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    Rachel Chitra
    About the AuthorRachel Chitra
    Rachel Chitra is a business correspondent, who also covers aviation and human rights issues.
      K Vaitheeswaran interview
      The Federal Focus

      GST 2.0 explained: What India’s new tax regime means for you | K Vaitheeswaran interview

      4 Sept 2025 6:50 PM IST
      Tiruppur garment workers
      Business

      India’s growth outlook faces twin pressures: Tariffs and structural bottlenecks

      2 Sept 2025 4:39 PM IST
      India’s insurance penetration remains low despite frequent catastrophes and life’s unpredictability
      Personal Finance

      Insurance mistakes most Indians make: Expert reveals what you need to know

      31 Aug 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Trump’s tariffs could reshape EV supply chains - Boson CEO Guru Punghavan interview
      Business

      Why EV battery maker Boson is undeterred by Chinese rivals, Trump policies

      29 Aug 2025 4:11 PM IST
      Entrepreneur decodes where bilateral trade and startups are headed
      Business

      What will Modi’s Japan visit mean for Asian giants? Entrepreneur Khader Sheriff decodes

      28 Aug 2025 7:38 PM IST
      The US decision to raise textile tariffs to 50% has dealt a severe blow to Tamil Nadu’s export powerhouse in Tiruppur, with losses estimated at nearly ₹3,000 crore
      India

      Why India must take Brazil’s lead to save Tiruppur from impact of Trump’s tariffs

      28 Aug 2025 4:11 PM IST
      Pilots in the cockpit
      Flight Insight

      Exclusive | Did Boeing’s machine fail in Air India 171 crash? A chilling sequence of possibilities

      21 Aug 2025 6:20 AM IST
      Cement bag
      Business

      Ramco Cements launches eco-friendly plasters as rivals scale up green offerings

      20 Aug 2025 2:45 PM IST
      Boeing Dreamliner
      Flight Insight

      Exclusive | Do Lion Air, Air India 171 crashes flag Boeing design flaw?

      9 Aug 2025 5:17 PM IST
      RBI, digital rupee wholesale pilot, CBDC
      Business

      RBI’s rate pause isn’t a pivot yet, says Quantace’s Karthick Jonagadla

      7 Aug 2025 8:07 PM IST
      RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra
      Business

      RBI retains neutral stance: What's feeding its optimism?

      6 Aug 2025 4:07 PM IST
      Hindu real estate summit
      Tamil Nadu

      Real estate goes digital as strict regulatory norms block black money flow

      5 Aug 2025 5:10 PM IST
      Stock exchange
      Business

      Trump tariff shocker leaves Indian stocks, exporters scrambling

      1 Aug 2025 2:40 PM IST
      Ahmedabad Boeing Air India plane crash
      Flight Insight

      Exclusive: Not pilot error? Missing black box data, a clue to systems failure or FADEC collapse

      25 July 2025 8:47 PM IST
      Prof D Narasimhan is a leading taxonomist and specialist in biodiversity, taxonomy, ethnobotany, medicinal plants and plant anatomy.
      India

      Greenwashing India: Are we planting the wrong trees in misplaced zeal?

      23 July 2025 7:08 PM IST
      UK visa threshold hike
      India

      New UK visa policies undermine growth, marginalise migrants | Interview

      22 July 2025 8:53 PM IST
      From tariffs to tech dreams — Ravi Bhatia on why India’s EV market just flipped
      Business

      VinFast vs Tesla: India's EV market turns into global battleground

      22 July 2025 5:46 PM IST
      Air India plane crash, Ahmedabad
      India

      Ahmedabad Air India crash: Minister backs ‘unbiased’ probe; pilots flag key data gaps

      22 July 2025 8:04 AM IST
      boeing cockpit
      Flight Insight

      Exclusive | AI-171 crash triggered by fuel switches or engine failure?

      18 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Karti Chidambaram Keeladi
      Tamil Nadu

      ‘Keeladi a blow to BJP narrative’: Karti Chidambaram on history, politics, urban India

      16 July 2025 12:08 PM IST
      Whistleblower Mayank Bansal decodes Jane Street scam
      Business

      What Jane Street did was plain, old-fashioned manipulation: Whistleblower

      15 July 2025 6:43 PM IST
      wholesale price inflation
      Business

      Base effect apart, easing food prices promise another 6 months of low inflation

      14 July 2025 7:32 PM IST
      boeing cockpit
      Flight Insight

      Fuel cut in 1 sec? AI-171’s final minutes flag mechanical failure, not pilot error

      13 July 2025 6:19 PM IST
      As Tesla prepares to charge into India, Raptee’s founder Dinesh Arjun weighs in on tech, talent, and terrain in the EV wars
      Business

      Raptee’s electric bet as Tesla vrooms into India

      12 July 2025 9:00 PM IST
      Ahmedabad plane crash
      India

      Air India crash report: ‘No pilot would do that,’ say experts

      12 July 2025 5:59 PM IST
      Top pilot Saurabh Bhatnagar decodes cockpit confusion
      India

      Air India Ahmedabad AI-171 crash: Was it Boeing, not the pilots?

      12 July 2025 2:52 PM IST
      Data advocate Apar Gupta interview Karnataka Fake News Bill
      Karnataka

      Karnataka’s ‘fake news’ bill sparks censorship fears | Interview

      10 July 2025 4:54 PM IST
      Ankit Rahangdale interview
      Business

      New rules about ITR disclosures, capital gains, foreign income: Explained

      10 July 2025 4:46 PM IST
      Rafale under scrutiny
      India

      Rafale 'superior by far' to Chinese J‑10Cs, says expert

      8 July 2025 5:58 PM IST
      Interview with Sumeet Gulechha, COO, GoGenAI
      India

      Trump’s remittance tax ‘impact will be minimal’ for NRIs | Interview

      7 July 2025 8:22 PM IST
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