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UP Win May Make Yogi Modi's Heir

A handsome victory for the BJP in UP would act as confirmation of its recent political choices.The UP chief minister would be cemented in the popular mind as Mr Modi's chosen heir within the......

Will India Repeat Same Covid Mistakes?

We are entering 2022, facing another infectious variant, with much the same baseless confidence, notes Mihir S Sharma. IMAGE: A mural on a street in Mumbai, January 10, 2022. Photograph: Francis......

India's Approaching Democratic Crisis

India will either have to create a system in which certain geographical areas will wind up being permanent political outsiders at the Union level or it will have to create a system in which certain......

What India needs to do at COP26, Glasgow

Rather than talking endlessly about lost and marginal opportunities, India's climate envoys need to start thinking bigger, says Mihir S Sharma. IMAGE: A climate activist holds a placard during a......

COVID-19: India has learnt NOTHING!

Weeks after the second wave peaked in many parts of the country, we are rapidly forgetting what happened to our hospitals, cautions Mihir S Sharma. IMAGE: 'Markets are, once again, crowded.'People......

Farm laws repeal: Who Won, Who Lost

Modi has certainly pulled back, and his political capital -- dependent as it is on an image that he knows best and never retreats -- may have taken a bit of a beating.But, equally, it is hard to......

Does Modi have an Economic Road Map?

Pragmatism and flexibility is a virtue. An untethered and short-term approach to policymaking is a flaw, argues Mihir S Sharma. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Nobody can accuse the......

India's Cairn and Unable Moment

The Indian State does not believe in the rule of law. It does not even recognise the need to follow treaties that it itself signed.And so it is refusing to shell out to Cairn; and, as a......

Visionary Budget or worse than Pranab Mukherjee's?

The sad truth is that the debt-to-GDP ratio will shoot up close to 90 per cent in the coming year, and the fiscal deficit glide path does not promise to reduce it substantially any time soon,......

2021 will be under 2020's shadow

'In the real economy, the scars of the pandemic will continue to define 2021.''It is still hard to tell the effect on unemployment, migrant workers, poverty, and the informal sector of the lockdown......

Ranji Roundup: Mumbai in control; Karnataka on top

A round-up of Day 3 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday Mumbai close in on win against Odisha IMAGE: Arshdeep Singh was the pick of the Punjab bowlers and picked a 5-wicket haul versus......

Ranji Roundup: Sarfaraz puts Mumbai in control

IMAGE: Gujarat captain Bhargav Merai scored 223 against Meghalaya. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Young batter Sarfaraz Khan continued his purple patch, slamming an unbeaten century to put......

Vijay Hazare: Karnataka seal last-8 berth

IMAGE: Devdutt Padikkal continued his terrific form ahead of the IPL. Photograph: BCCI/IPL Young Karnataka sensation Devdutt Padikkal continued his terrific form ahead of the IPL with a third......

Vijay Hazare: Padikkal, Krunal Pandya shine with tons

A roundup of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day matches played on Friday.Pandya hits century as Baroda continue winning streak IMAGE: Krunal Pandya's unbeaten century helped Baroda get the better of......

Ranji roundup: J&K enter quarter-finals despite loss

IMAGE: Madhya Pradesh batsman Mihir Hirwani raises his bat after scoring half-century against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. Photograph: PTI Jammu......

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