Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Tuesday 14 December
Pressures weigh up on Air India
Could a “fat-suit” contribute to the demise of India’s once-proud state-owned airline, Air India?
Tuesday 14 December
Could a “fat-suit” contribute to the demise of India’s once-proud state-owned airline, Air India?
India’s economic boom has taken flight. Air traffic volumes are increasing exponentially – as is the pressure to service five million new passengers a year. That’s why KS Kohli and his Frankfinn training schools are making…
Chine beefs up its air force again, and India builds a strike force to ready itself for Himalayan border disputes.
Sunday 18 October
The Chinese government might not have let its own people watch the huge military parade that it staged in Beijing on 1 October (except on state-gilded TV).
Tuesday 24 August
In New Delhi, the humble public toilet goes by any number of names: wall, footpath, tree, abandoned car, occupied car.
Tuesday 24 November
When China was penniless and politically unfashionable just a few decades ago, it found friends and allies – besides a few Leftist pariahs and revolutionary oddballs – very hard to come by.
It's all credit to the Wall Street Journal and its new payment scheme, action stations for Indian financial news and the best of Italian publishing.
Wednesday 13 February
Whether it's Boeing's batteries or the beef in our burgers, paying attention to where goods originate from is vital for quality.
Trouble in the Indian Ocean, India modernises its military, and sales of South Korea's jets experience lift off.
An interview with the rear admiral in charge of an anti-piracy operation in the Horn of Africa, plus a round-up of the latest arms deals and military news around the world.
Living on Wall Street and the rise of theRussian technopark.
Beijing and Delhi announce their defence budgets almost simultaneously, Egypt vies to build its own fighter aircraft and Israel unveils its text message air-raid warning system.
Monday 28 December
In 2010, it will be time to start talking to the scary people: the rogue states that we’d like to ignore but can’t for fear of the mess they’d make.
Wednesday 19 October
There are many business terms that are particularly grating.
India has 600 million people under 25 and a burgeoning consumer society. How are brands courting these people? Monocle visits Mumbai’s advertising agencies to witness an atmosphere as heady as New York or London in their…
India's prime minster, Manmohan Singh, and his Motorcade, North Korea opens up to Chinese tourists, and Malaysia's most controversial blogs.
The world's highest hotel opens in Shanghai, a Q&A with Priya Paul of India's Park Hotels, plus essential Lisbon addresses.
Dutch courage in Afghanistan, instability in Nepal and India's homegrown fighter jets.
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