New Delhi, April 6 -- Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are going to the polls this month. These three states are dissimilar in many ways. But they are similar in that they have had unique sociopolit... Read More
New Delhi, March 23 -- Growing up in Kerala, it was a weekly ritual to spark the firewood and get ready for an oil bath. The weather was warm enough during the week to use the plentiful water from a r... Read More
New Delhi, March 9 -- "Khamenei Out." That was the title of an event wager on the prediction market Kalshi. On the website of its rival, Polymarket, wagers were being made on "the timing of the Iran w... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- The intraday price of gold hit an all-time high of $5,595 per troy ounce in late January, having nearly doubled within the span of a little over a year. On the same day, in rupee... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- As 2026 dawned, two remarkable things happened. The first was news of an explicit call by President Xi Jinping of China for a "strong yuan" to challenge dollar dominance. At the s... Read More
New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- Recently, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada delivered a talk on rupture to rapturous applause. At Davos, Carney's attention-getting point was about the end of the internationa... Read More