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Demographic dividend seems to be on the negative side in India. The most populous nation in the world might find this “crown” full of thorns, and that the country is driving down a road that leads to disaster.

Air India’s order of 470 aircraft—with another option of 370 on the table—is the largest order ever, but money management will be the key if a tailwind has to be kept alive.

Post-retirement sinecure may displease a section of politicians, but every colour of political party has been complicit in somewhat manipulating a small section of the judiciary to its own narrow end. Only drastic changes can make this go away.

Infra capital expenditure in the Union budget has had tongues wagging, but the problem lies in the lack of understanding how poor India’s poor really are.

The explosive crisis is a defining test for India Inc and corporate governance. The government can soften the national and international fallout only by investigating the Gautam Adani affair thoroughly and with extensive public disclosure.

There are few judicial appointment procedures in the world that are completely bereft of the overarching presence of either the executive or the legislature, or both. In the end, the judge is left with all the powers vested in him/her by the constitution to uphold the rule of law, within an atmosphere of external influences.

There is a contention that if women of India are allowed into the labour force as equal partners, India may reach the levels of China and Vietnam on the manufacturing scale. However, age-old religious restrictions may not allow this to ever happen in India.

Will we reach the promised land if luxury leads the way? Have Plato’s healthy cities become a myth? The stock markets are singing an old tune.

As cyber attacks increase by the hour, international insurers find it difficult to provide cover. There is a growing consensus among European mega-insurers to declare cyber attack as “uninsurable”. What happens then?

Justice DY Chandrachud the new helmsman of the justice system of the country, will have the unenviable task of having to cut to the system’s core with a hacksaw, and also be delicate while he handles the people he will help.