NASA is an obvious target for Elon Musk’s axe
They say you should do something you love. Jared Isaacman, a tech billionaire nominated on December 4th as Donald Trump’s choice to run NASA, is so keen on space that…
Parmy Olson: The DeepSeek AI revolution has a security problem
DeepSeek has sent Silicon Valley into a panic by proving you could build powerful artificial intelligence (AI) on a shoestring budget. In some respects, it was too good to be…
Red-tape relief: Six things India’s regulatory reform committee must do
The word ‘regulation’ comes from the Latin ‘regula,’ meaning ‘a straight stick’—but in India, regulations resemble a pretzel, twisted beyond recognition. Also Read: Andy Mukherjee: India has slashed income tax…
Liquidity support is priority; rate cut a close call
The backdrop of the monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting later this week is a complex one. Growth momentum has slowed in 2024-25. Headline retail inflation is still high despite softening…
Private companies can use Aadhaar infrastructure for identity checks again
When Reliance Jio launched telecom services in 2016, it added a staggering 170 million new customers in the first 100 days of its operations. This, frequently referred to as the…
A tightrope act: The budget does a good job of balancing divergent demands
Notably, fiscal consolidation remains the budget’s primary focus, with its fiscal-deficit target set at 4.4% of GDP, a further reduction of 0.4 percentage points. This is underpinned by conservative assumptions,…