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Cool Breeze: Just Desserts in the Desert State?
Just Desserts in the Desert State? Sachin Pilot’s recent meeting with C.P. Joshi has sparked off a series of speculation...
The road beyond Kabul
Afghanistan begins retreat to the future. August 15, 2021 will stand out as an epochal turning point in the turbulent...
A richer India will be a safer India
India’s own gradual ascendancy into a leading economy has sharpened rivalries. Money, money, money/Always sunny/In the rich man’s world ABBA...
It’s over for Congress in Punjab
The mess in Punjab is self-inflected by the Congress. Among the states going to the polls early next year are...
Past is present: India prioritises the future
It is important to come out and start narrating every facet of India’s emerging economic story. On 1 October, the...
Amarinder and Congress break-up soon
It is very obvious now that Captain Amarinder Singh has made up his mind to sever his association with the...
Congress’ leftward tilt will hurt it
In a way, Congress’ crisis is part of a global pattern of liberal and social democratic parties being overtaken by...
Evergrande: Laissez-faire growth ends in China
Xu Jiayin, the owner of Evergrande is alleged to be close to the Shanghai clique. The Shanghai clique allegedly controls...
Universal peace is a fundamental human right
It is no accident that countries that have relatively peaceful societies make far more progress than those that are roiled...
Japan’s elderly care economy presents opportunity for India
Graduates of nursing and paramedical programs have much opportunity, provided they have sufficient Japanese language skills. Tokyo: Japan’s elderly care...
The neo-Taliban and the super-jihadi state
Afghanistan will become the top jihadi state in the world. Al Qaeda, Haqqani, and even ISIS will eventually be incorporated...
Telecom, banking packages may work, but PLI can’t revive auto sector
The package includes several measures, the most important being a four-year moratorium on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. The Narendra...
Split captaincy good for Indian cricket
By declaring that he would be stepping down as the T-20 captain after the World Championship, skipper Virat Kohli may...
From error to war: A tale of Nehru’s blunders
The second part of the article, Mahatma and Lord Krishna: Winning wars and losing the peace, looks back at the...
Rights only for a few, not all: US Supreme Court
The legacy of Joe Biden may be marred should he refuse to fast-track raising the US Supreme Court bench to...
