SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s hospital visit to wish a speedy recovery to BJP MLA Anupama Jaiswal is an exemplary political gesture. She sustained burn injuries while setting his effigy on fire. Smiling faces of both were a picture-perfect moment. Indian politics needs more of this. Akhilesh has shown the way.
UAE exit from OPEC was in the making. Future energy markets need flexibility
UAE’s exit from OPEC was in the making: quota disputes, ADNOC’s desire to explore new markets stymied by cartel constraints, and Emirati-Saudi tensions over Yemen and Sudan. The move weakens Saudi primacy and impacts Iran’s leverage to circumvent sanctions. Cartels belong in the past. Energy markets of future require flexibility.

