Focusing on sports like cricket which bring in more revenues, and using existing stadiums in multiple cities can offset cost of hosting India will leave no stone unturned in its bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games, said Prime Minister […]
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Uzbekistan’s museums show effects of Soviet colonisation. Putin is speaking a familiar language Touring Uzbekistan last week, I visited its State Museum of History. It had a graphic account of the fight against Russian colonialism, the attempt of the Soviet Union to
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To the millions with chronic pain, here are some lessons from a reformed junkie Most columns are on political or economic issues. This is on myself. I am a recently reformed drug junkie. My story carries lessons for millions who
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Western critics are not seriously discomfited by India killing terrorists at home, or even covertly in Pakistan. What they cannot stand is the killing of Western citizens. They argue that this is unwarranted since there is rule of law in
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Foreign affairs experts see the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. But it goes against the tenets of transport economics Foreign affairs experts have hailed the announcement of an India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC)
IMEC makes great political sense but is it economically viable? Read More »
While the share of goods in trade is declining, services exports are booming The world is awash with reports that the world is de-globalising. President Trump was the initial de-globaliser, withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, imposing protectionist tariffs, and curbing trade
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India, too, is copying the Chinese economic model. The government says free trade has reached its limits, and so has been raising tariffs for five years. It has offered subsidies as high as 50% for some sectors like chip fabrication.
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Simultaneous state elections are desirable but they should not be clubbed with a general election. Instead, simultaneous state elections should be held two and a half years after a general election. The government has appointed a committee to go into
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The notion of India as a Vishwaguru sounds like a bad joke in the West. In the run‐up to the Group of 20 summit this weekend in New Delhi, billboards and bus stops in every Indian city are plastered with images of
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Contrary to predictions of collapse, the Russian economy grew despite sanctions I have in the past taken the Indian media and analysts to task for jingoism and dubious claims of military greatness. Surely one should do the same with the
Why Russia is not losing the war, nor is its economy crashing Read More »
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