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Compensate For Surrogacy: Without this, women are denied reproductive autonomy

The fixation with altruistic surrogacy as some sort of ‘exemplary’, ‘noble’ action, with ‘compassion’ being the prime driver rather than…

July 27, 2021 05:30 IST

“By mixing ethanol in petrol, Uttar Pradesh has been able to contribute to a saving of 75.58 million dollars of India’s forex reserve, giving a big boost to the economy in these testing times,” the spokesperson said.

UP achieves 9.89% ethanol blending, highest in the country

As of July 12, the average blending level across the country stood at 7.93%. In June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

July 27, 2021 03:30 IST

With the impact of the second Covid-19 wave waning and the vaccination drive making progress, parts of the economy are expected to look up from July.

GST: End hibernation on dispute resolution

The GST Council must evolve the rules for adjudication in time, lest a solution on resolving disputes itself becomes dispute-ridden

July 26, 2021 06:15 IST

The net result has been that it never had overcrowding of the hospitals, and its Covid-19 mortality is the one of the lowest in the world. Ultimately, the only thing to judge the severity of the pandemic will be mortality rate.

The Kerala Covid Conundrum: Ultimately, Covid-19 response is going to be judged by mortality

Is it advisable for other states to be following a testing algorithm like Kerala’s?

July 26, 2021 06:00 IST

Even though Trai later came up with a technical paper explaining why the call-drops were not the fault of the telcos, it did not drop the recommendation of a penalty.

AGR dues: Govt must work to ease Vodafone-Idea’s pain

SC’s AGR ruling latest blow to the company; if it bows out, the telecom space will be left a duopoly

July 26, 2021 05:45 IST

States must adopt the right strategies to make people aware in the long-term, but the urgency in terms of expanding vaccine cover to prevent another ugly wave can’t be underscored enough.

Mandating Covid shots: India must consider a referendum on this

The hard reality for India is that data from the Covid Symptom Survey, conducted by Facebook and the University of…

July 26, 2021 05:30 IST

Fifth Column: Raiding newspapers never works, writes Tavleen Singh

The Prime Minister has personally taken leadership of his government’s campaign to prove that everything said about its mismanagement of…

July 25, 2021 06:30 IST

Across the Aisle: Government rides a winged horse, writes P Chidambaram

When a storm broke out on snooping on political leaders, judges, journalists, civil rights activists, students, businesspersons and social friends…

July 25, 2021 06:00 IST

Crowning Glory: Collin Morikawa’s acceptance speech at The Open affirmed his credentials as golf’s brand ambassador

Morikawa’s game is perfect for strategic golf, and it showed. Am I gushing? Absolutely, and I suspect I’m not the…

July 25, 2021 05:30 IST

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Less anti-carbon, more pro-EU

The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism will have a marginal impact on the bloc’s decarbonisation efforts and a detrimental one…

July 23, 2021 06:00 IST

There is a boom in space-related activity in the coming years, including launches.

India Inc can no longer ignore climate shocks

Its climate-initiatives have tended to focus on stewardship rather than addressing risks to operations and value-chains.

July 23, 2021 05:45 IST

For one, the average household income rose by 14% between FY17 and FY20—the pandemic would certainly have seen FY21 income-rise over FY17 dip in comparison to FY20’s—but the government is proposing to raise the income-threshold for OBC reservation by 33%.

Benefiting the cream: Proposed raise in creamy layer income-floor will hurt poor OBCs

Data from Price shows that the proposed OBC-creamy-layer income-threshold will allow nearly 99% of the OBCs to avail reservations accorded…

July 23, 2021 05:30 IST

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