Quick notes: Choking India, Akshay Venkatesh

• The hard numbers: How Chinese goods are choking Indian industry and economy... In the life-saving drugs category, the dependence on Chinese imports is as much as 90%. China has increased the prices of bulk drugs 11-fold, or 1,200%, during last two years.



• Stop this dependence on China: India recalls rabies vaccines made by tainted China firm



• From trade war to currency war: The yuan's recent depreciation is nothing less than an import tariff of 7 percent across the board, not just a retaliatory tariff on selected US goods



• Check on predatory pricing: India’s e-commerce policy may end the Flipkart-Amazon discount war



• A number theorist who bridges math and time: Akshay Venkatesh wins a Fields Medal for his “profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics.”



• Facebook: A way for you to feel jealous of people you haven’t seen in years.”