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Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Precious metals continued to sail higher with both gold and silver recording handsome gains in March. Comex gold breezed past the psychological $3,100 mark to scale a fresh all-time high. The sentiment toward the precious metals was bolstered by the concerns about the fallout from U.S. tariffs. The … Read more
On February 1, 2025, in her 74-minute Union Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there will be no tax on income up to ₹12,00,000 per annum, under the New Tax Regime (NTR). Factoring in Standard Deduction of ₹75,000, this limit would be extended to ₹12,75,000 per annum for salaried taxpayers. On top of it, … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto We are creatures of habit. So, we typically look at outcomes of our past investment decisions to make investment choices today that will help us achieve life goals in the future. Here, we discuss why taking current investment decisions based on past experiences may not be optimal. Process? … Read more
By capitalising on its youthful population, digital infrastructure, and pharmaceutical sector, India has the potential to emerge as a global health leader. | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan World Health Day, celebrated on April 7, serves as a global call to action for accessible and fair healthcare. The theme for 2025, ‘Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures’, emphasises … Read more
India stands at the cusp of economic glory, aspiring to become a $5 trillion economy and a global powerhouse. However, there is a “silent epidemic” of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that threatens our economic and developmental ambitions. Today, NCDs are the leading cause of death in the country, accounting for roughly two-thirds of all deaths. To … Read more
Bill and debate I see the path taken, though individually, by some Members of Parliament, in challenging the Parliament-voted and approved Waqf (Amendment) Bill in the Supreme Court of India, as the rule of law. It is also reported that more parties are set to follow the route. If the allegation of there having been … Read more
It is a major crisis in public mental health ethics that psychologists align with counter therapeutic institutional policies that violate existing constitutional and statutory safeguards. File. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam On March 24, the Supreme Court of India formed a National Task Force to prevent the increasing deaths by suicide of students on … Read more
(This article is part of the Gender Agenda newsletter. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Sunday, subscribe here.) It has been a particularly tiring couple of weeks at work and home. I’ve found myself telling friends and family that I’d like to abandon my dream of being a somewhat decent journalist and instead transfigure … Read more
On this World Health Day (April 7), as nations reflect on the foundations of human well-being, India stands tall with a transformative lesson: health and sanitation are not separate pursuits, but are two sides of a coin. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has undertaken a sanitation and water revolution that has … Read more
It was a routine Wednesday night — inasmuch as a Wednesday night with India playing a Twenty20 International can be routine — until it wasn’t. The series had been won and lost. In Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s comeback to the 20-over scheme of things internationally in India’s final engagements before the T20 World Cup, the … Read more