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India

Quiet Revolutionary

In the summer of 1991, in his first budget speech as India’s Finance Minister, when Dr Mannmohan Singh presented his economic vision to rescue India’s faltering economy, it became clear that it was no ordinary moment.

Riverine politics

Thursday’s bilateral deal on rivers in general almost inevitably skirted Teesta ~ the direly controversial waterway that meanders through North Bengal.

ASEAN recognises social protection

Among Southeast Asian member states, only Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia and Thailand are considered to have strong social protection systems.