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From jugaad to jhakaas

There Are moments in history when a nation’s progress stops being incremental and becomes directional.

Peace without peace

The announcement of a framework agreement between the United States and Iran has understandably been greeted with relief.

The Long Victory

Modern society has an unhealthy relationship with medical progress. We crave miracles, celebrate breakthroughs and search for definitive cures.

Bengal’s Lost Youth

Light follows darkness. After the 15-year long TMC era ~ most certainly a dark period in the socio-economic and political history of Bengal, people are now hoping for rejuvenation of a state that has fallen beyond the depth of anarchy and despair.

The AI Rush

US President Donald Trump’s new roadmap for artificial intelligence promises speed, strength, and supremacy.

Strategic Realignment

After years of cautious negotiations, India and the United Kingdom have finally inked a free trade agreement that promises a new chapter in economic cooperation.

Damned by a dam

China’s decision to begin construction on what is poised to become the world’s largest hydropower dam in the ecologically fragile Yarlung Tsangpo canyon is not merely an engineering feat ~ it is a geopolitical gamble that India and its neighbours can ill afford to ignore.

Tariff Truce

The new trade agreement between the United States and Japan ~ hailed by President Donald Trump as the “largest trade deal in history” ~ may be hyperbolically framed, but its significance for Asia and the global economy is hard to overstate.