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India’s Next Big Economy May Be the Care Economy
India is ageing rapidly, families are changing and millions of women already carry an invisible care economy on their shoulders. The next opportunity may be to turn that hidden work into skilled, dignified employment—and the Northeast could have an unexpected role. India is preparing for a demographic reality that will change much more than the…
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Dr. Nihar R. Deka: When a Doctor Decided That Treating Patients Was Not Enough
Founder Series | The Quantiq Respirit Healthcare is a Guwahati-based MedTech startup. Its founder, Dr. Nihar R. Deka, is preparing to launch what he describes as one of India’s first indigenous, IP-led respiratory-care devices. Last Monday, I spent an hour with him trying to understand the journey so far. What emerged was a story that…
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India’s Auto Market Had a Record August. The Bigger Story Is What Buyers Are Choosing
FADA’s August 2026 retail data shows India buying more vehicles than ever in an August. But beneath the 24.23 lakh headline are deeper shifts in consumer behaviour, fuel choices and rural demand—and the Northeast may have to find a very different road into India’s changing automobile economy. India bought more vehicles in August than it…
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India’s Biotech Moment: Can Northeast India Build Its Next Bioeconomy?
Northeast Renaissance Series BIO-NIVESH, BioE3 and the ₹1 lakh crore RDI push are opening a new investment window. I have travelled to some of the remotest parts of the Northeast over three decades. I have seen places with barely any roads, where a 140-kilometre journey could take 14 hours. Even so, I have always believed…
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Monday Signals: Four Business & Technology Shifts to Watch
From India’s private capex cycle and the infrastructure behind AI to Nvidia’s expanding AI empire and the rise of smart rings, here are four signals worth watching this week. PRIVATE CAPEX AWAKENS Is India’s investment engine finally shifting gears? For years, the Indian growth story has had a familiar engine: government spending on infrastructure and…
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AI Is Leaving the Screen: The Week AI Learned to Act, Move and Misbehave
From rogue AI agents and new safety concerns to humanoid robots and India’s physical-AI ambitions, the artificial intelligence story is rapidly moving beyond chatbots and screens. There was a time when an artificial intelligence update meant a smarter chatbot, a more impressive image generator or another benchmark record. That era is beginning to feel increasingly…
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Northeast India’s Carbon Economy: Can Natural Wealth Create Economic Value?
The Northeast has forests, bamboo, tea landscapes and enormous biological productivity. What it lacks is a clear balance sheet of its carbon. That may be the first thing it needs before trying to turn natural wealth into economic value. There is an uncomfortable question behind the growing interest in the Northeast India carbon economy. How…
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AI Is Changing How Children Learn. Are Schools Ready for What Comes Next?
A child has a homework question. A few years ago, the answer might have been found in a textbook, explained by a teacher or discussed with a parent. Today, there is another option that is becoming increasingly familiar: asking artificial intelligence. The response can arrive within seconds. An AI system can explain a difficult concept…
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Bhutan’s Quiet Food Revolution: Why More Than 60 Countries Are Listening
Sovereign Geography Desk What if the world’s food crisis is not only about how much food we produce, but also about how we think about food, nature and the people who grow it? That is the deceptively simple question being asked in Bhutan this week. More than 60 countries have gathered in Paro for the…
