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People make it so hard to ditch plastic straws

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

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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Congress wasted a chance to turn the tables on BJP over Vande Mataram. It chose appeasement

Seven decades after Independence, the “Hindu Congress” is accusing the BJP on the same lines as the Muslim League had done.

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

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.

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

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

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

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.