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Putin still thinks he has something to win in Ukraine war — his political fate

Can Putin finish his 20-year project to return Russia to a totalitarian past with him as the leader? Or will the war lead to his demise?

A message for Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath: your ‘health programme’ is fatphobic

Ensuring the fitness of your employees is great, but there are better ways to do it. Zerodha founder Nitin Kamath's 'initiative' is beyond unscientific.

National hero, army’s favourite, Pakistan’s PM — Imran Khan had it all. Then came the fall

Given Pakistan's history, it's not alarming for the PM to be removed from office. But it's Imran Khan's self-assured hubris that separates him from his predecessors.

China’s ‘debt-trap diplomacy’ played role in Pakistan, Sri Lanka crises. But it’s not the cause

China has a history of hiding loans as trade credit or routing them through special purpose vehicles. It exacerbated, but didn't cause economic mismanagement in borrowing nations.

If we could manage pandemic emergency, we can manage to stop buying Russian gas

Europe’s pledge to wean itself off Russian gas more slowly is actually a bad tactic. It tells Putin that his best chance of financing his war with gas revenues is now.

The role China played in pushing Sri Lanka into a debt trap & what India can do to help

Indian diplomacy needs to be more proactive when it comes to Sri Lanka. China could leverage its position in the current economic crisis.

China refuses to ‘lie flat’ against Covid, insists on ‘draw our swords and fight’ virus approach

In the U.S. and Europe, the phrase “living with the virus” refers to reopening the economy and trusting that vaccines work. Not in China.

Sri Lankans defy curfew and take to streets, their verdict is clear: The Rajapaksas must go

The crisis in the island nation marks a rapid fall for the Rajapaksas, who have been dominant figures in Sri Lanka’s politics for decades.

Why Indians have to resign to the fact that food prices will stay high this year

For India, food will be dearer in 2022. The tradeoff between high growth and high inflation is tricky, and RBI has the unenviable task of balancing it.

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee gave India the means to express itself. Sri Aurobindo echoed him

Sri Aurobindo had said Bankim’s life was a parcel of the 'most splendid epoch in Bengali history.' Anandamath was written to make India more formidable.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Air Marshal A.P. Singh takes over as IAF chief, task cut out

Air Chief Marshal Singh took over from incumbent V.R. Chaudhari Monday afternoon. His top priority will be strengthening the fighting capability of the IAF, it is learnt.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?