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WTO's step towards dispute settlement process reform

Many WTO members have opted to include a mechanism for resolving trade disputes in their bilateral or regional free trade agreements

Encouraging investment

New rules aim to improve NRI participation

Why foreign financial firms have quit

A surge in prosperity between 2005 and 2008 was purely due to a massive global boom across all geographies

A case for making RBI regulations plain, simple

Plain language in communication will help customers of financial services to become aware of their rights. It will make information accessible and help the RBI's work

Socially construct the right AI

…and achieve societal benefit, not harm

Last-mile challenges

US inflation is altering expectations

Sequence of returns' big impact on final corpus

Sequence of returns can dramatically affect the longevity of a retirement corpus, especially if retirees have to withdraw more during market downturns early in their retirement

Small is beautiful, but not always

For most SFBs, being a small bank is part of their journey, not the destination

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Decentralisation: India's struggle with persistent challenges

To push the decentralisation project forward, the first step is to create and distribute information on the activities and finances of local bodies

Tech's territorial ambitions

Could networked states of communities consisting of people with common interests replace the 21st-century nation states?

Global elections in the shadow of neoliberalism

While scandals, culture wars, and threats to democracy dominate the headlines, the biggest issues in this super election year ultimately concern economic policies

Seven months of one-sided war

The support for Israel in Europe and the US is not as unshakable as it may seem

Beauty and the best

To call sixty-year-old Marisa Rodriguez's victory in the Miss Universe Buenos Aires title a defiance of stereotypes is a stretch

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Diversifying portfolio

Silver investors must take note of its industrial use

Combating pollution

Lowering plastic production will be the key

Needed: An underwater PM Gati Shakti

India's blue economy strategy hinges on developing robust underwater domain awareness, a critical yet overlooked aspect

Filling the submarine gap

Addressing this deficiency should be a top priority for the new govt, given India's role as the gatekeeper to the Indian Ocean

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