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People make it so hard to ditch plastic straws

Scott Kominers -
Eliminating plastic straws offers a case study in how simple solutions can be devilishly tricky to implement, thanks to behavioural quirks. Economics, though, offers a straightforward answer.

Trendy bans on plastic straws are mostly bunk

Adam Minter -
The well-intentioned anti-straw campaign assumes single-use plastics have much to do with ocean pollution. That assumption is based on some highly dubious data. New York's...

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Opinion

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

Karti P Chidambaram -
All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

US-Pakistan romance is not new. Why does India feel betrayed?

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Gurugram dog attack is pet owners’ fault. It’s cruel to keep Siberian husky in this heat

Economy

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

Shanker Arnimesh -
New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

Javaria Rana -
New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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