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Opinion | Will Pakistan Regret Letting The Army Back At The Centre Of Power?
It's usually easy to know when a country has fallen to military dictatorship. Tanks on the streets, uniforms in gilded palaces, the political class interned en masse. Sometimes, however, the takeover is more subtle, more insidious.
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Opinion | Everywhere All At Once Makes India A Safe AI Bet
In recent months, three companies have rolled out free access to their paid tiers exclusively in India.
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Opinion | RFK Jr Is Playing With Babies' Lives
Robert F Kennedy Jr's decision to withdraw US funding from the global vaccine alliance GAVI, may kill far more children than anything he has so far tried at home.
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Opinion | India-UK Trade Deal Shows Globalisation Is Ticking Along
President Donald Trump may say "tariffs" are his favorite word, but the rest of the world doesn't have to agree. With or without America, trade deals continue to be signed.
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Opinion: India Needs To Focus On Tracks Before Trains
We are still not sure exactly why India's storied Coromandel Express plowed into a stationary freight train late on Friday night last week, setting off a three-train pileup that cost almost 300 people their lives.
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Opinion: Ahead Of Budget, Big Hints From Government On A Welcome Change
The good news is that the government may be undergoing a change of heart ahead of next year's budget - or, at least, it may not be quite as willing to revel in protectionism as before.
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Opinion: Make in India? It Will Take More Than Subsidies
Last week, while inaugurating a new aircraft factory in western India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to a slogan he coined a few months after taking power in 2014: "Make in India." This time, however, he added: "Make for the world."
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Opinion: India's Balancing Act On Russia Is Getting Trickier
India's official position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine is notoriously hard to pin down.
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Opinion: Leicester, The New Epicentre Of Communal Tension
Here in India, Hindu-Muslim clashes that threaten houses of worship, force shops to close and inflame passions on social media no longer constitute news. It is noteworthy, however, when they break out in the English Midlands.
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Opinion: Britain Is Burning Up. India Has Some Tips
London was burning earlier this week. So many blazes erupted during the recent heatwave that the city's fire brigades had their busiest day since Hitler sent his V-2s screaming across the Channel.
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Opinion: India Can't Afford to Lose World's Trust On Trade
Prime Minister Narendra Modi often speaks of "trusted" supply chains. At the G-20 last year, he said that global supply chains depend upon "trust, transparency, and timeframes".
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Opinion: India, Struck By Heat Wave, Can't Afford Its Coal Addiction
Nothing makes you appreciate air-conditioning like high summer in India. Here in Delhi, temperatures are running over 100 degrees for much of the day, with two full months still to go before the cooling monsoon rains arrive.
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Opinion: Imran Khan's Anti-Americanism Masks The Real Issue
Pakistan's institutions began their slow abandonment of democracy almost 70 years ago, when the country's Supreme Court legitimized a coup by the executive and dismissal of the constituent assembly. The judges claimed that a "doctrine of necessity" t
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Opinion: Imran Khan's Fall From Grace Is His Own Fault
Pakistan is once again facing a political crisis. In a country where democratically elected leaders are regularly ousted from office, that should not be entirely surprising, says Mihir Sharma.
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Opinion: Has India Placed Too Much Faith In The West?
On Wednesday, Indian government officials said that state-controlled Indian Oil Corp. had reached a deal to buy 3 million barrels of oil from Russia's Rosneft Oil Co. at a 20% discount to global prices.
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Opinion | Will Pakistan Regret Letting The Army Back At The Centre Of Power?
It's usually easy to know when a country has fallen to military dictatorship. Tanks on the streets, uniforms in gilded palaces, the political class interned en masse. Sometimes, however, the takeover is more subtle, more insidious.
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Opinion | Everywhere All At Once Makes India A Safe AI Bet
In recent months, three companies have rolled out free access to their paid tiers exclusively in India.
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Opinion | RFK Jr Is Playing With Babies' Lives
Robert F Kennedy Jr's decision to withdraw US funding from the global vaccine alliance GAVI, may kill far more children than anything he has so far tried at home.
-
Opinion | India-UK Trade Deal Shows Globalisation Is Ticking Along
President Donald Trump may say "tariffs" are his favorite word, but the rest of the world doesn't have to agree. With or without America, trade deals continue to be signed.
-
Opinion: India Needs To Focus On Tracks Before Trains
We are still not sure exactly why India's storied Coromandel Express plowed into a stationary freight train late on Friday night last week, setting off a three-train pileup that cost almost 300 people their lives.
-
Opinion: Ahead Of Budget, Big Hints From Government On A Welcome Change
The good news is that the government may be undergoing a change of heart ahead of next year's budget - or, at least, it may not be quite as willing to revel in protectionism as before.
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Opinion: Make in India? It Will Take More Than Subsidies
Last week, while inaugurating a new aircraft factory in western India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to a slogan he coined a few months after taking power in 2014: "Make in India." This time, however, he added: "Make for the world."
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Opinion: India's Balancing Act On Russia Is Getting Trickier
India's official position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine is notoriously hard to pin down.
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Opinion: Leicester, The New Epicentre Of Communal Tension
Here in India, Hindu-Muslim clashes that threaten houses of worship, force shops to close and inflame passions on social media no longer constitute news. It is noteworthy, however, when they break out in the English Midlands.
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Opinion: Britain Is Burning Up. India Has Some Tips
London was burning earlier this week. So many blazes erupted during the recent heatwave that the city's fire brigades had their busiest day since Hitler sent his V-2s screaming across the Channel.
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Opinion: India Can't Afford to Lose World's Trust On Trade
Prime Minister Narendra Modi often speaks of "trusted" supply chains. At the G-20 last year, he said that global supply chains depend upon "trust, transparency, and timeframes".
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Opinion: India, Struck By Heat Wave, Can't Afford Its Coal Addiction
Nothing makes you appreciate air-conditioning like high summer in India. Here in Delhi, temperatures are running over 100 degrees for much of the day, with two full months still to go before the cooling monsoon rains arrive.
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Opinion: Imran Khan's Anti-Americanism Masks The Real Issue
Pakistan's institutions began their slow abandonment of democracy almost 70 years ago, when the country's Supreme Court legitimized a coup by the executive and dismissal of the constituent assembly. The judges claimed that a "doctrine of necessity" t
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Opinion: Imran Khan's Fall From Grace Is His Own Fault
Pakistan is once again facing a political crisis. In a country where democratically elected leaders are regularly ousted from office, that should not be entirely surprising, says Mihir Sharma.
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Opinion: Has India Placed Too Much Faith In The West?
On Wednesday, Indian government officials said that state-controlled Indian Oil Corp. had reached a deal to buy 3 million barrels of oil from Russia's Rosneft Oil Co. at a 20% discount to global prices.
