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TopicTrade routes

Topic: Trade routes

Dholavira and Khetri show that empires die but networks survive. Wealth flows from geography

It is time to look at India’s economic history through the routes along which people, goods and ideas moved, and to ask how geography shaped the flow of wealth.

Dead on arrival to revival: IMEC regains momentum as India, UAE & US look for new trade route

US has begun discussing India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), whose infra has remained dormant amid West Asia turmoil but digital ecosystem sees growth with India-UAE efforts.

Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata? No, Gujarat’s Cambay port was gateway to India’s trade routes

The IIC talk by historian Neera Agrawal was a 45-minute monologue with a thin audience of 12 people — historians, history buffs, and a lone history student.

On Camera

Stalking judges’ assets helps nobody. We must rethink how we audit our judges

Justice Yashwant Varma's resignation and guilty verdict sparked transparency calls. But public asset disclosure often scares future talent.

Gen Z prefers betting online, so casinos are reinventing the real-world experience

With Gen Z more likely to gamble online than visit casinos, operators are adding sports, spas, street food and social spaces to turn gaming venues into lifestyle destinations.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.