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Jack Ma just has to survive Xi Jinping’s purge and return as China’s Gorbachev

It is unlikely that billionaire Jack, who was last seen publicly in late October 2020, would go into self-hiding. And even if he is ‘lying low’, it is only to dodge the Xi Jinping administration.

Facebook’s Trump ban is necessary triage, even if it doesn’t fix everything

Facebook and Twitter can’t eliminate all the toxic talk on the internet, but they can do a better job of making sure it’s not blaring from their two big megaphones.

Air Force to exports — Ghana matters to India. And so does its election result

Airtel, Tata, Mahindra all have bases in Ghana, and India is one of its biggest trading partners of the west African nation.

Scrapping one-year LLM smart, but BCI’s common post-grad entrance is a problem

Apart from the Bar Council of India’s plans for a common entrance test for LLM applicants across India being a terrible idea, its legality is also suspect.

Boeing’s settlement with US govt should be the beginning of the period of introspection

It’s striking the degree to which the US Department of Justice paints the 737 Max crisis as the result of actions by two rogue employees.

Lack of data, doubts over trials and vaccine quality – India’s dangerous recovery cocktail

As India gears up to roll out a national vaccination programme, Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute's barbs at each other will only add to vaccine hesitancy.

America’s credibility has been stormed

With Covid mishandling, a chaotic election, and now the storming of Capitol Hill by a mob, virtually unchallenged by police, US has been kind with propaganda gifts to autocrats.

Impeach Trump now

Trump has only two weeks left in office but his actions — from rejecting peaceful transfer of power to inciting the mob that stormed US Capitol — threaten American democracy.

China’s latest crackdown reveals root of Hong Kong’s political dysfunction

Arresting pro-democracy politicians erases all opposition, effectively turning Hong Kong’s legislature into a rubber stamp akin to China’s National People’s Congress.

In China, campaign-style law enforcement isn’t a new phenomenon

The roots of contemporary law enforcement campaigns can be traced back to the revolutionary period of the Chinese Communist Party, which often needed to rely on mass movements.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.