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Rahul Jacob: High rich-world debt is a worry we must all confront

New Delhi, July 30 -- Policy reports from multilateral institutions are often an antidote to insomnia. But not theGlobal Debt Report 2025 released by the OECD in March. It has characteristics that com... Read More


Rahul Jacob: The contours of a new trade order are becoming visible

New Delhi, July 16 -- The US administration's 9 July deadline for trade deals and tariff announcements has come and gone and been extended to 1 August. Since 'Liberation Day' in April, which should ha... Read More


Wimbledon 2025: Older players shine but youth eventually triumphs

New Delhi, July 12 -- Tennis, it has sometimes been said, has skipped a generation. The reference is usually to men's tennis, which has transitioned somehow seamlessly from the improbable longevity of... Read More


Behind the bromance between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic is a modern tennis culture of mutual respect

New Delhi, July 4 -- Ahead of a practice session on Centre Court at Wimbledon a few days before the tournament started, Carlos Alcaraz, the defending champion, and Novak Djokovic, who lost to the Span... Read More


Rahul Jacob: A political shadow lengthens over London's South Asian summer

New Delhi, July 3 -- Earlier this summer, an unusual depiction of a zebra gifted to Mughal Emperor Jahangir drew attention to the Iranian artist Mansour, who had painted it. A white nephrite jade cup ... Read More


Wimbledon 2025: The evergreen fairytale of the All England Club

New Delhi, June 28 -- First impressions of places we have often day-dreamed about can have the hallucinatory effect of a fairy tale. As a teenager just graduating from high school in 1961, the teenage... Read More


Rahul Jacob: Alcohol isn't what it used to be but maybe that's alright

New Delhi, June 18 -- On few subjects is there a greater generational divide in the developed world than on the merits of having a cocktail. In the past couple of decades in the US, sales of alcohol t... Read More


Rahul Jacob: Manufacturing is crying out for a reality check

New Delhi, June 4 -- In a world of wildly exaggerated claims for artificial intelligence (AI), the paradox is that the mythology which leads governments to favour manufacturing over services often see... Read More


Rahul Jacob: Liberals must combine compassion with aggression

New Delhi, May 21 -- Some months ago, Canada's ruling Liberal Party was 25 percentage points behind the Conservatives, the country's right-wing opposition, in pre-election opinion polls. Then, Mark Ca... Read More


Rahul Jacob: Buffett's retirement won't diminish the lessons he leaves us

New Delhi, May 8 -- Asked a question about Berkshire Hathaway's earnings power over the past financial year by a London-based economics professor at the company's annual gathering of shareholders on 3... Read More