Retail stock pickers should be given mandatory risk warnings
Markets this year are putting the risk in ‘risk premium’. Any asset that typically pays more than a low-risk (or zero return) bond will expose...
Category : Opinion
GST has been a win-win taxation regime for the Centre and states
Recently, my attention was drawn to an article by V. Anantha Nageswaran, who is now India’s chief economic advisor. The article was being criticized by...
What Wordle reveals about how we transmit messages
Among the theories that explain its success is that it is simple. But then, many successful games are in fact complex, and many puzzles that...
Russia, Nato and the battle for credibility in the Ukraine crisis
Last week, financial industry regulators in Europe and the United States alerted banks to tighten their cyber security in anticipation of possible attacks by Russia-linked...
Drones at the service of an Atmanirbhar Bharat
The appeal of self-reliance in India is almost self-evident, even unique. An outsized artwork of Mahatma Gandhi’s Charkha installed at our busiest airport is symbolic...
Being authentic seems to have become the be-all and end-all for valuing anything these days
Whenever I hear the word ‘authenticity,’ I reach for my cucumber – which, in the absence of a gun, I will have to make do...
Not just cryptocurrency, all money is funny money based on notional worth
The old chestnut that nothing is more inevitable than death and taxes has got a makeover thanks to Nirmala Sitharaman’s provision in her Finance Bill...
When sports fans created a world only from the radio commentators’ words
Away in New York on holiday, I followed the fortunes of Arsenal, the Premier League team I support, largely through the audio commentary on the...
When Sales Move Online
Peeyush Karnani et al During the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, ecommerce was one of the biggest stories in retail. Lockdowns and public-health concerns...
Get crypto-clear, GST clarity can follow
GoI is reportedly examining ways to impose goods and services tax (GST) on cryptocurrency transactions, including mining of these digital assets. This is a grey...