Break the Chain

Srinagar, Sept. 18 -- Kashmir's handicraft industry has a middleman problem, and the government has allowed it to become far too comfortable. A craft tradition that grew through generations of Kashmi... Read More

A $200 Million Lost Opportunity: Turning Liberia's natural-resource windfalls into national wealth

Liberia, Sept. 17 -- THE GOVERNMENT of Liberia recently received a $200 million signature bonus from ArcelorMittal in connection with the extension of its Minerals Development Agreement. Under the agr... Read More

The Chestnut Case Study

Srinagar, Sept. 17 -- Kashmir's unemployment debate focuses heavily on the jobs governments and established employers can provide. That leaves out a large part of the economy already creating income ... Read More

A Billion Dollars Means Nothing if Bread & Butter Issues not Addressed

Liberia, Sept. 16 -- LIBERIA HAS DONE something it has never done before. For the first time in 179 years, the government has raised more than a billion dollars at home in a single year - not borrowed... Read More

Srinagar's Air Warning

Srinagar, Sept. 14 -- Srinagar's fall from fourth place to 26th in India's Clean Air Survey should alarm the government. A city that was counted among the country's better performers in 2023 has slip... Read More

Editorial: There is a point at which coincidence stops being a credible explanation, and Liberia crossed it this week

Liberia, Sept. 11 -- IN JUNE, THE country watched a vessel - the IB Atlantic IV - sit off Grand Cape Mount County for the better part of a week while officials debated what to do about it, before it s... Read More

Make Events Count

Srinagar, Sept. 11 -- Kashmir's first International Film Festival should be judged by what follows it, rather than by how well the event itself was staged. Indian cinema treated Kashmir as scenery fo... Read More

Kashmir's Literacy Illusion

Srinagar, Sept. 10 -- Jammu and Kashmir has been declared fully literate after recording 98.43 percent literacy under the ULLAS programme. The achievement is significant, but it should not become an e... Read More

India's chip ambition is finally pointed at the right target

Punjab, Sept. 10 -- Semicon India 2026 opens in Delhi on September 17 with more than 525 exhibitors, 60% up on last year, and companies from over 40 countries. Behind the exhibition sits a more conseq... Read More

The RBI is right to hold. That will not stay comfortable.

Punjab, Sept. 10 -- The Reserve Bank of India has left the repo rate at 5.25% for a fourth consecutive meeting and kept a neutral stance. Governor Sanjay Malhotra has described the current inflation p... Read More

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