Why Airfares Are Rising: The War, Costlier Fuel and Fewer Flights
Airfares are rising just as the festive travel season approaches. ATF prices have jumped sharply in recent months, while a weaker rupee is a...
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To make sense of the week’s hottest stories in business, economy and markets, senior editors from the Economic Times chat with reporters and industry leaders in this thrice-weekly (Tuesday,...
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GST Council: Will Consumers Pay Less?
Ahead of the GST Council meeting, Bipin Sapra, Partner and Indirect Tax Policy Leader, EY India, explains to Anirban Chowdhury the proposed...
Flydubai Incident: Can Aviation Security Stop the Threat From Within?
The Flydubai incident has raised a difficult question for aviation security: what happens when the threat comes from within the aircraft? As...
Fireflies’ Krish Ramineni on AI Teammates and the Future of Knowledge
AI is moving from experimental technology to an increasingly powerful part of everyday work. At The Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Kris...
US-China Thaw and India's Leverage:
Xi Jinping has sat across the table from both Narendra Modi and Donald Trump within two weeks. For years, a more assertive China pushed Indi...
ECI: Who controls India's voter list?
The independence of India's Election Commission rests on a constitutional framework that gives it wide powers — but questions remain o...
Sahil Wakode and IIT: Status, Strictures and Shortcuts”
The investigation into the death of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode is examining competing allegations and evidence. But beyond the immediat...
McKinsey’s Cheryl Lim on Asia’s New Leadership Model, AI and Talent
What makes some CEOs and founders successful? At The Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Cheryl Lim, Partner at McKinsey & Company, joins ET...
India’s Great IPO Rush: How Much Is Too Much?
India's IPO market has hit the accelerator. After just 27 mainboard IPOs in the first half of 2026, July-September alone is seeing 61 issues...
Ashwini Vaishnaw on Semiconductors, AI Risks and Techno-Legal Regulation
India is scaling its semiconductor ecosystem as AI development accelerates—and both are raising new questions around technology, inves...
Meta Will Report CSAM to India, But Who Fixes the Feed?
Meta has agreed to report child sexual abuse material directly to Indian authorities, rather than routing alerts through America's NCMEC. Bu...
Sun Life’s Kevin Strain on FDI, Bancassurance and More
India has opened insurance to 100% foreign ownership. But Sun Life CEO Kevin Strain says ownership is less important than building the right...
The Vanishing Footpath Economy
Every morning in Mahim, Vijay Raut sold cutting chai to taxi drivers, construction workers and bank staff, until the BMC's pavement drive to...
Why Volkswagen Needs JSW
Volkswagen is one of the world's largest carmakers, yet has less than 2% of India's passenger vehicle market. Its proposed partnership with...
UPI MDR Is Back: The Hidden Cost to You
UPI is no longer entirely free. From October 15, merchant payments above ₹2,000 will attract a 0.4% MDR, while smaller transactions and pers...
Bain’s Manny Maceda on the End of Globalisation, India’s Opportunity and the AI Reset
The multinational is giving way to the multi-local, as tariffs, geopolitics and supply-chain risk force companies to rebuild around regional...
Bastar After The Gun
Chhattisgarh has declared an end to armed Maoism in Bastar, but the ground reality is far more complicated than a deadline. Over 1,000 surre...
Why Are Banks' Corner Offices Suddenly Up For Grabs?
HDFC Bank's Shashidhar Jagdishan is stepping down, Kotak Mahindra is searching for Ashok Vaswani's successor, and ICICI's Sandeep Bakshi has...
Publicis Sapient’s Nigel Vaz on AI, the Future of Work and India’s Opportunity
AI is reshaping how businesses work, but the biggest shift may be how humans and technology work together. At The Economic Times World Leade...
India’s 7.8% GDP: The Number That Doesn’t Add Up
India's latest GDP estimate shows the economy growing at 7.8%. Rajeswari Sengupta, associate professor of economics at the Indira Gandhi Ins...