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How technology became India’s social equaliser

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Digital India Mission on 1 July 2015, many saw it as an ambitious technology programme aimed at expanding internet access and digitising government services.

The New Family

For decades, India’s social contract rested on an assumption that required little intervention from the state: families would care for their elderly.

Delayed Recognition

Every democracy owes two debts to its soldiers. The first is to equip them well enough to fight.

Agni Kawach

India is building its energy future on several pillars at once: bio-ethanol, coal gasification, renewables, and nuclear power.

Balancing Act

This duality of tightening and loosening monetary policy underscores the Fed's delicate task. It is clear that the Fed is well aware of the inflation dragon it's trying to slay.

Economic Prospects

The Indian economy is likely to show resilience during 2023. The basic assumptions underlying future projection are sound macroeconomic policies, softer commodity prices, a robust financial sector, a healthy corporate sector, continued fiscal policy thrust on quality of government expenditure, and new growth opportunities stemming from global realignment of supply chains.

US versus Google

Earlier this month, arguably the most significant big tech antitrust trial anywhere in the world commenced in Washington. In US…