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Saturday, January 10, 2026
TopicWelfare state

Topic: Welfare state

Scrolling through the tea leaves & how not to dress to impress

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

Moksha, not motor cars—BR Shenoy’s idea of a truly Indian welfare state

In a 1957 lecture, free-market economist BR Shenoy warned that India's welfare state must stay rooted in Dharma, not drift toward consumerist excess.

Europe’s social welfare economies must now focus on defence. How, is the question

As global diplomacy heads in an uncertain direction, many European leaders see a need to swiftly ramp up defence spending.

On Camera

Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’, the Western Hemisphere, and unravelling of the global order

The end of the Cold War in the 1990s brought an end to the ideological spheres of influence that had defined the post-World War II period, envisioned as a fight between the capitalist West and the communist East.

India’s growth story rests on stability, reforms & strategic self-reliance: Shaktikanta Das

Former RBI governor says India is now expected to remain the fastest-growing major economy; self-reliance gives India economic resilience and foreign policy autonomy.

Oreshnik, ATACMS & Storm Shadow: All about the missiles Russia and Ukraine are firing

Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.

Thank you Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of free trade and spur reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, almost every member of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.