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Soluble and relevant: The focus of India's G20 agenda

The government may be tempted to showcase its own achievements. But it must resist this temptation

Lula's return: Brazil's left turn may be more muted this time

Lula's earlier popularity lay in his redistributive policies, but this time around, he will have to demonstrate an ability to negotiate the narrow path between populism and pragmatism

Enhancing mustard yields

Genetically tweaked variety can increase production. It would be unwise for India to deny its commercialisation

Trending declines: Tough times ahead for tech

Next few quarters could be difficult for the tech sector. If there's a slowdown in digital retail, digital advertising, or cloud services, it will inevitably be reflected in the sector's performance

Independence on a tightrope: India's foreign policy choice

India has carefully calibrated relations with Russia, but EU's decision to impose price cap on Russian oil will be the next testing point for India in balancing its national and strategic interests

Parity on the pitch

BCCI's move could be a trendsetter

Conflicting businesses

Elon Musk's other interests may affect Twitter

Data story: India adds 1,604 new Covid cases; active tally at 18,317

India has added 9,524 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 1,574 new Covid cases; death toll at 529,008

India has added 9,914 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 2,208 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,999

India has added 10,452 cases in the past 7 days

Political currency or divine help?

Economic debates should be informed. Changing the currency notes or printing images of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Lakshmi on them will not help

Marginal progress on climate

Even with 40 countries issuing new NDCs, the carbon mitigation pledges remain inadequate to contain the rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of this century

OEMs to drive 16-18% rise in auto-parts MSME revenues: CRISIL SME Tracker

MSMEs in the automotive components sector should see higher growth as well, but will lag average industry revenue growth owing to lack of vertical integration.

Lift the ban on sugar exports

The sector needs an outlet for the surplus stock. Government must allow export; otherwise, the industry will needlessly be pushed into the red

Protecting competition

The Competition Commission of India's action will open up the Android space

Data story: India records 830 new Covid cases; zero deaths in last 24 hrs

India has added 11,392 cases in the past 7 days

Down to the wire

Campaign journalism has its pitfalls

Prime Minister Sunak: UK has come a long way from open racism

Rishi Sunak's wealth and the fact that he represents racial diversity, but not economic or class diversity, do not and cannot take away from the essential significance of his assumption to office

Data story: India records 862 new Covid-19 cases, lowest in 196 days

India has so far administered 2,195,665,598 vaccine doses

Uncertain outlook: Markets in Samvat 2079

With corporations still complaining about margin pressures and soft demand, markets will hope for broadening of recovery