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The Art of the Deal

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INDIA’S BIG CORPORATE BOND PUSH • To achieve its Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, India needs massive long-term capital to fund infrastructure, climate action, manufacturing and urban growth. The financial system is currently over-dependent on banks and financial institutions. To deepen India’s corporate bond market, Union Budget FY27 has proposed measures such as market-making framework, bond index derivatives, and total return swaps

THE BUZZ

‘‘No compromise on agriculture, US deal is a win-win” • Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, on the India-US trade deal, and what the new pacts signal about India

INDIA’S TRADE RESET • TWO TRADE PACTS IN TWO WEEKS AND A GROWTH-ORIENTED BUDGET COULD REDEFINE THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS

Deals Galore • India has been working on a strategy to diversify its export markets and basket

INSIDE INDIA’S GIG ECONOMY • INDIA’S GIG WORKFORCE HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE YEARS, POWERING THE RISE OF PLATFORM GIANTS IN SEGMENTS RANGING FROM QUICK COMMERCE TO LOGISTICS. BUT THE REAL CHALLENGE IS BALANCING WORKER PROTECTION WITH GROWTH AND PLATFORM ECONOMICS

WORKING OUT THE MATH • Gig workers want replacement of the present commission-based model

GOING BIG ON DARK STORES • DARK STORES ARE TAKING INDIAN CITIES BY STORM AS BLINKIT, SWIGGY INSTAMART, ZEPTO, BIGBASKET, AMAZON NOW, FLIPKART MINUTES AND JIOMART RACE TO DELIVER QUICK COMMERCE ORDERS

WHAT THE LAW SAYS

SAVE BIG WITH OUR ANNUAL OFFER

PRICE SHOCK FOR SOLAR • RECORD SILVER AND COPPER PRICES ARE IMPACTING SOLAR PV MANUFACTURERS. THE INDUSTRY IS FOCUSING ON MATERIAL OPTIMISATION AND EFFICIENCY TO MANAGE COSTS

BEYOND THE BLOCKBUSTERS • AFTER THE WEIGHT-LOSS DRUG BOOM, AND WITH GENERICS CLOSING IN, BIG PHARMA ARE GEARING UP FOR THE NEXT GAME-CHANGER

Concentrated at the Summit • JUST 0.08% OF COMPANIES CORNERED TWO-THIRDS OF PRE-TAX CORPORATE PROFITS AND PAID THE LOWEST EFFECTIVE TAX RATES. CAN INDIA INC BROADEN THE PROFIT PIE?

Retiring the BELL CURVE • Built for predictability, the bell curve struggles in today’s workplaces. Organisations are now being challenged to redesign performance evaluation systems to reflect how employees generate value

Hedge, DON’T GAMBLE • IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT OF ELEVATED INFLATION, GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY, AND VOLATILE EQUITY MARKETS, GOLD AND SILVER SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AS RISK-MANAGEMENT ASSETS RATHER THAN RETURN-GIVING OR TACTICAL TRADES

MAGIC & Menace • OPENCLAW, AN OPEN-SOURCE AI ASSISTANT, ACTS, LEARNS AND SOMETIMES GOES OFF THE SCRIPT. EXPERTS CAUTION THAT WHILE AGENTIC AI FEELS MAGICAL, IT IS DANGEROUS

The Spirit of the Ocean • WITH INDIAN ROOTS, A LAYERED COLONIAL PAST, AND A VIBRANT CULTURE—MAURITIUS IS FAR MORE THAN A BEACH ESCAPE

THE MODERN ECONOMY THROUGH AN ANCIENT LENS • Amid the volatile external situation, the book says the true Hindu growth rate is 7% plus and provides policy prescriptions for India’s long-term growth story

THE WORLD’S AI RECKONING • AS AI RESHAPES THE GLOBAL NARRATIVE, THE WORLD CONFRONTS NOT WHAT MACHINES CAN DO, BUT WHAT HUMANS SHOULD ALLOW

DUBAI REAL ESTATE: BOOM OR BUBBLE? • Ankur Aggarwal, Chairman & Founder, BNW Developments, on what’s fueling Dubai’s surge, RAK’s casino-led upside, his India plans and more

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