Edits & Columns
Climate Change: The world depends on a low-carbon India
As the world confronts a changing climate, India is a crucial unknown, and its decisions could either doom global efforts to curb climate emissions or jumpstart them
NASA is right, space-faring nations will have to assume greater responsibility over the re-entry of their space objects
China’s Long March fiasco—the Chinese space agency “lost control” of its largest rocket, the Long March 5B, and upon re-entry, the rocket burned up and fell as debris—has invited censure fro
Second Wave of Covid-19: What we must do now?
National leadership has to have a war-room, comprising top medical experts, corporate leaders, logistics players, etc, to deliver at the last mile
Covid-19 Second Wave: Be proactive, not reactive
The Lancet is right, fire-fighting isn’t sound pandemic response
Free Covid-19 vaccine from the patent trap
The US does well to lend its weight to temporarily waiving off vaccine IPR, EU and other rich countries must join it
Across the Aisle: Modi versus Didi and other battles, writes P Chidambaram
The comforting truth is that there are stable governments in the four states with the winning side having got an absolute majority and the losing side a respectable number to sit in the State Assembly
As the curtain falls on the IPL 2021, there’s a lesson for BCCI to learn
The Emirates Cricket Board is always willing to host the IPL in the UAE. In fact, it feels like that their readiness is just a phone call away.
Trauma and heartbreak: Delhi’s darkest days, writes Coomi Kapoor
The continuous wail of ambulance sirens throughout the night, WhatsApp groups and social media flooded with desperate pleas for help in getting a hospital bed, oxygen cylinders, remdesivir, plasma et
Government must get it right on oxygen supply
SC foregrounds the Centre’s poor planning; need to emulate best practices gleaned from states
Relieving Labour’s Pain: Larger MGNREGA allocation, social security scheme needed
he Union government will need to make larger allocations to MGNREGA while PDS and Jan-Dhan can be used to mitigate immediate pain.
In Ceres: There’s a lot of buzz around space tourism market
The buzz on space tourism is getting louder, this time with lot of traction on the investment and technology fronts
Fight Covid with compulsory licensing
If patents continue to determine global access to vaccines and drugs, then fighting Covid-19 will remain a distant dream for most countries
Managing FX risks on imports
While the premiums are, in general, higher than the average depreciation, they are substantially lower than the worst depreciation (to tenor) that we have seen over the past 10 years
Sinking Feeling: Loss of land-ice will have devastating consequences
The warming trajectory under the current climate pledges will cause ice-melt to raise ocean levels by 25 cms by 2100
Don’t force fee-cuts: SC order to Rajasthan pvt schools will foster more such demands
The SC did well to protect the autonomy of the private schools. But, by asking them to cut fees for services not utilised, it has thrown private schools into uncharted waters.
Supreme Court right in finding no merit in Maratha quota
SC does well to rule dominant castes can’t lay claim to special benefits, stress 50% cap on quotas is constitutionally recognised
Power Vision: What is missing in the draft national electricity policy
The draft NEP has ambitious goals for renewable power, but getting there rests on the shoulders of private sector; states have repeatedly tripped the latter
Own Goal: Though Madras HC should have avoided its caustic remarks on ECI, the latter did itself no credit by seeking a media-gag
ccording to Care Ratings chief economist Madan Sabnavis, West Bengal’s increase in cases over April put its share in the overall cases of country 2.4 ppts higher than it was in March—and Uttar Pra
Atmanirbhar Bharat & the informal sector
Reconciling the hand-to-mouth existence of units in the informal sector with their stipulated globally competitive role in the Atmanirbhar Bharat is a Herculean task
RBI’s latest moves should help buffer small businesses against impact of second Covid wave, but much rests on banks
Bankers must be relieved the Governor hasn’t asked them to offer borrowers a moratorium on the repayment of interest and principal.
Sebi’s formula to monitor fund-houses needs a tweak
Linking fund-managers’ pay to schemes’ performance is good, but the current formula may be too complicated to implement
Forget herd immunity targets for Covid-19 vaccines: Variants have queered the pitch, target universal vaccination
To vaccinate large numbers—indeed, for universal vaccination cover—the Centre and the states must make the vaccine accessible, even free, for the economically weaker sections.
Early numbers for India Inc’s March earnings season indicate fairly good performance, but second surge casts a pall
Revenues have grown smartly on the back of better volumes and strong realisations—two-wheeler makers, for instance, have raised prices and also sold a better mix of products.
For solar atmanirbharta, rethink duties
A CEEW-CEF analysis shows India can achieve greater self-reliance in solar manufacturing through time-bound application of BCD at much lower rates—around half of the ones announced
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