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What Shein’s supply chain says about the future of Chinese manufacturing on.ft.com/3AMX5FQ

Is there a change in the govt's thinking about caste census? JK Bajaj of the Justice Rohini commission tells me why he supports it and why dalit sub categorisation is even more necessary. Do read

Terms of Trade: The Unified Pension Scheme marks an important departure from the philosophy of a neoliberal state but it is insignificant as far as India's larger political economy is concerned hindustantimes.com/opinion/terms-…

The R G Kar rape and murder case has sparked protests similar to the ones following the 2012 Nirbhaya case. Why hasn’t the country become safer for women in the decade that has passed? What will it take to make it secure for women? Today’s number theory explores these questions:

Last week’s column

"Reduced weigh for food items means that periods of lower headline inflation (like FY18 & FY19) would have been ~0.3-0.4pp higher under the new series, while episodes of higher headline inflation (like FY21 & FY23) would be revised lower", Sonal Varma & The Bond Economist by Dr. Aurodeep Nandi

ENSO's influence on the June-September monsoon has decreased in recent decades, especially in central India, according to a research by K S Athira and others published last year. Link to paper: nature.com/articles/s4159… Story: hindustantimes.com/editors-pick/n…

Excited to kick off our 12th season of #GrandTamasha next week with a great lineup of guests. Subscribe (it’s free) wherever you get your podcasts: grandtamasha.com

El Niño is not as strong a factor for Indian monsoon as it used to be Abhishek Jha writes

Because screens are overrated…

Examples from the past show that global crude oil prices tend to increase in the aftermath of conflicts in the Middle East. That hasn’t been the case with the Israel-Hamas war. How has this changed? Today’s Number Theory looks at this:

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“The struggle for influence against Beijing now will be more complicated than it was against Moscow back then”. on.ft.com/47mfOoc

But on average, people with a college education sleep less than those with at most a high-school degree in America (from this FT story ft.com/content/1d388f…)

This week's Terms of Trade reiterates recently published works of some Indian economists to make a larger point: the desired economic policy solutions for India lie outside our echo chambers hindustantimes.com/opinion/terms-…