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TopicOne Belt One Road

Topic: One Belt One Road

China wants to reduce smoking, but its largest revenue comes from tobacco. Solution? BRI

Bhavdeep Modi -
While China hopes to curtail domestic tobacco consumption by 2030, it also aims to control the global tobacco market in its entirety.

Australia to get tough with China, block Beijing’s influence through Belt & Road

Jason Scott -
Months after Victoria signed on to join BRI, PM Scott Morrison is seeking new powers to veto or scrap agreements that state governments reach with foreign powers.

Don’t panic yet, China’s Belt & Road project doesn’t mean it’ll boost Beijing’s power

Tyler Cowen -
China is playing the role of loan shark with smaller countries in terms of GDP, increasingly isolating it globally. This is not a winning game for it.

Who should be afraid of One Belt One Road? China

Nisid Hajari -
Skepticism about the Belt and Road is spreading

China is racing to complete 2 nuclear plants to ease Karachi’s power shortage

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
The construction of the two nuclear power plants began in 2013, about 25 km west of Karachi, and is scheduled for completion in 2021 & 2022.

Malaysia doesn’t have the appetite for China’s One Belt One Road initiative anymore

Andy Mukherjee -
Mahathir govt fears China is slowly colonising Malaysia with its newest project.

More countries fight China’s rise as colonial power, but India fails to make the most of it

Seshadri Chari -
Lack of a strong political will and huge gap between promise and project completion remains India's biggest challenge.

Nepal PM Oli in China to hold bilateral talks with Premier Li Keqiang

Shirish B Pradhan -
Both countries expected to sign agreements on energy, tourism & other sectors under China's 'One Belt, One Road' initiative.

Everything ‘goes better with a coke’, and Donald Trump’s nukes

Neera Majumdar -
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor work moving at fast pace

Col. Vinayak Bhat (retd) -
Satellite images reveal CPEC road passes through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, China promised $62 billion investment in the project.

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Opinion

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Shailaja Bajpai -
Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

Why electoral ‘reform’ is cause for worry—the Modi govt uses it to cement political hold

The world’s biggest trade deal is in the making. India and EU must close it now

Economy

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Udit Bubna -
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Defence

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Vaibhav Pant -
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

National Interest

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

Shekhar Gupta -
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.

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