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A collection of 486 posts

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Kashmir’s saffron farmers are smiling again

A story that dives into Kashmir saffron's road to revival.

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RBI's magical mileage for RuPay?

An explainer on how RBI is pushing RuPay credit and debit cards

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An explainer on Time-of-Day electricity tariff

An explainer on India’s proposed shift from fixed electricity tariffs to tariffs that change according to time.

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How affordable commodities fuel climate change

An explainer on the subsidy conundrum. Fuel and agriculture subsidies encourage climate change. But can we give up on them for a greener Earth?

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The great Indian electric dream ― Cooking without fire

An explainer on India's plausible transition to electric cooking.

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Understanding the debate about the PLI scheme for mobile phones

An explainer on why there is renewed debate about the PLI scheme for mobile phones

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How does the RBI make money?

An explainer on how the RBI makes money

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Snowball effect — is this India’s decade?

An explainer on why this could be India's decade.

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Can the EU save our forests?

An explainer on how the European Union wants to tackle deforestation

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Should India regulate beedis?

An explainer on why there's a renewed demand for regulating beedis

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What’s the shoe leather cost of ₹2000?

An explainer on what's the impact of withdrawing the ₹2000 note

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India’s diamond woes

An explainer on what's really ailing the Indian diamond industry

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Is India’s semiconductor dream under threat?

An explainer on how the Indian Semiconductor industry is getting back on its feet

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The Indian Shrimp Story

An explainer on the headwinds facing the Indian shrimp industry

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What the RBI* thinks about climate change

An explainer on why the central bank is worried about climate change

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Whales! A climate solution no one is talking about

An explainer on whether whales can solve climate change

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Is a controversial subsidy scheme setting India's EV dreams on fire?

An explainer on all the controversy surrounding FAME II subsidies

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Why is India’s public bus system in a mess?

An explainer on everything wrong with India's public bus system

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India’s sand mafia menace

What is the actual impact of India's sand mafia

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The big bad world of antiquities smuggling

An explainer on antiquities smuggling

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All roads lead to UPI

An explainer on how RBI is trying to link credit to UPI

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An explainer on the National List of Essential Medicines

An explainer on why some medicines may turn expensive soon enough

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India's post harvest loss problem

An explainer on India's post harvest loss problem

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An explainer on the Black Sea Grain Initiative

What is the black sea grain initiative and why is everyone talking about it