Edits & Columns
What India needs to do amid oil uncertainty in the Covid world
What if prices fall so low that it makes no commercial sense for ONGC/OIL to expend public resources on high-risk, high-cost exploration? What if relations between India, Pakistan and China take an ugly turn? What if domestic problems at supplier countrie
Social security: Digital platform on which govt on-boards all existing PDS outlets is needed
A digital platform on which government on-boards all existing PDS outlets is needed.
New working world: How a virus killed job descriptions
The virus has been our cue to shed norms of the past and old versions of job descriptions may well be one of them.
China-India conflict this time will be part of global Cold War
This time the China-India confrontation will not be an isolated affair with India friendless as in 1962. It will be part of a global (hopefully) Cold War.
Supreme Court must not flinch from its duty, not ever: P Chidambaram
The point of this column is that the Supreme Court's resolve to be the sentinel on the qui vive will be tested again and again. The Court must not flinch from its duty, not ever.
Carry that weight! Ditch the tour bag, get a push cart for golf riding
Was it Jack Nicklaus who said that golf punishes those who don’t practice? This lockdown has taken the wheels off my game, and from the comical array of shots I’ve been seeing on the golf course,
Covid-19 lessons for school education
Countries should empower schools to proactively develop an Education Continuity Plan (ECP) and the Proactive Risk Mitigation Model (PRMM).
Coronavirus crisis and Central Asia’s diverse responses
Real economic challenges are yet to come, and Central Asian govts must be prepared beforehand.
Twitter comes up trumps, or does it?
Rubbishing Trump’s anti-Twitter stance is easy, but social media is inherently biased, and fixing that is going to be tough.
Covid-19 crisis for startups: Innovating to survive, and then thrive
The Covid-19 crisis has severely affected the indian start-up ecosystem; but many start-ups are using it as an opportunity to grow their businesses.
Funny business: World bitten by the ‘make corona a money-spinner’ bug
The Covid pandemic is forcing companies and economies to woo demand far harder than usual to make money.
Globalisation at crossroads! What India needs to do to become globally competitive
Isolation under no circumstance is the prescription to economic resilience. Instead, countries, including India, need to make concerted efforts to improve efficiencies at all levels, be it sourcing, l
Covid-19 cases in India and fallacy of the floating numerator
When several countries are being compared during a pandemic, merely citing absolute numbers without any reference to the differences in their population sizes is erroneous and misleading.
Covid-19 in India: SC wrong on migrants, and also on private hospitals
The first is the domain of Centre & states; if private hospitals make losses, the second will badly hit Covid treatment.
Govt should provide relief to healthcare: Dr PC Reddy, founder chairman, Apollo Hospitals
Dr Reddy believes the country must be mindful of the galloping growth of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) crisis which is going to be another huge health burden.
Relief for migrant labourers: Too late, too little
The govt’s measures for migrant workers won’t be of much effect. We must consider basic income transfers, otherwise we risk starvation due to indifferent public policy responses
Covid-19 crisis: UP sees sense on migrant workers, Maharashtra should too
A shortage of workers in one state or another could result in a spike in wage costs, throwing the economics of manufacturing or construction out of gear.
Covid-19 crisis and India’s next government
The Covid crisis has politicised a new crop of leaders who are young, smart, and committed to the country
Tracking Covid-19: Govt must add more features to drive Aarogya Setu adoption
Making Aarogya Setu open-source great for building trust, but the govt must add more features to drive adoption
Battling Coronavirus outbreak: Covid-19 testing that is aligned with the times
In the current phase, testing should focus on community containment and reducing mortality. Increasing visibility on testing data is more important now than ever
Coronavirus in India: Are big cities up to the Covid-19 challenge?
Even Mumbai is facing an uphill task & it is not clear others have created even a fraction of the new treatment capacity
Coronavirus vaccine: Real test would lie in the length of immunity
Falling infection rates in the UK could scuttle Oxford University’s SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial
‘Aatmanirbhar’ package for agriculture: Sowing half-reforms
While the government deserves credit for announcing agri-reforms that have long been in the making, these may remain halfway measures as it has refrained from biting the bullet on truly freeing up th
Rs 20 lakh crore Covid-19 relief package: Missing demand
The package has a large role for RBI, with 40% of the amount mentioned being provided as liquidity by the central bank.
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