Author: Cory Robbins

It will be a crucial year for India’s economy at a time when geopolitical tensions, rising global uncertainties, a brewing banking crisis and inflation have hurt major economic superpowers in the West. India has been predicted to be one of the best-performing economies this financial year, despite slower growth. But there is one factor that could play spoilsport. While the country is largely shielded from the factors mentioned above, it is likely to remain exposed to a longer period of heatwaves during the summer months – a development that could significantly hurt its economic prospects. Heatwaves had a devastating impact on the Indian…

The necro-economy of Hindu nationalism relies on making history its most important site. Muslim shrines must suffer. A historic 16th-century mosque, Shahi Masjid, in Prayagraj city in India’s Uttar Pradesh state was demolished by bulldozers on January 9 under a road-widening project. The demolition took place even though, according to the mosque’s imam, a local court was supposed to hear a petition seeking a stay on the city administration’s plans on January 16, a week later. This incident should have caused public outrage, but the matter hardly made any headlines. The destruction of structures using bulldozers in India has become…

India may have already surpassed China as the world’s most-populous nation in a milestone that adds urgency for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to create more jobs and ensure the country sustains its world-beating growth. The South Asian nation’s population stood at 1.417 billion as of end 2022, according to estimates from the World Population Review, an independent organization focused on census and demographics. That’s a little over 5 million more than the 1.412 billion reported by China Tuesday when authorities there announced the first decline since the 1960s. India, where half the population is under the age of 30, is…