Homo erectus, not content with being confined to their African homeland, ventured into the vast landscapes of Europe and Asia. They were the first hominid species to leave Africa, setting the stage for a transformative chapter in evolutionary history. But the story takes an intriguing turn: the branch of Homo erectus that remained in Africa eventually gave rise to Homo sapiens—our own species.----more----Read full article here: https://theprint.in/opinion/homo-sapiens-neanderthals-didnt-share-space-time-interbred-exchanged-ideas/2442119/
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#cuttheclutter China’s exports to the world have increased significantly in the last 30 years, with Beijing’s surplus now crossing the $ 1 trillion-mark. In Episode 1588 of Cut The Clutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains how China weaponised trade to use it as an agent of growth, what it means for the world, particularly India and the US ahead of Trump inauguration. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read Keith Bradsher's report in the New York Times 'China’s Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion': https://nytimes.com/2025/01/12/business/china-trade-surplus.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read 'China’s trade surplus hits annual record of almost $1tn' by Joe Leahy and Arjun Neil Alim in Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/f71a3570-020f-4c43-a0ab-7143f5f9fd98 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read Robert D. Atkinson's opinion 'We Are in an Industrial War. China Is Starting to Win': https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/opinion/china-industrial-war-power-trader.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read FT's 'Will China’s manufacturing juggernaut run out of road?' by Joe Leahy, Tina Hu, and Chan Ho-him: https://www.ft.com/content/9aca35b4-b698-41ed-857d-ccb327abce94 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read 'The looming trade tensions over China’s subsidies' by FT's Joe Leahy, James Kynge, and Sun Yu: https://www.ft.com/content/a5101a0d-a1bf-4591-82f1-4fd9a5fadbec --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read 'China's Flood of Cheap Goods Is Angering Its Allies, Too' by Jason Douglas, Jon Emont and Samantha Pearson in the Wall Street Journal: https://www.wsj.com/world/china/chinas-flood-of-cheap-goods-is-angering-its-allies-too-51284954 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read 'Made in China 2025' thrives with subsidies for tech, EV makers' by Kenji Kawase: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-Spotlight/Made-in-China-2025-thrives-with-subsidies-for-tech-EV-makers --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to EU's data on trade with China: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/SEPDF/cache/55157.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to Rush Doshi's book 'The Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order': https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52617647-the-long-game --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to Brad Setser's X account: https://twitter.com/Brad_Setser?t=BdRRVS-785oSJeeqs487Mw&s=09 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to Trinomics' X handle: https://x.com/Trinhnomics?t=3vNueYPIcSdMqOQTMlBCyg&s=09 (edited)
Who is PM Modi—the one using bureaucrats to fulfil his political and governance agenda or the one cutting at the very roots of the IAS’ powers? ThePrint Political Editor DK Singh addresses the question in this episode of Politically Correct.----more----Read this week's Politically Correct here: https://theprint.in/opinion/politically-correct/4-revenue-secretaries-4-weeks-modi-govts-quest-committed-bureaucracy-continues/2442481/
#cuttheclutter As the Indian Rupee touches its lowest (86/USD), ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta explains why its fall is a predictable economic trend and why 3.5% annual depreciation is not as alarming as headlines suggest. From the 1991 devaluation to today, he looks at global markets, and economic reforms that shaped the Indian Rupee.
Almost every political party in Bangladesh is getting impatient for the next national elections, as also the people of the country. But Yunus keeps delaying. A bigger question looms, Will Yunus try to change the constitution to delay polls indefinitely? Watch this week's column by Author and Journalist Deep Halder.
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