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Why Northeast India Must Learn to Invest in Its Own Entrepreneurs
Over the last few years, a quiet but encouraging transformation has begun unfolding across Northeast India. Governments have launched startup policies. Incubation centers have emerged. Universities have started talking about entrepreneurship. Young people who once looked only toward government employment are increasingly exploring the possibility of building enterprises of their own. This change deserves appreciation….
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The Prosperity Illusion: Why Big Capital Enters — and Wealth Leaves
Across developing economies, a familiar story plays out repeatedly. A government announces a major investment partnership with a large corporation. Land is allocated at concessional rates. Tax incentives are extended. Infrastructure support is prioritised. Subsidised power and regulatory clearances are often built into the larger package. Public messaging quickly frames the development as a transformational…
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Bamboo Water Purification Media: How Northeast India Can Build a Clean Water Technology Industry
The Northeast Renaissance Series Ideas for a ₹67,000 Crore Indian Market and a Multi-Billion Dollar Global Future Every morning, millions of Indians fill a glass of water without thinking about what happened before that water reached them. A tap opens. A filter works. A bottle is purchased. And life goes on. Yet hidden behind this…
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INLAMOBI Blue Valley Cluster: Can Northeast India Build Wealth Instead of Just Supplying Raw Materials?
On June 8 and 9, something unusual happened in Guwahati. It was not another investment summit. It was not another memorandum of understanding destined to gather dust in official files. It was the physical beginning of a project that could reshape how Northeast India participates in the global natural ingredients economy. The Bhoomi Poojan of…
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The World Came to Guwahati. Is Northeast India Ready to Go Back with It?
A high-level European delegation is in Assam. The world is paying attention. The bigger question is whether Northeast India is prepared to convert that attention into globally competitive products, brands, and businesses. Having arrived in Assam on 8 June, the European Union’s Ambassador to India, Hervé Delphin, along with a high-level Team Europe delegation of…
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Netrasemi, AI Mania and the $20 Trillion Question
Can India Build Global AI Chips—and Is the AI Boom Becoming a Bubble? India’s semiconductor ambitions are often discussed in terms of factories, investments and government incentives. But there is another side to the story. Factories manufacture chips. Intellectual property creates value. As India builds fabrication plants in Gujarat, assembly and testing facilities in Assam,…
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Sunday AI Brief: 5 AI Tools That Help You Think, Write, Organize and Present Better
Artificial Intelligence is often associated with coding, image generation, or futuristic robots. However, some of the most useful AI tools today are surprisingly practical. They help people write better, organize information, improve communication, and even create presentations without spending hours staring at a blank screen. This week, The Quantiq explores five AI tools that can…
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Bamboo Activated Carbon: How Northeast India Can Build a High-Value Industrial Materials Industry
The Northeast Renaissance SeriesIdeas for a ₹67,000 Crore Indian Market and a Multi-Billion Dollar Global Future. Every Day We Use It, Yet Few Know What It Is Every day, millions of Indians drink water purified using activated carbon. Hospitals use it. Pharmaceutical companies depend on it. Food-processing industries rely on it. Air purification systems cannot…
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India’s Semiconductor Moment
From Dholera to Morigaon and Bhubaneswar: Building India’s Silicon Geography For decades, India participated in the global semiconductor industry primarily as a source of engineering talent. Indian engineers designed chips for global companies. They built software tools, managed research centres and powered innovation pipelines. Yet the physical infrastructure of the semiconductor economy largely existed elsewhere….
