India is a federal republic, and states matter. The recent state elections were important in their own right, and not for what lessons they might hold for the next general election.
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Indian regulation will have to make a decision to either toe the line on gene editing or turn to options that could address its huge healthcare problems.
India's airlines are already over-regulated. They need more competition, not more regulation.
Superstition lives on in our popular culture, as we saw on Bigg Boss last weekend. We must fight it.
The crisis in the Kerch Strait between Russia and Ukraine gives China a chance to portray itself as a moderate, mature superpower.
This is the seventh edition of The Jobscape, our weekly round-up of news and opinion on the state of employment and job creation in India. In this edition, we look at the jobs mantra during elections, the eternal promise of reservations, trade wars, Brexit, and Facebook trying to wash away its sins.
Why is the government battling the RBI? Because its ability to satisfy various interest groups relies on a compliant central bank. This is a problem.
The recent deterrent patrol by this nuclear-powered submarine shows that India is ready to assert itself as a capable and responsible nuclear power.
The RBI is supposed to maintain 'price stability' and 'monetary stability'. The problem is that only one of those terms is properly defined.
Two recent developments in the international arena are connected by a pair of cufflinks: the US withdrawal from the INF treaty and India’s first deterrence patrol with a nuclear submarine.
This is the sixth edition of The Jobscape, our weekly round-up of news and opinion on the state of employment and job creation in India. In this edition, we look at political party manifestos, the effects of DeMon, and how companies are upskilling their employees.
Early detection and a robust healthcare infrastructure are necessary preparation for biological warfare. And guess what -- we need those anyway.
India has a long way to go when it comes to ease of doing business. It could learn from Google and Facebook.
This is the fifth edition of The Jobscape, our weekly round-up of news and opinion on the state of employment and job creation in India. In this edition, we look at how international trade creates jobs in India, how many 'Australias' of jobs India has to generate, our abysmal gender bias and job scams.
Why do slum-dwellers often resist rehabilitation? It might seem that they are being irrational -- but their decisions make complete sense.
The inspection and approval of medical colleges in India is a shady business mired in corruption. But change is on the way.
The US Sanctions against Iran are kicking in. But India needs the oil. So what happens next?
It is time that politicians ask the military what political objectives are achievable through use of force and what are the risks involved.
To blunt criticism about its policies in the Xinjiang region, the Chinese Communist Party has adopted a set of measures ranging from denial to opinion management.
This is the fourth edition of The Jobscape, our weekly round-up of news and opinion on the state of employment and job creation in India. In this edition, we look at a range of jobs from tech and AI and how to eradicate manual scavenging.