Trump’s 90-day tariff pause signals a retreat, as Wall Street pushed back against whimsical policies that risked destabilising the global financial system. He likely expected markets to fall and bond yields to drop to bail him out but they rose. Lesson: however high you are, the market is above you.
Baba Ramdev creates sherbet jihad to sell Patanjali rose syrup. It’s a desperate low-blow
Hawking Patanjali’s rose syrup bottle, Baba Ramdev conjures up sherbet jihad in the rival product. Its fault is in the owner—a prominent Muslim institution and a century-old consumer loyalty. All is fair in love and war and market competition. It’s a desperately divisive low-blow even for these polarised times.
Rafale Marine is a step forward. It still won’t fix IAF’s capability mismatch
Rafale Marine is a step forward but won’t fill the dangerously wide air power gap. Political and military waffling and the world’s most complex acquisition process have left the IAF with a capability mismatch, even with the PAF for a decade, if not longer. India must move at warp speed.
One intriguing thought. The exceptional swings in the US stock market. Unimaginable fortunes to be made by those possessing inside knowledge. Normally, SEC and other regulatory bodies are most vigilant. However, one feature of Trump 2.0 is a weakening of institutions and oversight.
The fact that The Print is more interested in the stupid antics of Baba Ramdev rather than focusing on the actually dire situation of the teachers who lost their jobs in West Bengal due to the Supreme Court verdict speaks volumes about the quality of journalism done by them.
The fact that the atrocious brutality of the Kolkata Police in dealing with the protesting teachers simply does not concern the editorial team at The Print tells us what their journalistic ethics and principles are.