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In Pakistan, the cow has arrived. With it, comes Imran Khan’s new revolution

It could be Pakistan’s year of the cow, and why not? After all, the cow is its last hope to come out of the economic mess.

Why Modi govt’s debt binge could leave India’s economy far less secure

Modi's greatest strength as an economic manager had been his commitment to fiscal responsibility.

Rihanna’s tweet took TV news back to ’70s. No foreign criticism of India allowed

Instead of showing the BJP boast about Budget 2021, TV channels chose to defend the ‘military zone’ at Delhi borders, and attack Rahul Gandhi and Rihanna.

Does regulation affect innovation? Study shows it does, but there is a way out

French economist and professors from LSE and MIT applied a growth model on company data from France to suggest that regulatory reforms may have greater benefits than previously thought.

Modi govt’s HEC can’t just be UGC with new label. Engineering still needs its own regulator

The Modi govt plans to merge higher education regulators into one body called Higher Education Commission, but medicine and law institutes have been left out.

Myanmar’s military coup — what led to it and the strategic stakes for India

In episode 674 of 'Cut The Clutter', ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling party in Myanmar was overthrown and what this means for India.

Data shows govt farm laws much needed, will work better with warehouses and transport reforms

Are the farmer protests bursts of emotion or are they rooted in logic? Here’s what the evidence shows.

Haryana internet to smoking, bans are India’s go-to tool because it has a weakness

It is relatively obvious why an authoritarian regime might resort to banning things, but why should a democratic one like India proceed down this path?

Don’t laugh at Anna Hazare. He was himself the victim

Anna Hazare wants to recreate the good old days when he almost became the modern-day Mahatma. Cut him some slack, because he was just Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘puppet’.

Budget 2021 is Nirmala Sitharaman’s breakout moment, but long road to being Sushma Swaraj

It could mark the turning point for Sitharaman to be taken more seriously, after all the negative criticism she has faced as defence and finance minister.

On Camera

Sudan shows what happens when the world is happy to let mass killers rule

Fourteen million refugees, and 25 million facing acute hunger, should be reason enough for the world to dismantle the dystopia in Sudan — even if the sadism of its rulers is not.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.