In a world obsessed with limiting carbs, the potato has been vilified and villainised. Could the discovery of the Miocene-epoch romance, a random encounter that led to the birth of a food that can feed billions of the Earth’s hungry, help rehabilitate its image?
Alongside, it should press forward the domestic reform agenda to boost competitiveness, improve ease of doing business, and increase the attractiveness of the country as an investment destination
Pragmatic and matter-of-fact considerations have informed its expanding trade with Russia, even at the risk of Western displeasure, but at the same time, there are geopolitical costs
It's a cruel irony that at a time when members of all political parties are applauding the valour of the armed forces in Operation Sindoor, a war veteran's relatives were targeted with impunity
It raises stakes for India but also presents a moment to seize the initiative. On the other hand, the US president threatening to impose an additional “penalty” for buying Russian oil and defence hardware is unacceptable
For PM Modi to paint Congress as the spokesman for the enemy, as it were, is unseemly. Rahul Gandhi's challenge to the government — to lay Pakistan low once-and-for-all — was bellicose, and belonged more in a clumsy insta-reel
Yet, Keir Starmer’s plan has contradictions of its own. If Israel meets all the conditions, would the UK then refuse to recognise Palestinian statehood, after all?
While the TCS decision is expected to hit mid- and senior-level employees the most, the question is whether the layoffs are the beginning of a larger churn in the Indian IT sector
