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How can Indians live longer? We need the Blue Zone diet

An average Indian diet is unhealthy. Even rich Indians don’t eat right.

India must know Taliban’s contradictions. That’s the way to deal with them

The Turkistan Islamic Party, aligned to Uyghurs, will extract its pound of flesh from the Taliban leadership by asking them to roll back controls in Xinjiang.

Taliban 2.0 will have to deal with a more urban, better-informed Afghanistan

The Taliban will now discover that Kabul and much of the country have changed. Imposing the group’s will across the country will require repression of a much higher order.

Did India rely too much on US? Taliban siege of Kabul is affecting our regional power status

Americans betrayed Afghanistan. And Afghans betrayed themselves. This round in the Great Game went to Pakistan as India watched.

India trained Afghan forces who joined Taliban govt. They can now be our ambassadors

India should not be timid to depend only on backchannel communications with a 'government' that may soon secure recognition from a sizeable number of countries.

Out-of-turn promotion is the only way to recognise and encourage merit in our military

Seniority impinges on merit and there is a need for reform. The challenge is to have a system to find the meritorious 'first'.

Open e-commerce — India’s giant slayer that could limit Amazon, Flipkart’s market dominance

It’s unclear yet how exactly India’s open e-commerce network will work. The template is India's highly successful UPI model. But the open digital network is a solution searching for a problem.

Here’s how Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN reported on Afghanistan. And how Times Now, Zee, Republic did

While CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera showed notes of restraint, Indian news channels threw caution to the winds and said, ‘Terror group wins Game of Thrones’.

How Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan puts China in $282 billion creditor trap

Ironic truth for China is that only thing worse than US soldiers near its borders is not having them there at all. China fears Afghanistan chaos could spill to its restive Xinjiang region & Pakistan too.

Muslims more likely to be targeted by Delhi Police if facial recognition technology is used

Any technological intervention that intensifies policing will aggravate the historical systemic bias, particularly against Muslims living in over-policed areas like Old Delhi or Nizamuddin.

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Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

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?