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Who will be the next king of vaccines — India or China?

Mohnish Kedia -
Although India leads China in vaccine production and export, China has achieved full immunisation rates.
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What’s the point of listening to Modi’s Independence Day speech if we’ve to fact check it?

Harnidh Kaur -
We have become a nation that calls an attack on student-activist Umar Khalid a ‘publicity stunt’.
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India celebrated Modi’s ill-thought Independence Day speech but it hurt Balochistan badly

Husain Haqqani -
Narendra Modi’s statement hurt Baloch nationalists, many of whom found themselves painted as Indian agents.
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Bangladeshis can teach Narendra Modi’s India a thing or two about using toilets

Pritha Chatterjee -
Bangladesh model is against subsidy driven construction of toilets, focusing instead on generating collective community demand.
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Economic Cold War between US and China may define next generation of American life

Conor Sen -
Ramifications of growing rivalry between US and China likely to be far-reaching. Trade spat just the beginning of an economic cold war.
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Can India have a liberal mass hero ever again?

Shivam Vij -
The Congress party today looks like the one Gandhi found it in 1915 – and changed.
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Pakistan’s mysterious ‘agriculture department’ is plumbing to new depths of censorship

Gul Bukhari -
Even as they have practiced unprecedented levels of self-censorship, channels have been taken off air and newspaper distribution disrupted.
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Modi govt will further alienate the south by moving Aero India to Uttar Pradesh

Nitin Pai -
Prematurely organising Aero India in a state like Uttar Pradesh which is not yet ready for it might prove counterproductive.
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Amit Shah’s trumpet in West Bengal must not sound like ‘dog whistle’ for miscreants

Sandip Ghose -
BJP hopes to keep Mamata Banerjee busy in Bengal, leaving her less time to be a mover and shaker in national politics ahead of 2019 election.
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Slump in Turkish lira won’t take Asian markets down with it

Shuli Ren -
The lira's decline has been a long time coming since Erdogan refuses to hike interest rates.
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The math behind India’s elections—Why proximity matters

Dishil Shrimankar -
It is one of the most consistent findings in electoral politics: voters are more likely to support candidates who come from their local area.

The inherited intolerance of ‘my-god-the-only-god’. Why peace fails

Operation Meghdoot—How Indian artillery repelled Pakistan at Bilafond La in 1984

Economy

US ends oil waivers but Russian crude flows to India ‘likely to remain steady’ amid Hormuz disruption

Udit Bubna -
India will need to recalibrate crude sourcing strategy as US ends waivers for Russian & Iranian oil, energy experts say. But Russian crude will likely remain central to energy basket.

Defence

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

Shekhar Gupta | Cut The Clutter -
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

National Interest

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

Shekhar Gupta -
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.

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