India Will Not Be The Next China
Get your free subscription to Morning Brew at https://morningbrewdaily.com/economicsexplained ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀Up until 1990 India was slightly richer than China on a…
A Vampire-Hunting Kit Purportedly From the 19th Century Sells for $20,000 in the U.K., Exploding Its Meager $2,400 Estimate
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Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision for a just and equitable post-colonial world, with India leading the way
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Their ancestors have lived in the Sundarban delta on the Bay of Bengal for centuries, but thousands of people are…
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With fears of a new wave of Covid hitting India, pressure is on to vaccinate more of the population. Despite…