India could be approaching a decade of unusually strong investment and economic expansion, according to Prem Watsa, the founder and chairman of Fairfax Financial Holdings. Watsa, often described as the “Warren Buffett of Canada,” has expressed optimism that India could experience an investment boom comparable in scale to China’s rise over previous decades. His view reflects confidence in India’s …
Economic growth is generally expected to create employment, raise incomes and improve living standards. Yet India's development experience has often presented a puzzling situation. The economy can grow rapidly while employment does not increase at the same pace. This phenomenon, commonly described as jobless or near jobless growth, raises a fundamental question: why does an expanding economy some…
Economic growth is often associated with factories, infrastructure, investment and natural resources. Yet behind every major transformation in human history lies a less visible force: innovation. From the invention of the wheel to the development of artificial intelligence, human societies have progressed by finding better ways to solve existing problems. Innovation is therefore not merely about …
A political battle unfolding in California has placed one of the world's richest technology entrepreneurs at the center of a much larger debate about wealth, taxation, political influence and the future of the state's economy. Sergey Brin, the Google co-founder whose fortune is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars, has contributed approximately $102 million to an organization campaign…
Introduction For years, India's startup and investment story has been closely associated with a relatively small group of cities. Bengaluru became synonymous with technology and venture capital, Mumbai remained one of the country's most important financial centres, and Delhi NCR developed into another major hub for startups, investors, corporate headquarters and professional talent. These cities …
For several years, India's economic growth story has had one very visible engine behind it: government spending on infrastructure and public investment. Roads, railways, airports, highways, digital infrastructure, logistics networks and other large projects have helped keep economic activity moving even when the global environment has been uncertain. Now another part of the economy appears to be …
India's unemployment rate has come down to 5% in August 2026 from 5.1% in July. At first glance, that looks like good news. Fewer people are officially counted as unemployed, and more people are participating in the labour market. But behind that one number is a much bigger story about rural India, cities, women, young people, the kind of work people are finding and the challenges that still rema…
