Recently, the government passed the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP). Its primary purpose is to regulate the collection and processing of digital personal data and respect individuals' rights. The way the system will work...

Markets across the world came under a bout of bear hammering on the 5th August. US unemployment which had fallen to a new set of lows, began edging up again and inflation pressures eased. All of this contributed to the sell off, but the key rea...

The recent developments in Bangladesh, leading to the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed, were in many ways not dissimilar to what happened in Sri Lanka a few years ago. Civil Society anger against the ruling establishment had been pe...

The real challenge in employment generation stems from the fact that the manufacturing industry is not investing nearly enough towards the creation of new capacities. One reason is a softening in consumer demand, but there is also the issue of ...

The pressure of delivering strong results quarter after quarter can tempt even the best companies to be myopic about ethics and fair business practices. Sometimes, this gives rise to the sort of scandal that can destroy the very foundations of ...