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Even bail-outs are getting expensive ...

GRAP measures overlook a crisis of toxic emissions from solid waste. The city must invest in eco-friendly waste-to-energy plants, which can attract investment if their power tariffs are hiked. Plus, Delhi needs other responses too.

Business owners and executives charging their extravagance to the company instead of taking home higher pay is common wherever tax rates are high. It deprives state coffers of revenue, but also acts as a check on rapacious taxation.

Tokyo is set to offer its administrative staff a three-day weekly break. Microsoft tried it out in Japan and reported a leap in productivity. Given arguments in its favour, the idea seems like the future. But how long will it take for a shorter week ...

November's 5.5% print has raised hopes of an easing monetary-policy cycle starting in February. It's not a given, of course, but the latest data does shift the odds in favour of it.

Popular Indian destinations remain short of foreign tourists even as other countries bustle with post-pandemic globetrotters. About half the arrivals from abroad are NRIs or foreign citizens of Indian origin, many of them on visits to see family.

Such a cartel being created in China will not serve the global cause of clean energy well. Nor is it likely to match the success of the Saudi-led oil cartel, given that oil is a natural endowment while solar panels depend a lot more on technological ...

Its institutional settings have outlived their utility. Its education and financial systems were geared for metal-bashing industries, but it now needs an AI focus, more risk capital, flexible decision-making and greater fiscal leeway--freed of 'debt ...

Military activities directly account for an estimated 5.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, but no protocol demands their disclosure. Such emissions can be kept secret under a veil of national security.

Adverse news on inflation and GDP growth point to a structural problem. Addressing supply issues alone won't help when the principal constraint we face is weak overall demand.