Making AI Equitable Requires Markets and Governments to Share the Gains

AI's capital demands risk crowding out public spending, while automation shifts income from labour to capital. Equitable growth requires market discipline and fair taxation.

Sanjay Mansabdar

November 13, 2026 at 4:22 AM IST

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The AI Haves and Have-nots, and the Question of Governability

It is already becoming evident that AI could create a new class divide: between countries, within countries and within the workforce. Worryingly, governments seem ill-prepared to deal with its consequences

R. Sridharan

November 3, 2026 at 6:20 AM IST

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Beware the Debt-Fuelled AI Boom

Until recently, the AI boom was funded by equity. But now, debt—a lot of it opaquely structured—is increasingly powering the build-out.

R. Sridharan

July 28, 2026 at 12:04 PM IST

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When Journalism Became ANI’s Weakness Against OpenAI

The Delhi High Court did not reject copyright in news reports. Instead, it held that facts remain public, expression alone is protected, and ANI failed to show infringement.

Arshad Hussain

July 27, 2026 at 12:19 PM IST

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Court unquote

Student Protests, OpenAI Wins Lawsuit, New Fast Track Courts, and More

Your weekly rundown of significant judicial rulings and legal battles influencing policy, companies, regulation, and governance

BasisPoint Insight

July 27, 2026 at 6:11 AM IST

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The Morning Edge

Risk-Off Mood Returns as US-Iran Strikes Escalate Tensions

Here’s your quick read to start the day: a chatty, no-fuss look at overnight moves, the big story, what’s on the docket, and the tickers you need to watch.

Richard Fargose

June 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM IST

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Are We Facing an AI Nightmare?

AI-doom scenarios are going viral because there are no easy public-policy responses to the problem of large-scale but not universal technological unemployment. Society’s best hope is a Goldilocks scenario, where the AI rollout is not too fast, and where the industry is not too oligopolistic.

Raghuram Rajan

March 16, 2026 at 3:36 AM IST

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India’s AI Strategy Is Quietly Shifting From Ambition to Use

AI threatens India’s IT services model yet the same technology could become its next growth engine as companies deploy AI across industries worldwide.

Reform Compass

March 9, 2026 at 5:52 AM IST

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India’s Biggest Tech M&A Deal Hinges on Narrative Before Numbers

Coforge’s Encora acquisition tests whether AI-led positioning can outrun proof, as a mid-cap firm bets stock and scale on a recent generative pivot.

Krishnadevan V

December 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM IST

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Basis Shorts

November 13 See All

Tata Motors’ Car Sales Accelerate, JLR Moves the Finish Line

Grasim Writes Down, Then Writes a Cheque

Zee Entertainment’s Buyback Needs a Better Script

Government Allows Commodity Trading at GIFT City

November Keeps Gilt Traders on Their Toes as Yield Swings Hit Four-Year High

November 12 See All

Gilts Take CPI in Stride, But Are Not Out of the Woods Yet

Tamil Nadu Stays on Top of Inflation Chart

The Curry Trio Is Giving Inflation a Kick

CPI Crossing 6% Raises Odds of Another RBI Rate Hike

Coca-Cola, Carlsberg IPOs Offer the Same IPO Flavour

The Bureau

India's Merchandise Trade Deficit Hits One-Year High in October

India's Forex Reserves Rise $2.49 Billion to $719.55 Billion

Gradual RBI Tightening Likely Despite October CPI Breaching 6% Ceiling

SBI Research cuts December rate hike call to 25 bps from 50 bps; sees 50% chance of lower terminal rate

India October CPI Inflation Crosses 6% as Food Prices Accelerate

Cabinet Raises Rabi Fertiliser Subsidy Outlay by 64% to 623.7 Billion Rupees

BofA Raises India July-September GDP Growth Estimate to 7.7% From 7.2%

India's Energy Transition: The Hard Part is Yet to Come