Fossil fuels no longer offer security. Clean energy canWhile historical energy crises spurred renewable adoption, current economic conditions like inflation and high interest rates pose investme...
Starting this October, visitors travelling to Europe will face new digital checksBeginning October 2025, the European Union will implement the Entry/Exit System (EES), replacing manual passport stamping for non-EU travel...
Bargaining with Brussels: India-EU free trade talks in focusIndia and the EU aim to finalize a free trade agreement by year-end, focusing on investment protection and digital trade interoperability. ...
Chinese e-commerce giant giving Zara, H&M, and Amazon a run for their money hits major roadblockTemu, the popular Chinese online retailer, is under investigation by the European Union for potential violations of the Digital Services Ac...
India objects to ILO report that claims 83% unemployed are youthLabour and employment secretary Sumita Dawra called senior ILO officials and conveyed the government's displeasure over the India Employmen...
A volley of regulations: India’s exports have to learn to navigate EU’s green law mazeMost Indian companies are not yet capable of complying with the European Union’s proposed green regulations. While the government can impos...
Tit-for-tat tariffs or waiver talks: Choices India have to navigate new EU regulationsWhile the Government of India is still grappling with this new legislation — a bolt from the blue when New Delhi is engaging with the 27-na...
EU fines Meta $1.3 billion over data transfers to USThe social network giant’s continued data transfers to the US didn’t address “the risks to the fundamental rights and freedoms” of people w...
Twitter draws EU ire for sending incomplete disinformation reportTwitter’s report was short of data and didn’t include commitments from the social media company that it would empower fact-checkers, the EU...
Twitter loses entire Brussels office with regulators loomingThe small office of six employees was cut to two in recent weeks following Elon Musk’s dramatic culling of staff, according to people with ...
View: Why we can't compare PLFS & EUS data on unemploymentMoSPI has come out with a 643-page report in which on page after page it compares the EUS data with PLFS data.
EU foreign trade body maps plan to revive FTA talksAmfori said talks should initially focus on India’s demand for a liberal visa regime for its nurses, a relaxed geographical indications reg...
Govt forms new committee to bring more transparency in employment related data releasesThe Union governmet has formed a new committee under the chairmanship of former Chief Statistician Prof. T.C.A Anant to to bring more trans...
Ruling on data flow between EU & US may impact India’s IT sectorThe decision was made in a case filed by an Austrian citizen who had raised concerns about the safety of his personal data.
- EU insists on government supply contracts
EU has indicated that if India keeps govt supply contracts out of bilateral trade, it could affect flow of biz to Indian joint ventures.
- Sachar panel row: NSSO data is more robust & balanced
It is in the interest of larger community of data users to know NSSO data sets and limits under which they must be used.
- Sachar panel: Thin samples & inaccurate conclusions
The Economic Times carried a series of stories in the first week of April on income disparities across different religious groups in India.