Opinion

The immediate impact was caused by the closure of borders between the two countries and the halting of passenger movements. The Indian government also shut down its visa centres in…

The sense of isolation can have severe consequences for well-being. Studies have found that social isolation increases the odds of developing hypertension and dementia and even shortens life spans. Except…

Global value chains accounted for 52% of global trade in 2022, with suppliers, firms and customers across the world showing a high level of inter-connectedness. Yet, a shift in perspective…

India is one of the countries that Trump has threatened in case it moves ahead with using currencies other than the US dollar for its international trade. Is there any…

Recently, several farmers from these regions held a protest against the government, demanding remunerative prices for their produce, much like other farmers protesting on the state borders of New Delhi.…

That is how his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude begins. The line merges three periods of time in a single sentence. The narrator talks to us from the present,…

For 75 years the World Bank has been one of the developing world’s main sources of cheap finance. Its aid arm, the International Development Association (IDA), distributes roughly $30bn a…

The traditional argument that we are a poor nation with limited finances does not align with contemporary facts. The Delhi municipal region has a population of over 33 million with…

Germany is the poster child for everything that is wrong with the European economy. GDP is on track to fall for a second straight year. Energy-intensive industries like chemicals and…