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Thursday, September 25, 2025
TopicRCEP

Topic: RCEP

Will there be a solution to smog, asks Amar Ujala & Dinamani on snooping, right to privacy

A round-up of the Hindi and Tamil newspapers opinion pages to reflect a North-South viewpoint on topical issues.

Maharashtra’s elusive ‘acche din’ and a walk down demonetisation memory lane

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

RCEP pullout: How can Indian industry be made more competitive?

India opted out of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership over fears that its industry would be deluged with imports from other Asian markets.

Stubble trouble: CII chief on making land ‘burn free’, S Sundaresan’s snow leopard solution

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Trump and Xi watching, Modi knows India needs reforms even if it pulled out of RCEP

Surviving either Trump or Xi won’t be easy. If India has to compete with world again, Modi will have to push bitter medicine down country’s throat.

Narendra Modi rejecting RCEP shows Swadeshis and Left think alike on trade

If growth in India’s manufacturing and farming sectors has stagnated, it is because successive governments have failed to go for bold reforms.

R Jagannathan: India right not to enter RCEP’s ‘closed club’, Dushyant Dave on Bobde as CJI

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Modi’s RCEP move shows sound political judgement. Don’t scoff, it’s rare these days

Pulling out of RCEP was not only an economic decision. It involved taking a call not just on India’s foreign policy but also on India’s role in evolving world.

Modi’s Trump-like exit from RCEP trade deal is a tactical retreat for India

Modi is selling his refusal to join RCEP as a victory for India’s poor like Trump did after he withdrew from the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal.

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.