Introduction In the bustling classrooms of India, where eager minds yearned for knowledge, a silent revolution was brewing. And at the helm stood a visionary, armed not with chalk and blackboards, but with a digital canvas of infinite possibilities. Byju Raveendran, a maverick with a passion for education, embarked on…

Background Once upon a time, in the heartland of America, a great nation faced a unique challenge that would test its financial resilience and political will. This challenge was known as the US debt ceiling. The nation’s economy, like a well-choreographed dance, relied on a delicate balance of spending and…

Introduction India is poised to become a major investment destination for global businesses as the country’s economy continues to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite facing significant challenges during the pandemic, including a sharp economic contraction in 2020, India is now seeing strong growth in various sectors, including manufacturing, services,…

Background The financial markets have been rocked by the collapse of five banks across the United States and Europe during the last few weeks. Although not all banks have failed, their near-simultaneous troubles have led to regulators across the globe hurrying to take measures to prevent further crises, due to…

Context In 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made an ambitious announcement in the annual budget speech – to reduce the logistics cost from 14% of GDP to less than 10% of GDP by 2022. Even the developed nations do not have such higher logistics costs. India’s logistics sector consists of…

Context “Where golden birds fly every morning, that India is my country” – the latest leap taken by India has awakened the feeling of patriotism amongst the citizens once again. The Union Ministry of Mines has announced that 5.9 million tonnes of lithium reserves have been found in Salal –…

Old tax regime vs new tax regime “I come from two India” – one that opts for the old regime, and the other that opts for the new regime! Oh yes, she did it again! If the existing confusion around the new tax regime and old tax regime wasn’t enough,…

Introduction The business of second-hand goods has grown exponentially over the past few decades. This is the result of the participation of large organised corporates, as against the traditional times when the industry usually consisted of unorganised dealers. Goods such as used cars, vehicles, mobile phones, televisions, laptops, watch, handbags,…