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With only 1.5% rise in prices last month, China can teach the West a lesson on inflation

The US reported 8.5% year-on-year jump in March, while inflation in the UK soared to 7%, a 30-year high.

The Great Chinese white elephant of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka now has Asia’s fastest inflation rate of almost 19%, power outages & nearly $5 billion borrowings due with just a little over $2 billion left in the foreign-exchange kitty.

From Ram Navami ‘clash’ to ‘gun-tantra’ in New York, Indian news channels sell violence best

The latest news from Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor’s wedding celebrations seems to be the only coverage across channels that isn’t blood-stained.

Robust logistics is launchpad for $5-trillion economy. States must strengthen supply chains

Logistics Ease Across Different States, or LEADS ranking, can nudge states to undertake steps for reducing logistics cost and increase global competitiveness.

Seeing Ambedkar as Dalit icon is narrow. Understand his feminist vision for Indian women

The Manusmriti said 'women have no right to education'. Ambedkar's fight for their education and property rights shows why he wasn't just a Dalit icon.

India, China’s stand on Hot Springs has 2 sticking points — Chang Chenmo, 1959 Claim Line

Indian govt's 'leak' about Hot Springs pullback is indicative of China's uncompromising approach to the Chang Chenmo Sector.

Why BJP is the rightful heir to the legacy of Ambedkar

Ambedkar's views on China show that he was a visionary diplomat, much better than the self-declared internationalist — Nehru, who wanted him out.

Akshata Murty’s ‘financial impropriety’ case is a ‘white tax’ on brown, successful Rishi Sunak

For Indians who know what Narayana Murthy and Infosys have stood for, the tax row involving UK chancellor's wife will be no more than a lynching of a high-flying brown person.

Imran has damaged the idea of Pakistan. Don’t expect it to turn into a normal country soon

Religion was just not the point of the idea of Pakistan. Imran Khan's mix of faux patriotism and religious populism will plague the country for decades.

US needs oil, and Iran needs end to sanctions, but they still can’t agree on nuclear deal

In principle, the deal couldn’t be easier. America needs Iran’s oil and gas to help wean the world off Russian hydrocarbons. Iran needs an end to sanctions that have hurt its economy.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.