India’s senior population will hit 319 million by 2050, and startups are stepping in where the government falls short. The industry is worth $7 billion—and growing.
Every time Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal speaks, you would think India is the world’s preeminent export hub. In reality, our share of global merchandise exports is under 3% and shrinking.
India's aviation sector is soaring, but steep training costs, outdated infrastructure, and the long haul from a commercial licence to the cockpit are keeping pilots grounded.
From running Ludhiana factories to doing daily-wage masonry, Muslim migrants from Bihar to Uttar Pradesh are rushing to do the work that local Punjabi youth won't.
American adversaries such as Russia are salivating at the thought of the US withdrawing from its global position. China is eager to claim the mantle of regional and possibly global leadership.
A suicide bombing ripped through Pakistan’s Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary last week. It would soon celebrate 200 years of Sayyid Ahmad’s triumph over Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army.
The Himachal police even found violations at Bir Billing, the site of the 2024 Paragliding World Cup, proving that no location is immune to the flouting of safety protocols.
In many ways, MK Stalin‘s letter articulated what many South Indians feel but don’t necessarily say. For how long will South India be kept back by the failures of the Hindi belt?
Agra isn’t just about potatoes and petha anymore. It’s rising as a kinnow hub and slowly challenging the dominance of Punjab and Rajasthan. Until 2006, no one thought it could even grow here.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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