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Topic: MFN

Don’t let border tensions hamper trade: UN & World Bank economists to India, Pakistan

Himani Chandna -
India's decision to withdraw the MFN status from Pakistan would boost informal trade, that is, smuggling & corruption, UN & World Bank experts said.

India-Pakistan trade war expected to push smuggling & business through Dubai

Nayanima Basu -
India’s withdrawal of MFN status and hike in import duties could increase smuggling & informal trade through Dubai may also jump.

India’s withdrawal of MFN status for Pakistan has more to do with diplomacy than trade

Mahua Venkatesh -
India withdrew the MFN status from Pakistan a day after the Pulwama attack in which at least 40 CRPF personnel were killed.

‘Self drawn lines’ of terror and a prodigal father’s push for Narendra Modi

Soham Sen -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

China stand on Masood Azhar risks undoing post-Doklam reconciliation with India

ThePrint Team -
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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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