 2025 14:43 IST

Anatomy of the budding India-China bonhomie

In an ideal world, New Delhi would prefer to see Chinese power balanced by the US and/or Russia. (AFP)
Published on Aug 20, 2025 14:42 IST

Data sovereignty is a strategic imperative

India generates about 20% of global data but holds only a 3% share of global data centre capacity. It therefore remains deeply reliant on foreign-controlled digital infrastructure. (Shutterstock)
Published on Aug 19, 2025 15:24 IST

Mind the Gap: In her words: Urvashi Butalia

The 1947 Partition
Published on Aug 18, 2025 24:30 IST

Reading the outcome of the Alaska summit

By agreeing to a peace settlement to end the war, as opposed to a ceasefire, Trump has effectively agreed to the Russian position. (@WhiteHouseX)
Updated on Aug 17, 2025 15:14 IST

Meghnad Desai: Who he was in his thoughts

The great thing about Meghnad was that he was a well-informed and civilised conversationalist, from whom you always learnt something. (Mint Archive)
Published on Aug 16, 2025 15:25 IST

Hell hath no fury like Donald Trump scorned

Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, has revealed that secondary tariffs on India could increase if Trump’s talks with Putin fail. (AFP)
Published on Aug 16, 2025 15:25 IST

Resisting the coercive new global trade order

Trump has inaugurated a new chapter in the global imperial project, which his successor may continue. Efforts are underway to establish new rules for international trade. (Bloomberg)
Published on Aug 15, 2025 15:06 IST

An Independence Day message from Red Fort

Red Fort has witnessed the fabric of India’s social cohesion being torn, shredded repeatedly, only to see it becoming whole again. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
Published on Aug 14, 2025 15:14 IST

Reform the economy to defeat tariff threat

A decade ago, a significant push to improve ease of doing business yielded notable results. Now is the time to take it a step further and make India the easiest place to do business in. (Bloomberg)
Updated on Aug 14, 2025 15:14 IST

India-US ties: Up, close and personal

India was upset at Trump pre-empting the ceasefire announcement on May 10 and claiming credit that it was a “US-brokered ceasefire”. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Aug 13, 2025 14:47 IST

Getting the organ donation policy right

Despite India’s world-class transplant surgeons, our organ donation rate remains among the lowest in the world — only 0.65 donors per million population. (ANI Photo)
Published on Aug 13, 2025 10:30 IST