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What Punjab civic poll results mean for Congress and others & crony capitalism, Chinese style

Shekhar Gupta explains key takeaways from Punjab civic polls where Congress made clean sweep & BJP emerged 'biggest loser'. And more on why Xi stopped Jack Ma's Ant Group's IPO.

An Instagrammer did what two govts couldn’t. Indians and Pakistanis came to pawri together

Memes are the new confidence-building measures between two nuclear foes who are not talking. With pawri, Pakistanis are saying: ghar mein ghus ke laughter se maara.

Is this where Europe is headed? France’s new radicalism law exposes Macron’s centrism

France’s Left and Right-wing agree on one thing when it comes to the new ‘anti-separatism’ law targeted at Muslims — it is too vague.

Unless China changes thinking, any border agreement is a perishable good

Whether or not disengagement at the LAC creates a better condition of peace in the longer term depends more on New Delhi than on China.

Modi’s way out is to sit down with Rakesh Tikait, draft new farm laws: Julio Ribeiro

Protesting farmers are ready to wait until Gandhi Jayanti for the Centre to relent and repeal farm laws. Modi govt can't afford to be held to ransom for a whole year.

Why buying a Tesla in India or China may not cut your carbon emissions

An essential element of the climate potential of electric vehicles is that they’re eventually able to switch to lower-carbon fuels — a slow process in India and China.

TV is an idiot, it hasn’t learnt from SSR coverage. Nikita Jacob, Disha Ravi new targets

‘Nobody knows what’s true anymore,’ says a friend of Disha Ravi. That’s the truth of this week’s news coverage on the ‘toolkit conspiracy’.

Who is ‘Mo’ Dhaliwal, Sikhs for Justice & others accused in ‘toolkit’ controversy

In episode 684 of ThePrint's 'Cut The Clutter', Shekhar Gupta expands on the 'tool kit' issue and the people and organisations accused of being involved in it.

Rural India can’t be dustbin of history. Three farm laws have shown farmers need a New Deal

Indian agriculture will follow an Indian path. Farmers are not vestiges of the past. They are here to stay.

In Sri Lanka, unions speaking geopolitics, Rajapaksa govt adopting protectionism

Days after S. Jaishankar’s successful visit to Sri Lanka, The Sunday Times captured the ECT port deal referring to Chinese intelligence as the only hindrance.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.