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US is finally showing muscle to China. Smell of another Cold War is in the air

The US has challenged China’s claims in South China Sea, berated Beijing for the border incursions into India and won over the UK to block Huawei.

How nearly 1 million women in India’s southern states stopped beedi rolling

A recent study shows that though the number of Indians, mostly women, employed in the beedi industry has increased nationally, southern states registered a healthy fall.

Modi’s underrated strategy of neutralising criticism helps him retain the Teflon coating

The Modi/RSS worldview sees society in four parts: opponents, neutral people, supporters and volunteers. The spectrum shifts.

Indira’s bank nationalisation move, why Modi hasn’t reversed it, and the first bank scandal

In episode 526 of ThePrint's Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses the bank nationalisation move on its 51st anniversary, and looks at the political history around it.

The US hasn’t woken up to India’s nightmare of a two-front war with China and Pakistan

For Delhi, the US’ reaction has always been key to any conflict in the subcontinent, whether between India and Pakistan or between India and China.

Congress’ 1970-style treatment of young leaders won’t work. It can learn from BJP

BJP’s lust for power is dangerous but also inspiring. Which is why even its critics can’t help but condemn Congress for making a fool of itself with the Rajasthan crisis.

Why coronavirus will make everything you hate about flying worse

Financial consequences of Covid for large carriers & their employees will be wrenching & passengers who do start flying again will have to bear the costs.

China crisis has given Modi the opportunity to do for India what Lincoln, FDR did for the US

The shared global concern around China is a major opportunity for India to create the structures needed to benefit from a soft alliance of like-minded countries.

What Imran Khan is doing to Pakistani school textbooks even Zia-ul-Haq didn’t

The huge volume of religious material the proposed Single National Curriculum contains beats all previous version’s in Pakistan’s history.

India’s online classrooms are outdated for disabled kids. Covid just made it worse

Education for children with disability has mostly been seen from the point of access and hardly inclusion. But Covid-19 pandemic is an opportunity to change that.

On Camera

Buddha comes home to Ladakh exposition: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

The Government of India recognises Ladakh as one of the most important living centres of Buddhist culture in the world. We are committed to safeguarding its unique cultural traditions.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.