Islamic clerics push back against human milk banks as Shari’a proscribes marriages between so-called milk siblings. But several Islamic countries, including Iran, operate them.
India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Terrible twist for Pakistan. Having travelled to a ‘Gaushala’ near Nagpur, I worry also for India. While it is far from comparable, the elevation of cows to the position of god and the insistence that their urine cures cancer without feeling the need of validating such claims through peer review, blind testing and other scientific methods, many Indians seem to have tacitly accept the primacy of culture over science. Maybe the same can be said about homeopathy. What tools do civil societies have to counter such fantastic claims? Invoking reason will only alienate them as elites from the masses. Or worse, make them subjects of violence..
Terrible twist for Pakistan. Having travelled to a ‘Gaushala’ near Nagpur, I worry also for India. While it is far from comparable, the elevation of cows to the position of god and the insistence that their urine cures cancer without feeling the need of validating such claims through peer review, blind testing and other scientific methods, many Indians seem to have tacitly accept the primacy of culture over science. Maybe the same can be said about homeopathy. What tools do civil societies have to counter such fantastic claims? Invoking reason will only alienate them as elites from the masses. Or worse, make them subjects of violence..