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Building up connections in Central Asia

Since 1991, New Delhi's ties with the Central Asian countries have developed slowly despite a shared culture and trade links via the ancient Silk Road

Budget-making during recovery

The challenges before the coming Budget are more daunting than those in 2021

Indian cricket's 'virat' problem

Slowly but surely, the game of cricket is changing character

The growth vs value debate

With oil prices and inflation rising once again, markets are back to early 2021

Conflict of interest in parliamentary panels

While it's up to the government to educate parliamentarians to make their committees meaningful, shouldn't the ones who own industry be kept away from such panels?

Stemming water insecurity

Agriculture is, by far, the largest consumer of water, accounting for more than 80 per cent of the water-use

Climate change for practical people

While there is huge uncertainty, we should start changing our behaviour in response to the coming change

The politics of land and its uses

Goa's politics has coalesced around families entrenched in their satrapies, along with perennial politicians with deep roots in their backyards

Billions of dollars pour into quantum computing

Designing more efficient batteries for electric vehicles can be accelerated by years with the help of quantum computing, as is being done by IBM in collaboration with Mercedes

Popular but not all-powerful

Narendra Modi's overwhelming popularity hasn't translated seamlessly into total power

At last a politician in his own right

Akhilesh has a robust sense of humour, has developed a thick skin, and, now, a streak of ruthlessness that he keeps carefully sheathed

Novak's vaxxing questions

Djokovic claimed he did not know about his positive test, hardly an exoneration

So what went wrong with brand Virat Kohli?

What Brand Kohli needs today, more than anything else, is self-introspection

News publishers' digital dilemma

It takes thousands of reporters on the ground, lots of time and money to get the quality of journalism that informs a healthy democracy

Violence in the name of law

The government is increasingly devolving its authority over force, legitimising mob violence by non-state actors

Argentina's Covid miracle

Thanks to its policies to strengthen the real economy, the country has been enjoying a remarkable recovery

Paytm's missing link

Macquarie Capital has also expressed its concerns on the consistent reduction in the ticket size of Paytm's loans

What is on the board's agenda this year?

One thing that has assumed primacy during the last 18 months is the ongoing talent war

Another wave, same old politics

India's battle against Covid has been hampered by the government's desire to politicise the vaccine programme and by the arrogance of those in charge of the battle

Some unemployment puzzles

Why are so many young boys and girls keen to work but are not actively looking for work?