Return-to-office mandates have become one of the most polarising workplace conversations in 2026. Executives frame these policies as culture-building and collaboration-driven. Employees, meanwhile, often experience them as a quiet erosion of trust. Somewhere between these two narratives lies the truth,…
India ADR Week (IAW) 2026 concluded on 11 September in Bengaluru, Mumbai, and New Delhi, marking the sixth edition of the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration’s (MCIA) flagship platform and the tenth anniversary of MCIA’s operations. Beyond the customary networking…
A Sector-by-Sector, Department-by-Department Analysis of AI Cost and Return Ask a chief financial officer whether AI is paying off, and the honest answer is: it depends entirely on where you look. A single company-wide figure the median 10 per cent…
The world economy is passing through a difficult phase. Inflation remains sticky. Job growth has slowed sharply. Energy markets are volatile following renewed conflict in the Middle East. Together, these forces have created what many economists call a slow-burn global…
A corporate law case study on board oversight, disclosure, and the limits of self-regulation with a retrospective look at IndusInd Bank’s 2025 governance lapse On 18 March 2026, Atanu Chakraborty, part-time Chairman and Independent Director of HDFC Bank, India’s largest…
A boardroom is where oversight is exercised – but should oversight carry the same liability as control? Every corporate scandal follows the same script. A company collapses, regulators move in, and somewhere in the fallout, a name appears that surprises…
WEEK 2: August 10–16, 2026 August 2026 — Important Days (Week 2: August 10–16) August 12 — International Youth Day August 12 — World Elephant Day August 14 — Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (5th anniversary of observance) August 15 —…
Parliament’s legislative activity through 2026 has covered a wide range of subjects, from judicial reforms to delimitation and higher education regulation. This roundup tracks the current status of key bills introduced or passed since January 2026, spanning the Budget Session…
Available now at Amazon Kindle and Amazon Paperback [Kindle link] | [Paperback link] Long before the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Kautilya’s Arthashastra had already codified the principles of justice, punishment, and state accountability. Chanakya’s Justice…
యూపీఐ లావాదేవీలపై చార్జీలు: కొత్త సవరణ చట్టం విశ్లేషణ పరిచయం భారతదేశంలో డిజిటల్ చెల్లింపుల రంగంలో అత్యంత కీలకమైన మార్పుకు వేదిక సిద్ధమైంది. 2026 ఆగస్టు 6న లోక్సభ పన్నులు మరియు ఇతర చట్టాల (సవరణ) బిల్లు, 2026 (Taxation and Other Laws Amendment Bill, 2026)ను ధ్వని ఓటుతో ఆమోదించింది. ఈ బిల్లు…
