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Indians flout traffic rules because ‘everyone does it’. Road safety should be a public good
According to a report published at the Indian Public Policy Review, the Motor Vehicles Act amendment is just 'ink on paper'.
Hong Kong’s economy contracts by record 6.1% in 2020
Hong Kong hasn’t posted back-to-back annual contractions in data going back to at least 1962. The biggest contraction in GDP over that period was a 5.9% decline in 1998.
Defence
The biggest challenges Nirmala Sitharaman will face as India’s new Defence Minister
Sitharaman, who is only the second woman defence minister in India's history, is expected to work closely with the Finance Minister to take key industry-related decisions
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.