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Ashish Khetan
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Opinion: Cairn’s attempts to seize Indian assets abroad are a display of unbridled corporate avarice
The $1.2 billion arbitral award to the firm undermines the country’s efforts to provide Covid-19 aid to its people.
Ashish Khetan
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To break free from Beijing’s chokehold on solar manufacturing, India should act like China
The country needs to create an end-to-end solar supply chain and manufacturing ecosystem to boost the growth of its renewable energy sector.
Ashish Khetan
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Until India starts celebrating its entrepreneurs, it will never become an advanced economy
Selectively targeting Adani and Ambani is neither helping the Opposition politically nor benefitting the country economically.
Ashish Khetan
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Why Ashish Khetan wrote a book about his discoveries from going undercover during the Gujarat riots
‘I had always believed that, at some point, I would have to tell the full story of what I witnessed in Gujarat.’
Ashish Khetan
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Delhi violence: How India’s human rights defenders have been silenced
After the Gujarat riots, India’s civil society was crucial in ensuring the judicial and law enforcement authorities played by the rules.
Ashish Khetan
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India’s economic growth: Don’t just tell me the size of the pie – tell me the measure of my slice
India must follow the example of the UK, Australia and the Netherlands in publishing the data on economic inequality and wellbeing.
Ashish Khetan
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Beyond minimum wages: For equitable growth, India must maximise labour’s share in national income
India needs a new framework for workers’ rights.
Ashish Khetan
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Why India needs to rethink its corporate tax cut
The steep reduction has achieved none of its stated objectives – but has left the government poorer by Rs 1.45 lakh crore.
Ashish Khetan
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Telecom crisis: Why India should consider buying embattled Vodafone Idea and merging it with BSNL
This would create the single largest player with the greatest telecom infrastructure, the most subscribers and save tens of thousands of jobs.
Ashish Khetan
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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If simultaneous elections become a reality, India will turn into a ‘managed democracy’
Money, muscle power will dominate electoral politics.
Ashish Khetan
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Ashish Khetan: Look beyond the CBI raids on NDTV. Indian democracy itself is under siege
The Narendra Modi regime is systematically weakening all opposition to build a dissent-free, one-party state.
Ashish Khetan