If the click goes, so will the Web
The modern internet was built on a simple bargain. Websites created content. Search engines sent users to those websites.
The modern internet was built on a simple bargain. Websites created content. Search engines sent users to those websites.
One year after one of the worst aviation disasters in Indian history, the most unsettling reality is not that the final answer remains elusive. It is that, in the absence of definitive findings, competing certainties have rushed in to fill the void.
It is after more than 100 days that both President Donald Trump and Iran have announced a peace deal, much to the world’s relief.
For much of the past year, economists have been waiting for the American economy to stumble. It has been hit by tariffs, labour disruptions, geopolitical tensions and renewed inflationary pressures.
Xi Jinping at his meeting with Donald Trump on 14-15 May 2026 in Beijing referred to the Thucydides Trap, a metaphor that refers to the inherent tensions and perils when an established power is challenged by a rising power.
Pakistan’s official histories downplay the tribal invasion backed by Pakistani forces that preceded Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India.
India's economic journey is entering a decisive phase. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day announcements reveal a deliberate coupling of internal governance reforms with an urgent push for self-reliance in production.
Almost identical statements, a decade apart, by Chief Ministers of two different political parties, reveal the crux of the problem – a flawed development model, imagined and implemented for Uttarakhand. Successive Governments have tried to stimulate economic activity through tourism and massive infrastructure projects. Such misplaced zeal for development has made the Government brush aside environmental concerns.
The stray dog debate has now reached a legal and moral crescendo. The Supreme Court’s earlier directive to round up all strays in the Delhi-NCR within eight weeks and shift them permanently to shelters ignited a fierce backlash.
In a May 2017 letter to The Economist, I highlighted India's vernacular digital divide - how e-commerce companies limit themselves to English-speaking Indians while ignoring 1.2 billion potential vernacular users.
