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Five factors that will shape Bihar contest

India, Oct. 7 -- Bihar will vote in two phases to elect a new assembly on November 6 and November 11. We will know the mandate of the 74 million strong electorate on November 14. Predicting electoral ... Read More


Five factors that will shape the Bihar elections

India, Oct. 6 -- Bihar will vote in two phases to elect a new assembly on November 6 and November 11. We will know the mandate of the 74 million strong electorate on November 14. Predicting electoral ... Read More


The state of the economy, as RBI would have seen it | Number Theory

India, Oct. 2 -- The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI decided to maintain the status quo in its October meeting. Repo rate - the interest rate at which RBI lends money to banks - remains unchang... Read More


Terms of Trade: Can Prashant Kishor make an I(m)PAC(t) in Bihar?

India, Oct. 2 -- Bihar elections will be announced anytime now. Our data journalism team in the HT newsroom will be doing a host of stories on the state's politics, economy and society in the run up t... Read More


Terms of Trade: China's world from New York in 2 speeches, 50 years apart

India, Sept. 25 -- On April 10, 1974, Deng Xiaoping, as Mao's handpicked messenger, delivered a historic speech in the United Nations General Assembly in New York. "Judging from the changes in intern... Read More


Terms of Trade: Bihar's story, via a 2025 airport, 1998 murder and a 1954 novel

India, Sept. 19 -- Earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated an airport in Purnea in the poll-bound state of Bihar. While new airports being opened these days are pretty common, the ... Read More


The economic undercurrents in Nepal's rage against the machine | Number Theory

India, Sept. 9 -- Nepal is in chaos after two days of 'Gen Z protests'. The protests are supposedly against a (now withdrawn) government order banning social media websites, although some believe that... Read More


Terms of Trade: What is a good foreign policy for India?

India, Sept. 5 -- A lot of modern commentary on foreign policy in India is the equivalent of the proverbial tailor-made gentleman. It is keen to align itself to the actions of the regime to look good ... Read More


Complexity of pursuing 'swadeshi' in present era | Number Theory

India, Sept. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi made two back-to-back appeals for buying "Swadeshi" or Make in India while touring his home state of Gujarat last week. While he called on shops to displ... Read More


Terms of Trade | Onwards to the 2025 Bihar contest

India, Aug. 28 -- The Bihar assembly elections will perhaps be announced in a month or so. In 2020, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule on September 25. On Monday, September ... Read More