Shortages of electricity and credit are bad for growth(1)
Pakistan has a lot going for it, but optimism about its future is nevertheless hard to sustain, says Simon Long(4)
Foreign policy: State of vulnerability
Threatened by India, betrayed by America, Pakistan casts a lovelorn eye at China(0)
Afghanistan: Too close for comfort
In the war in Afghanistan it is not always obvious which side Pakistan is on(3)
Pakistan’s army and the law: The men in black v the men in green
In daring to take on Pakistan’s army, the Supreme Court is striking a blow for the rule of law(4)
India’s last hangman: An executioner’s tale
A dying family business(8)
India’s telecoms scandal: Megahurts
What a scandal says about government and business in India(1)
Money talks: February 6th 2012: A silent revolution
Messy mobile telephone licences in India, how the private sector has boosted gay rights and the merger of Glencore and Xstrata(0)
Language attitudes: No words for individual rights
Reversing cause and effect to show that English enlightens Indians(26)
India’s telecoms scandal: Can you prepone my 2G spot?
Of all the phrases India has given the English language, “to prepone” is perhaps the best. It means to bring an event back earlier in time, or the opposite of “to postpone”. Preponement is at the heart of new and devastating legal judgement on India’s gory 2G telecoms scandal(52)
Travelling in India: All aboard the Vivek Express
Four days on the longest train journey in India(0)
Weather derivatives: Come rain or shine
The outlook for the business of hedging against the elements(1)
Politics in India: UP, down, sideways
A series of state elections have national bearing(35)
Fighter jets: Bomb bays to Delhi
India favours France’s Dassault(23)
The Reserve Bank of India: Pulling every lever
India’s central bank is one of its best institutions. It is also complicit in a government-borrowing binge(35)
The Economist: Digital highlights, February 4th 2012
Items from the digital highlights page(1)
Riding India's railways: All aboard the Vivek Express
A new rail service connects India’s north-east directly to its southernmost tip(130)
India Art Fair: A change is gonna come
Signs of promise for India's nascent arts scene(3)
Railways across India: All aboard the Vivek Express
A new rail service connects India’s north-east directly to its southernmost tip(8)
Emerging economies: Who has the most wiggle room?
Which emerging economies can do more to support growth?(15)
Censorship in India: Unfunny gags
No freedom to offend(16)
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