The ‘cockroaches’ India’s elite created — and can’t exterminate

When India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he probably expected outrage, maybe an apology cycle and then silence. What he got instead was 15 million Instagram followers in five...

Read more May 27, 2026 at 1:57 pm The Asia Times

Banks Need to Follow StanChart’s Lead and End New Coal Finance

By ruling out funding new coal-fired power plants globally, Standard Chartered has sent the message that developing countries such as Vietnam deserve clean air and water. Standard Chartered announced this week that it “will...

Read more September 28, 2018 at 11:29 am The Asia Times