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Why Quick Commerce Margins Are Slipping Further for Swiggy and Blinkit
Why Quick Commerce Margins Are Slipping Further for Swiggy and Blinkit
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UBS has cut margin estimates for Eternal and Swiggy as competition and discounting intensify. With the 10-minute delivery push easing, quick commerce profitability is now likely to be delayed.
Japan’s Rare February Election? What’s Behind PM Takaichi’s Early Gamble
Japan’s Rare February Election? What’s Behind PM Takaichi’s Early Gamble
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Japan may be heading for an unusual February general election. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is weighing a snap dissolution of parliament—barely three months into office—in a high-stakes bid to secure ...
Maharashtra: The Limits of Outsider Politics
Maharashtra: The Limits of Outsider Politics
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The attack on Tamil BJP leader K Annamalai by Maharashtrian politicians exposes how linguistic barbs still spark headlines even as they struggle to translate into electoral change
Delhi NCR, Chennai Lead India’s Industrial Leasing Boom in 2025
Delhi NCR, Chennai Lead India’s Industrial Leasing Boom in 2025
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India’s industrial and warehousing market scaled new highs last year. Powered by large-ticket deals and logistics demand, leasing surged to record levels across key industrial hubs.
AI’s Power Problem: Why the WEF Wants Net-Positive Energy Models
AI’s Power Problem: Why the WEF Wants Net-Positive Energy Models
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The WEF warns AI could triple data-centre power demand by 2035 and proposes a “net-positive” framework to ensure efficiency gains outweigh energy use, protecting grids and climate goals
WPI Turns Firmer in December as Manufacturing and Primary Prices Climb
WPI Turns Firmer in December as Manufacturing and Primary Prices Climb
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Wholesale inflation rose to 0.83% in December 2025 as manufacturing, primary goods and power costs increased. Food prices stabilised, signalling a gradual firming of wholesale price pressures
From Access to Adoption: How Ujjwala Is Changing India’s Cooking Habits
From Access to Adoption: How Ujjwala Is Changing India’s Cooking Habits
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Ujjwala’s impact is now visible in usage, not just access: LPG consumption per household has risen sharply, with refill data showing a sustained shift toward clean cooking across India
Scott Adams and Dilbert: How Workplace Satire Changed, and Ended
Scott Adams and Dilbert: How Workplace Satire Changed, and Ended
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Before memes, Slack jokes and LinkedIn cynicism, there was Dilbert. Scott Adams turned office misery into global satire, and then became part of a very different story
How South-East Asia Stayed Polio-Free for 15 Years
How South-East Asia Stayed Polio-Free for 15 Years
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Fifteen years after its last case, WHO’s South-East Asia Region remains polio-free, using eradication lessons to strengthen surveillance, immunisation and broader public health systems.
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2026 Forecast: The Modernisation Momentum
2026 Forecast: The Modernisation Momentum
Modi will persist with reforms and deregulation despite the pressure of hard-fought elections in several states
2026 Forecast: Politics: The Battle for Regional Supremacy
Powerful state politicians like MK Stalin, Mamata Banerjee and Pinarayi Vijayan will be fighting for dominance and survival
What Marxism taught me about the world around me
Born in an illustrious communist family, the writer reflects on how Marxism helped him develop a strong historical imagination
A major reform push helped Modi Govt boost growth, tackle tariff & other challenges
Bold initiatives, bolstered by BJP winning key state polls, made 2025 the year of reforms aimed at revving the economy and improving the lives of common citizens. Sweeping reduction in tax liabilities ...
Thackeray Cousins Formally Reunite Ahead Of BMC Polls
With a call to Marathis to not get divided and waste their vote, Uddhav and Raj frame their alliance as the one ‘Maharashtra was waiting for’
Karnataka’s hate speech law could test limits of state action on free speech
The bill expands penalties and definitions beyond existing criminal law and is likely to be tested in court
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