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International Correspondent @TheEconomist // Host of The Modi Raj, an 8-part podcast about Indian PM, Narendra Modi // Based in London via 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇺🇸

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Avantika Chilkoti

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Needless to say, over the past 8 months creating The Modi Raj, things didn't always look so professional in the studio... Our narrative podcast on Indian PM, Narendra Modi, is out now. Have a listen, follow the page, let us know what you think:

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How did the early life of India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, shape him as a leader? @AChilkoti explores his childhood in our new podcast “The Modi Raj”. Subscribe and listen to the full series here:

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7 months, 4 trips to India, 60+ interviews. This labour of love drops in 2 weeks: The Modi Raj. I speak to the people closest to Narendra Modi -- his tailor, his personal secretary, his interpreter, his economic advisers and more. The trailer is out now:

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‎The Modi Raj from The Economist on Apple Podcasts

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I went to Ol Pejeta Conservancy near Mount Kenya to meet Najin and Fatu, the last two northern white rhinos on earth. Poaching is on the rise in the pandemic and many other species are headed the same way. A sad story in this week's magazine:

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In which I chat about the pros and cons of virtual work. There is a reason people feel glum after 8-hour days staring at their own face on video calls:

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Carbon date: Biden’s climate summit | The Intelligence from The...

Gain a fresh perspective on the events and trends shaping your world with our daily podcast.

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What’s better than seeing your name in print? Seeing the headline you came up with in print. Real proof that everyone’s a wordsmith after half a bottle of red:

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Week 3 @TheEconomist and already learning self-promotion. On this week's cover: covid-19. Check out the long read I wrote on what it means for poverty w thanks to @kcsalmon @liamtaylor100 @richardjensor ++ for eye-opening dispatches from across the globe:

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The pandemic is plunging millions back into extreme poverty

It could take years for them to escape again

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Last week I drove north from Nairobi, across the equator, to flower farms at the foot of Mount Kenya. They are gearing up for mega-sales around Valentine's.... if they can get space on planes out of Africa, that is. A little story in this week's Economist:

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2 years

Collecting time-stamped evidence for a theory circulating in the Economist newsroom that there must be at least two, if not three, of @shashj (because how does one man get so much work done).

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After 10 years in power, Modi has been humbled in national elections. How might he respond? Stories from his youth, his rise through the BJP & his early years as PM hold some clues. Join me for a new podcast @TheEconomist , The Modi Raj. Episode 1 live now:

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Listen to The Modi Raj from The Economist on Spotify. Narendra Modi may well be the most popular politician on the planet. India’s prime minister is eyeing a third term atop the world’s biggest...

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I spent a large chunk of last year reporting on philanthropy, the non-profit sector and do-goodery in general. Here is the 10-page special report, including reporting from the US, Kenya, India and beyond:

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The super-rich are trying new approaches to philanthropy

They are hoping to get money to the needy faster, says Avantika Chilkoti

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For this week's International section @TheEconomist I take a look at what covid-19 means for birth rates across the globe. Stuck at home, everyone's on Netflix but nobody is chilling:

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People ask what International Correspondent means. Apparently I'm doom & gloom correspondent. Here's this week's long read on how covid19 is changing attitudes to death in the rich world:

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In this week's Asia section, I look at this new canal being built in northern Afghanistan. A sign of what the Taliban can get done? Or an economic and geopolitical disaster in the making? Have a read:

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The Taliban are digging an enormous canal

A mega-project in northern Afghanistan risks raising regional tensions

www.economist.com

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Wrote a few things for this week's Economist. First up, the International section. Informal waste pickers are clearing up after us as we give up on "reduce, reuse, recycle" during a pandemic. And their job is more dangerous than ever:

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4 years

My last byline for @WSJ and my last bylined story for the foreseeable future. On Page 1 tomorrow a 2,000 word leader deep-diving into developing country debt, covid and how we got here with @gksteinhauser . Read or listen here:

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Covid’s Next Economic Crisis: Developing-Nation Debt

Emerging economies like Zambia’s, already saddled by years of foreign borrowing, were ill-prepared for the pandemic’s financial pain. “You now have this really massive and all-encompassing shock.”

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While travelling this summer, I noticed a lot of French being spoken in Madrid and German in Lisbon. 'Lockdown arbitrage' was in full swing. My piece on why Europe is a great place for digital nomads in this week's mag:

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I’ve always been baffled by the term “emerging markets” and who defines it. JP Morgan, apparently. Here’s my story for @TheEconomist Finance pages this week:

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My Briefing for this week's mag is on the homepage early for World Press Freedom Day. The independent media is under attack like no other time since the cold war:

Press freedom is under attack

It is in its worst state since the cold war

www.economist.com

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And then in the Africa section I take a look at Kenya, which exports some of the world's best arabica coffee and is increasingly drinking the stuff too:

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While reporting on Chinese investment in Africa it struck me that India does a lot of FDI in emerging markets too. It just goes under the radar. I wrote a long read on why that might be for next week’s magazine:

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India has proved to be a popular—and clever—investor in poor countries

It cannot match China’s heft in foreign investment, but offers lessons for other investors

www.economist.com

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A few weeks ago, I went to Guyana to find out what happens when a tiny economy suddenly becomes one of the world’s biggest offshore oil producers:

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Guyana’s tiny population braces for a gusher of petrodollars

Other countries blessed with oil have not always made good use of it

www.economist.com

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For the past couple of months I have been reporting on the Gates Foundation. After scores of interviews with employees, grantees, academics and more, here is my take on what the mega-donor does right and what it needs to change in this week's mag:

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The Gates Foundation’s approach has both advantages and limits

Data isn’t everything, even for the world’s most powerful charity

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I've written about emerging markets struggling to pay their debts as a finance reporter in the past. It always seemed to me the real story was about geopolitics, diplomacy and personal wrangling. My take is this week's International section:

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Poor countries struggling with debt fight to get help

New power struggles among lenders are complicating negotiations

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Our take on the economy, including this fun fact, which was news to me: "In 1700 India’s economy was the world’s biggest, eclipsing even China."

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America is courting India in part for its growing economic clout

But a young population may not be enough to sustain rapid growth

www.economist.com

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My long read on TB. Until the covid-19 pandemic, TB was the most deadly infectious disease in the world. Around 1.5m people die of it every year. We understand the bacteria. We have medication. We have tests. So, why is TB still so lethal? :

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How one pandemic made another one worse

Covid-19 set back the battle against tuberculosis. But it also points the way forward

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A highly contagious airborne lurgy has policymakers worrying about the urban poor. I went to Africa's biggest slum in Nairobi and Europe's in Madrid to find out how they're coping with covid-19. Read the full story in the International section this week:

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I wrote a couple of things for this week's Economist. First up, in the International section I take a look at virtual work. One fun fact I found is a survey showing people spend an average 40% of a video call looking at their own face:

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This week I write about the geography of "cool". Pop culture was once produced in Europe. That shifted to USA. Today there is no centre at all. In part this is a story about the emerging of emerging markets. In part it is about entertainment moving online:

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How pop culture went multipolar

Fears that globalisation would lead to a worldwide monoculture have proven utterly wrong

www.economist.com

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In this week's magazine, I take a look at Afghanistan a year on from the Taliban takeover:

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Afghanistan is poorer and hungrier than a year ago

Yet it is also safer, with far less violence in rural areas

www.economist.com

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The amount of foreign funds that have flowed out of EM assets is equivalent to 1% of quarterly GDP. My story here: via @WSJ

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For the last few weeks I have been looking into the merger of Britain’s diplomatic service and aid corps. It was a mess. Read the long read in this week’s mag:

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Britain has blown its reputation as a world leader in aid

Blame a botched merger of its aid and diplomatic corps, lower spending, and more secrecy

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Most read on the Economist website this weekend was my piece with @VinjeruM on the business of churches.

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The world’s religions face a post-pandemic reckoning

Many need to sell their property; some branches will have to merge

www.economist.com

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4 years

On Page 1 today, my deep-dive with @gksteinhauser . Zambia was a model in Wall Street’s rush to issue debt for the poorest nations. Now it’s a case study in how debt load left developing economies ill-prepared for Covid-19:

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I put my finance hat back on this week to write about debt-for-nature swaps. My conclusion? A clever idea but not the way out of an EM debt crisis:

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In this week's mag, I did a deep-dive into the Taliban's finances. They do a pretty good job collecting taxes. The WB reckons they will make $1.7bn at home this year, about 3/4 of what the previous government made in 2020, pre-crash. Full story here:

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The Taliban government has proved surprisingly good at raising money

It is letting its people starve anyway

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Friday night in Soho

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Here's my little round-up of the global economy this morning. Part of a new @WSJ video project:

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Here’s what we’re watching in the markets today #WSJWhatsNow

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2 years

In this week's Economist, my long read on what poor countries are doing to expand social protection programs and help the needy through the pandemic:

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8 years

Three sugars in one cup of masala chai but soda taxes are what India, Indonesia and the Ppines are going for:

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3 years

In The World Ahead correspondents write about what they expect in 2022. Here's my take on global poverty, which probably won't return to pre-pandemic levels until 2023:

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3 years

I’ve spent the last few weeks getting my head around vaccine passports: why there are so many different ones in use and why they aren’t interoperable. As always, the problem is policy, not technology. My story in this week’s mag:

Why vaccine passports are causing chaos

The problem is with humans, not technology

www.economist.com

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2 years

Done the needful. Customary Starbucks anytime I go through Delhi/Bom airport. For the pure joy of someone getting my name right, no questions asked.

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The Economist is hosting a webinar about the Indian election. India is the biggest democracy, the fastest growing big economy and the most populous nation on earth. It matters. I'll be chatting to colleagues in New Delhi. Tune in + send in questions here:

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India’s election, economy and future

As the largest democracy goes to the polls, what does it mean for the country and the world? How might prime minister Narendra Modi govern in a third term? Can the economy maintain momentum? Join our...

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This week I wrote the lead note for our Asia section on the Taliban’s crackdown on women. Banned from secondary schools. Segregated parks. Male chaperones for shopping, doctors visits and travel. They’re turning back the clocks:

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The Taliban are pushing females out of public life

Bigotry is making Afghanistan poorer

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Hawaladars, suitcases full of cash, planes full of cash... Leading the Asia section this week on Afghanistan's liquidity crisis and how aid groups are struggling to get money in:

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A cash crunch is crippling Afghanistan

Humanitarian aid is no substitute for a functioning economy

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. @jamescrabtree does my dream interview w Deepika Padukone + I got an early X'Mas present:

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The clever people on Babbage had me on to chat about TB. Covid-19 interrupted TB treatment horribly. Cases & deaths are now rising fast. But in the long-run, could the innovations produced during the pandemic (mRNA vaccines, real-time data trackers etc) help get TB under control?

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The Economist

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Our podcast on science and technology. This week, we examine why the pandemic shattered global efforts to control tuberculosis, and ask whether innovations from the covid era could turn the tide against the disease

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Researchers reckon between 50% and 80% of prisoners and those on parole in America have brain injuries. Check out @GeorgiaBanjo 's fascinating story in this week's magazine:

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Brain injuries are startlingly common among those who have committed crimes

Preventing them could lower crime rates

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3 years

In the magazine this week, I write about Mackenzie Scott and the light-touch approach shaking up the world of philanthropy. There is a humility to handing money over to nonprofits and just letting them crack on:

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MacKenzie Scott is giving away more money, faster, than anyone has before

But America’s champion philanthropist operates like a middle-class donor

www.economist.com

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I've spent the last few weeks reporting on the way Silicon Valley culture is changing philanthropy. Move fast and fix things, I guess:

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How a tide of tech money is transforming charity

The new philanthropists are young, impatient and in a hurry

www.economist.com

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3 years

Have never felt so on brand as an Economist journo on my morning commute.

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3 years

My tip on finding an overpriced flat white, imported cereal brands and such in an emerging-market capital: look up the local UN office. My story in this week's mag on the special economy that emerges around UN offices packed with well-paid staff:

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Russia - king of EMs this year as sanctions fears wear off and years of conservative policymaking pay off. My analysis in tomorrow’s paper:

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In this week's mag, some of my reporting from Rio. Brazil is one of the world's biggest food exporters, yet 33 million Brazilians are hungry. Last time he was in office, Lula brought hunger down radically. But the economy is in a v different state today:

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Brazil’s new president wants to reduce the number of hungry people

That will be more difficult than the last time he was in charge

www.economist.com

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8 years

Schoolchildren at the main roundabout in Jakarta holding signs saying they are not afraid #JakartaAttacks

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8 years

Jokowi on #JakartaAttacks : "We shouldn’t be afraid, we shouldn’t be defeated by this act of terror." My full story:

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Jakarta bomb attacks: Indonesian capital rocked by explosions

Isis claims responsibility for assault that killed seven, including five suspects

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My Leader on philanthropy is out in this week's magazine. It is on the fallout from philanthrocapitalism and the rise of the "no-strings" crowd. "It is certainly difficult to make money. But should money be difficult to give away?" --

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“No-strings giving” is transforming philanthropy

The rich can donate their money quickly and wisely

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1 year

On the cover this week. Check out all our coverage of India's global clout:

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The Economist

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India does not love the West. But America needs it—and the two countries’ relationship may be the most important transaction of the 21st century

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On the podcast today, learn more about the relationship between hunger and violence. And here is the story in this week's mag:

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How men with guns aggravate global hunger

Vladimir Putin’s attempt at grain blackmail highlights a wider problem

www.economist.com

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The Economist

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Vladimir Putin tried holding the world’s grain supply hostage. As @AChilkoti explains on “The Intelligence”, that’s a tactic beloved of thugs the world over

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Plus, leading the Asia section with the case for expats. When we talk about migration we often talk about people from poor cos moving to rich ones in search of a better life. People move in the opposite direction for much the same reason:

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Western expatriates are leaving Asia

Covid-19 is not the only reason for the exodus

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My At Home interview with @yennywahid , daughter of Indo’s first elected president, on Islam, Jokowi and motherhood:

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Covid = avoid planes = rediscover the wonders of train travel

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8 years

Larry Wilmore: 'Clinton lies like a politician but Trump? He lies like an alcoholic.'

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Plus, my long read on the power of the diaspora:

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India’s diaspora is bigger and more influential than any in history

Adobe, Britain and Chanel are all run by people with Indian roots

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In today's FT we explain the $1bn heist from Dhaka to Ppines casinos.There's a film in this:

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Not often I get to see my Southeast Asia stories on the FT front #splash

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2 years

As one of many people who constantly say they don't know enough about China, I have been looking forward to this podcast for months. Insightful, brave work by the brilliant @suelinwong and the whole podcast team. Give it a listen!

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The Economist

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“The Prince” is the real story of Xi Jinping—his traumatic childhood, his rise through the Communist Party and the lessons he learned along the way. Listen and subscribe to our new podcast series

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Grab, Uber, Gojek - the SE Asian taxi wars continue: #FT

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2 years

What is different now is the weapons repressive governments are using to silence the media. It isn't just physical threats but money, tech and the law.

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4 years

An incredible opportunity for Brits applying to study in the US next year. Look it up, contact the Trust, send questions my way:

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Kennedy Memorial Trust

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Applications are now open for 2021-2022 Kennedy Scholarships! These #scholarships for UK #postgraduates support further study at @Harvard and @MIT . Closing date October 21, 2020. Learn more and apply at

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Applications for Kennedy scholarships now open. A very generous award and a huge privilege:

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Still time to apply for 2017-18 awards! Deadline October 26th

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Today's front page:

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It's like *that* blue/white/gold dress. Once you see it you can't un-see it!

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It's worth giving a second glance to our cover image this week...

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Exit Munich airport, shiny corona test centre straight ahead, zap a QR code, one-page form, ushered to a cubicle, tested (throat swab and no horrid brain tickle) all in well under 5 mins. No wait!! No fee!!!! 🤯🤯

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A big day for India. And for democracy. As the results rolled in this morning, I spoke to @JonLemire @MSNBC . At that stage we were just trying to figure out what all this meant for Modi and his BJP:

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An interesting panel this week, chatting about where big corporates and innovative start-ups meet. Thanks to @economistimpact @MindTheBridge @NikolaiArdey @CarlEnnis1968 & co...

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On the Intelligence podcast chatting about the rise in poaching during the pandemic after my trip to visit Najin and Fatu, the last surviving northern white rhinos @OlPejeta :

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7 years

Saturday's paper. How abortion could be key to the debate on US health care:

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2 years

Here's the map that says it all. As one source put it: worrying about how bad your harvest is and how you will make ends meet, is not as bad as worrying your child will take a bullet. With thanks to those who know far more about the conflict than I do @smithkabul @a_a_jackson ++

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Avantika Chilkoti

3 years

Land in Dubai this morning and the cabbie says, “yesterday was a very bad day for us.” Frantically search Dubai news… Dubai weather… enquire further. And it is Facebook being down that really ruined his day.

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2 years

Found my grandfather on Wiki. Freedom fighter, commander at the battle of the Kaladan River valley, public servant, family man. Would love to know who wrote this page?

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Pitri Sharan Raturi - Wikipedia

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Avantika Chilkoti

10 years

The Miss India who was almost the victim of child infanticide and more. A must-see on girls in India:

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Avantika Chilkoti

4 years

The bifurcation of EM. Fear of default on one end of the spectrum, near-record bond issuance the other. My take:

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Investors Buy Up Debt From Stronger Developing Countries

The most creditworthy developing countries have found investors willing to buy their bonds even as the coronavirus pandemic sparked a rush out of emerging markets more broadly.

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Avantika Chilkoti

4 years

In the International section this week I make the case that we could learn from the open attitudes to mortality in the developing world, with special thanks to @charlie_mccann for indulging my Tana Torajan fascination:

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Avantika Chilkoti

2 years

Couldn't recommend this more. I signed up last year, spent time hanging out with a really smart young woman from east London, and got to see her ace her exams and get into her top choice uni. One of the most rewarding things I have done of late.

@ArtsEmergency

Arts Emergency

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🚨 Register now to mentor with Arts Emergency in 2023! 🚨 Want to change the future of the cultural and creative industries for the better? Sign up now to help a young person without connections take their first steps towards a dream career!

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8 years

'Net worth' better than 'single?' - which I have also seen.

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Murad Ahmed

8 years

Spotted at #WEF in #Davos : Delegate watches high-powered panel. Googles their names, with additional search term "Net Worth".

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Avantika Chilkoti

4 years

The podcast team let me babble about attitudes to mortality in the rich and poor world. Have a listen to that, a colourful story on hawker centres and more here:

@EconomistPods

Podcasts from The Economist

4 years

Today on “The Intelligence”: what China’s five-year plan reveals, the pandemic is changing the rich world’s view of death and the future of Singapore’s famed hawkers

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3 years

Meeting rooms of Madrid (including a nonironic gilded confessional just where politicians sit down with reporters)...

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3 years

@JBSteins Hw mch dd tht cst?!?!

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Avantika Chilkoti

3 years

I get why we can't track companies' GHG emissions. The stuff is invisible. But why we can't hold them accountable for water use? My piece in this week's magazine:

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Investors start to pay attention to water risk

A host of data firms with whizzy methods are helping them divine it

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Avantika Chilkoti

4 years

Arvind Subramanian in the FT, "India does not have the macroeconomic tools to get the economy out of the slump":

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Avantika Chilkoti

4 years

“What I love [on zoom calls] is looking at people’s book cases — the amount of John Grisham . . . they have on there. And these are educated people!” one senior banker said of the glimpse he has had into his colleagues’ personal space:

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Wall Street flees coronavirus and glimpses its mortality

Bankers hunker down in vacation homes and advisers counsel chief executives with children and dogs beside

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Avantika Chilkoti

10 years

The most 2014 story ever... Winklevoss twins use bitcoins to book space trip - Livemint: http://t.co/dLqTz2glbD

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Avantika Chilkoti

7 years

Spent the afternoon w @ESCochrane on the capitol lawns. Here's the story on the healthcare bill & powerful lobbies:

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Avantika Chilkoti

11 months

Something that struck me in the reporting: almost 30% of UK overseas development assistance now goes to so-called in donor refugee costs ie supporting new arrivals in Britain. That’s cutting into UK spending on the needy overseas - big-time.

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Avantika Chilkoti

3 years

6.30pm in Covent Garden:

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3 years

I don’t usually recommend books. But devoured this in quarantine. It really is a perfect novel. Indian Nocturne is in my Amazon basket already:

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Avantika Chilkoti

4 years

Check out today’s podcast, where I chat a bit about my story on covid and birth rates. Sandwiched between some excellent analysis on the US and working from home...

@EconomistPods

Podcasts from The Economist

4 years

Today on “The Intelligence”: a plethora of legal challenges in America’s election, the mixed effects of covid-19 on birth rates and the trend of “working from hotel”

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Avantika Chilkoti

2 years

We have interviews with @RanaAyyub on India, @berhe_lucy on Ethiopia, @veronikamunk on Hungary, @MarkSimonHK on HK, @mirrorsbreath on Russia ++. The best of Economist multimedia journalism, with films, data, clever design and much more to come this week. Have a read.

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Avantika Chilkoti

3 years

My interview with Airtel, the Indian telecoms giant that is one of the biggest operators in Africa, sums it up:

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Avantika Chilkoti

8 years

Last thing for now, an FT podcast where I explain the #JakartaAttacks :

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