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If Pakistan doesn’t value work of non-Muslims like Har Gobind Khorana, science will remain dead
Ideology and science are like oil and water — they refuse to mix.
‘Haven’t seen this kind of inflation for many years’ — HUL warns of challenges after profit jump
Hindustan Unilever indicated that inflationary pressures were likely to persist, spooking investors. Its shares slipped 4% at the close of trading — the most since early May.
Defence
Risk of India-Pakistan war could hang on fate of captured IAF pilot
Neither country can afford a full-blown conflict, yet neither leader can afford to look weak – more so with their publics whipped into a nationalist frenzy.
Read my lips, I’m hurting, says Pakistan’s National Security Policy. What it means for India
The new policy is mostly chaff, but it reveals the most inward-looking Pakistan in 3 decades. It needs breathing space, and is realising loss of stature and friendship with US.