Sunday, September 27, 2026

India's oil import basket today is priced at $114-115!

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  The media seems to have not given adequate attention to an important figure cited by CEA V Anantha Nageswaran. India's basket of impor...
Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Trump will receive Xi at the airport in a first

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President Trump will receive President Xi of China at Andrews Air Force base, breaking with six decades of protocol. In May, when Trump visi...

IIT Bombay suicide: crime and punishment

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The debates on TV and in other places are along predictable lines and pretty sterile. If a professor finds a student is cheating, is that a ...
Friday, September 11, 2026

Why boards fail at succession planning

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The heads of Tata Sons and HDFC Bank are due to depart soon. The boards are looking for a successor. Good succession planning means a tentat...

Chairman's exit at Coforge Ltd is truly extraordinary

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Some months ago, the world was shocked when the Chairman of HDFC Bank chose to resign from the board on what he regarded as point of princip...
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

President can fire anybody at 'independent' agencies but the Fed is different: US Supreme Court

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The US Supreme Court ruled that those in leadership positions at various independent agencies including the Federal Trade Commission serve ...
Friday, June 26, 2026

How open is the Strait of Hormuz?

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We know one thing for sure about the MoU that the US and Iran have signed. The US wants the Strait of Hormuz opened as quickly and fully as ...
Thursday, June 04, 2026

Begone, India's oppressive oldies!

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The Economist has a vitriolic piece on how the old in India- that is, anybody who has crossed middle age- oppress the young. It calls them ...
Friday, May 29, 2026

Ouster of BP Chairman: does anybody know how it happened?

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I had a post yesterday on the ouster of the BP Chairman, Albert Manifold. I repeat: it's an extraordinary event. No violation of the law...