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How India's 'slum-free' redevelopment fails residents by ignoring their design insights and needs

I’m in Ahmedabad, India, standing where families once built their homes under the shade of large trees. Today, those houses are a flattened dust bowl at the edge of a construction site. Apartment buildings are replacing the low-rise, high-density settlement called Ramapir No Tekro, the city’s biggest informal settlement.

The Conversation · Jun 6, 2023

India vs Australia: Where the WTC final will be won or lost

India dominated the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at home against Australia, riding on some spectacular performances from spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who collectively picked up 47 wickets. The World Test Championship final at the Oval, beginning on Wednesday, will however be a different ball game.

The Times of India · Jun 6, 2023

Far-right Hindu nationalists are using digital propaganda to delegitimize India’s wrestler protests

For months now, Indian wrestling athletes, including Olympic medallists, have been leading protests in the capital of New Delhi. They are seeking the arrest of the Wrestling Federation of India’s president, Brij Bhushan Singh, who is facing allegations that he sexually harassed athletes.

The Conversation · Jun 5, 2023

India coach Dravid says Broad plan alone not enough against Warner

India coach Rahul Dravid said on Monday there was more to dismissing Australia’s David Warner in this week’s World Test Championship (WTC) final than employing the tactics England’s Stuart Broad used so successfully during the 2019 Ashes.

The Hindu · Jun 5, 2023

Tragic track: on the Balasore train accident and corrective measures by the Indian Railways

More important after the Balasore train accident will be the corrective measures by the Indian Railways at the operational and planning levels

The Hindu · Jun 5, 2023

Australian PM hopes for close Sino-Indian ties

Fifty years ago, the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Gough Whitlam, expressed the hope that it would be possible for India and China — the two biggest nations in the world — to co-operate and co-exist

The Hindu · Jun 5, 2023

Eye on oil: on oil prices and India

The softening in crude oil purchase prices has not percolated to the Indian consumer

The Hindu · Jun 5, 2023

In the short term, stabilise the Line of Actual Control

The complexity of the India-China border problem precludes a permanent solution on an immediate basis

The Hindu · Jun 5, 2023

Sugar Prices Tumble as Monsoon Rains Arrive in India and Brazil's Sugar Output Rises

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN23 ) on Monday closed down -0.33 (-1.33%), and Aug London white sugar #5 (SWQ23 ) closed down -9.70 (-1.41%). Sugar prices Monday tumbled to 6-week lows. The arrival of monsoon rains in India and ramped-up sugar production in Brazil are weighing on sugar prices....

Barchart · Jun 5, 2023

WTC final nets | India brace for Starc threat, remain undecided between Kishan and Bharat

The Indians are taking the Mitchell Starc threat very seriously and if one goes by their second training session at The Oval ahead of the World Test Championship final, they are yet to decide between Ishan Kishan and KS Bharat as their wicket-keeping choice.

The Hindu · Jun 5, 2023