India’s steel sector: are we ready for the big leap?
Steel is a critical industrial metal for growth and development of several sectors including infrastructure, construction, defense, mobility and so on. No wonder, there is a strong positive correlation between economic growth and steel consumption. For this reason, steel is called a ‘growth commodity’.
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Modernizing-cotton cultivation through tech infusion is imperative
Cotton is an important cash crop for our country. It is not merely an agricultural crop but an industrial commodity too as it has multiple uses, food and non-food. Cotton represents 5F – Fibre, Food, Feed, Fuel and Fertilizer. In other words, cotton economy is a composite economy and critical for India as it helps generate employment, incomes and export earnings.
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Contours of India UK FTA set to boost economic opportunities
After over three years of negotiations that began in January 2022, the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was recently concluded and formally announced on May 6, 2025. Yet, there is a road ahead to traverse for cementing the partnership.
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USA – India BTA and scenario of possible outcomes
The US faces the problem of ‘twin deficit’ that is fiscal deficit and trade deficit. The policy of free trade or liberal import – intended to support consumers – has resulted in trade deficit.
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The Present and Future of AI
Have you heard of Gemma 3, Sec- Gemini v1, DeepSeek, Gemini 2.0, etc.? Don’t worry because more 95% of the people around you have not heard of about these AI models, let alone know anything about them.
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Trump, Tariffs, Tradewar and Turmoil
The much-awaited US reciprocal tariffs announced on April 2 have jolted the world with a few countries in Asia becoming the target of Trump ire (China, Vietnam, Thailand) while the blow to India is relatively less-heavy.
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The Allure of Glittering Gold
Background: In pursuance of the decision to run blogs on topical subjects, ERTF chose Gold Market as the subject that could potentially elicit interesting yet different shades of opinion from domain experts.
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