Walk down the health food aisle of any Indian supermarket today and millets are hard to miss: ragi cookies, jowar flour, bajra pasta, and protein bars built around foxtail or little millet. What used to be considered old-fashioned, rustic grains associated with pre-Green Revolution diets have become one of the fastest-growing categories in India’s packaged … Read more
Monsoon travel in India rewards those willing to skip the usual hill-station crowds. With lower airfares, dramatic green landscapes and thinner tourist footfall between June and September, this is arguably the best time to explore destinations that stay overlooked the rest of the year. Here are five spots worth adding to the list this season. … Read more
The debate over AI and jobs in India has moved from hypothetical to measurable. Industry estimates suggest AI tools now handle a significant share of entry-level tasks in sectors like IT services, and several major Indian technology firms let go of thousands of mid-tier engineers in the space of just two months this year, with … Read more
For years, India’s gig and platform workers, the delivery riders, cab drivers and home-service providers who power app-based businesses, existed in a legal grey zone: neither fully employees nor genuinely independent contractors. That changed with the Code on Social Security, which came into force in November 2025 and was followed by detailed Central Rules notified … Read more
Every monsoon now brings the same script: a few hours of intense rain, and an Indian city grinds to a halt. This year it was Assam, Kerala and parts of Jammu and Kashmir absorbing the worst of it, with floods and landslides claiming more than 130 lives. But the deeper story is not just about … Read more
India’s biggest overhaul of the Goods and Services Tax since its 2017 launch has begun rolling out, simplifying what was once a four-slab structure into a leaner system built primarily around 5 percent and 18 percent rates, with a steep 40 percent slab reserved for a short list of luxury and sin goods. The GST … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously on August 5, 2026 to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 percent, extending its neutral policy stance as it weighs sticky food and fuel inflation against a resilient domestic growth outlook. The standing deposit facility rate stays at 5.00 percent, while the marginal standing … Read more
The Supreme Court has delivered a wide-ranging set of rulings over the past two weeks, touching on criminal law, land acquisition, evidence standards and environmental oversight, in what has been an unusually busy stretch for the bench. In a closely watched criminal law ruling, the Court held that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, … Read more
Parliament’s Monsoon Session, running from 20 July to 13 August 2026 over 19 sittings, has brought a packed legislative agenda before both Houses, with roughly two dozen pending bills touching everything from the judiciary to higher education and foreign funding rules for non-profits. Among the most closely watched is the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, … Read more
India’s southwest monsoon has turned lethal this year, with flooding and landslides killing more than 130 people since July, according to state disaster authorities. The season has been marked by an unusual pattern: an overall rainfall deficit of roughly 16 percent nationally, punctuated by short, extremely intense downpours that have overwhelmed rivers, hillsides and drainage … Read more