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China is run by engineers. India lacks such first-generation technocrats

STEM students account for a much larger share of the graduates emerging from China’s increasingly high-quality universities each year, compared to...

yesterday 7

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India’s problem isn’t Trump—underperforming economy made us easy to bully

Fighting Trump can't be India's goal; it is to win the economic war.

11.08.2025 30

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In a Trumpian world—territorial conquest returns as great powers test the limits of aggression

The shift of power from the West to China will need to play out before the world can agree on new rules of behaviour, argues T N Ninan.

14.01.2025 9

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Manmohan Singh told me he had no political ambitions. As PM, he wasn’t in full control

Manmohan Singh had been dealt a very difficult hand: A rickety coalition government in which every coalition partner did what it wanted.

28.12.2024 20

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‘India story’ began 50 years ago. Now, it’s stuck

India's growth post-1970 outpaced both low and middle-income countries, as well as the world economy. Yet, it has not been a “shining” record,...

29.08.2024 4

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