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A fifth place may not carry the sheen of a medal. But India has returned from the Women’s Hockey World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium with something almost as significant: Proof…
By Sohail Khan · 29 Aug
More than three years after the Meitei-Kuki clashes plunged Manipur into a prolonged conflict, a political settlement between the two communities remains out of reach. The state now faces a deepening Kuki-Naga…
By Sohail Khan · 29 Aug
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is headed to Central Asia over the weekend. He will be in Uzbekistan from August 29 to 30 on a bilateral visit and in the Kyrgyz Republic for…
By Sohail Khan · 29 Aug
Sugar has always been a political commodity in India. It has become more so with the rise in retail prices — from an average of Rs 45 to Rs 65 per kg…
By Sohail Khan · 29 Aug
India’s ethanol blended petrol (EBP) programme was initiated primarily to benefit the sugar industry. For mills confronting stagnant sugar consumption demand amid rising production, ethanol created an additional revenue stream to enable…
By Sohail Khan · 29 Aug
The macro news over the next week will elicit some cheer. The final tally on the subsidised FCNR flows, a stop-gap measure to buy time on the external front, is expected to…
By Sohail Khan · 29 Aug
Bangladesh President Lt Gen Hussain Muhammad Ershad turned civilian amid speculations that he will run for the presidency in October. His army career came to an end when he appointed Major General…
By Sohail Khan · 29 Aug
The flash floods that swept through parts of Nepal and Tibet this week have been attributed to a glacial collapse in the Himalayas. It sent ice and rock debris hurtling into the…
By Sohail Khan · 29 Aug
For Jimmy Shergill, a healthy heart is built on a clean diet and daily movement. During a candid chat with Tata Play Fitness, the Tanu Weds Manu actor shared that when it…
By Sohail Khan · 29 Aug
The Finance Commission, an institutional innovation embedded in India’s constitutional architecture, was never intended to be a routine allocator of funds. It was designed as a central pillar of India’s fiscal federal…
By Sohail Khan · 29 Aug