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Bored of bygone builders, Singapore millennials get their own Blackstone

The restructuring of CapitaLand Investment gives a taste of what is to come in many industries globally.

Stay or leave? How the world views Indian telecom depends on Vodafone CEO

Nick Read weighs the all-important question: Has India stopped being 'the most painful market' to operate a telecom?

Sri Lanka's storm in a teacup may compel India to bring out its checkbook

Having just seen its $3 billion investment in Afghanistan go up in smoke, India's appetite for economic diplomacy may even be lower than usual.

Singapore SPACs need to go hunting in India, Indonesia for promising firms

Singapore has seen just three initial public offerings this year, garnering less than $250 million.

Waking up the neighbours: Taliban's new govt will upset India, China, Iran

Hardliners in Kabul are all closely tied to Islamabad, have backed it on Kashmir dispute.

Jobs lost, wages cut: India's world-beating GDP masks pain of the pandemic

An economy that performs well below potential for too long will suffer a permanent loss, writes Andy Mukherjee.

Covid vaccines may become a viable business, but that's not good news

Vaccines are not consumer products made by pharmaceutical industry: they are infrastructure.

India's soft power, investments in Afghanistan lead to diplomatic dead end

As Afghanistan falls into chaos, India doesn't have any leverage to ensure the country doesn't become a security threat

How Google's push into Indian retail banking challenges traditional lenders

Google Pay wants to push time-deposit products of small Indian banks, breaching banks' historic moat with tech innovation.

For growth and investments, Modi's green new deal might actually work

If the government can reduce investment risk in greener sectors and make them attractive investment propositions, it might well turn around its economic record.

Better than booster shots, non-vaccines promise to build Covid immunity

Monoclonal antibodies boost immune response to infections by binding to particular sites on the spike protein of the virus that causes Covid-19.

Not just tycoons, India's asset monetisation plan must treat all fairly

Australia has lessons for India's plan on managing a fair deal for taxpayers and ensuring public utilities work and are affordable.

Get more judges: Bankruptcy logjams make India no country for dying firms

Across India, 27 bankruptcy tribunals are being run by 29 judges; at least 25 short of what's required.

Taliban now have a $22-bn economy. Where will Afghanistan's money go?

The most urgent economic challenge for the new rulers is a yawning skills deficit in government ministries and departments

Impoverished Afghanistan got rid of America, but not the US dollar

Afghanistan is in dire need of funds, but nothing of consequence happens at lending institutions like the IMF without US approval.

Afghanistan may turn China's Belt and Road into a $282-bn creditor trap

The danger comes from instability in Pakistan, where Beijing banks have invested heavily. The Chinese still have nightmares about a major miscalculation in Venezuela

India's open e-commerce may quietly close another door for Amazon, Flipkart

An assault on the economics of digital platforms will possibly rank among the most far-reaching separations of platforms and commerce seen anywhere.

Covid-19 pandemic: Can Moderna buy its way into the $200 billion club?

The company disclosed during its earnings presentation Aug. 5 that it expects the shot to generate $20 billion in sales this year

India isn't ready for another Covid wave; confidence about impact misplaced

Without a clear sense of how and where the second wave was most virulent, country can't really figure out what a third will look like.

Did inequality increase during pandemic? Wait for more data to get answers

It might be in the nature of economic modernization and industrialization for inequality to at first increase and then decline.