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When emotions Trump reason: Indians should pay heed to lessons of US Capitol attack, when unchecked emotions erupted

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The frenzied mob that created a riot at the US Capitol building has a lesson for all of us emotion loving Indians. Don’t let your emotions rule you or take over your ability to reason......

Invest in people: India needs a strategy for durable growth

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The main aim of the forthcoming Budget will be to repair last year’s economic damage. Most forecasts for the next fiscal anticipate a sharp rebound as normalcy returns. That will not necessarily answer the more.....

She’s at the plough: But women’s agri work is invisibilised

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Farmers’ protests are strongly gendered in our imagination. Many of us think of women playing only a supporting role there, making chapatis and singing to soothe the menfolk. This is a totally false and jaundiced.....

Rooted in hubris: Maximum government, minimum governance has brought on farmers’ protests

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Women-led protests in Shaheen Bagh in early 2020 and farmers’ protests on the outskirts of Delhi since the end of 2020, with the threat of disruptions to Republic Day celebrations, would not have occurred had.....

By sending coronavirus vaccines abroad, India enters V5: the world’s exclusive Vax power club

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Today India rolls out “the world’s biggest vaccination programme”, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi put it, in its epic combat against Covid-19. In the new year, as TS Tirumurti – India’s ambassador to the UN.....

The power to create a better world

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By Anuttama Dasa Krishna explains in the Bhagwad Gita, “Whatever action a great man performs, others will follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.” On January 6, in Washington,.....

Palak kofta curry is equal to (=) life

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Sometimes, cooking is much more difficult than managing a purani shahar ki (an old city’s) halwai shop (confectionery). But, I love cooking as it’s quite relieving, refreshing as well as therapeutic and a stress buster......

Helping the country breathe: Year 2020 for ventilator manufacturers

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There is no gain saying the fact that 2020 has indeed been the year for ventilators and their manufacturers. At a time of the most nerve-wracking public health crisis in recent memory when more than.....

Brexit and the return of the Raj

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The sceptic’s witticism that the reason the sun never set on the British empire was that even God did not trust an Englishman in the dark might well merit recalling in the context of a.....

Societal delusions: Trump bulldozed reality and aroused a mirror pathology at the national level

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Any accounting of how polarised his country will remain after US President Donald Trump exits office begins with his outsized contribution to various societal delusions. Indeed, throughout his term psychiatrists have questioned his mental health......

Kumbh is a churning of the mind

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By Pranav Khullar At the heart of the Kumbh tradition is the story from the ‘Bhagavat Purana’, of tussle between gods and asuras for the amrit-kalash, pot of nectar, which bestows immortality on those who.....

Why should US ‘waive sanctions’ against India for buying S-400 ‘Triumf’ air defence system from Russia? (Part-1)

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The Russian S-400 Triumf Surface-To-Air Missile Systems The advanced S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems being supplied by Russia to India will add a revolutionary ‘Air Defence’ capability to the existing systems. The Indian Ballistic Missile.....

Be your own sculptor

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Knowing self is a life long quest while knowing others is a pleasurable hobby. When you try to explore yourself, you are like an unguided wayward missile which is unsure of it’s target but the.....

Lockdown fallacy: Delhi should attack bird flu not the chicken, egg businesses

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Even before bird flu was confirmed in Delhi the state government banned the import of live birds into the capital and shut down the Ghazipur wholesale poultry market for ten days. It went on to.....

‘Kharab Chai’ and the art of designing pathbreaking campaigns

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Did you know that a very famous tea shop in Indore has a very unique selling strategy? They sell their tea by the name- ‘Kharab Chai’ and they’re not alone. Visit the railway stations in.....

In data we trust: The case for allowing choice for the Covaxin vaccine, for now

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As millions of doses of Covishield and Covaxin get shipped to cities across India a proud moment full of hope and good tidings is somewhat marred by doubts about the regulatory process. The questioning is.....

Boon of well-being better than wealth

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By Jug Suraiya As a young boy in what was then called Calcutta, I would often accompany my mother to the Victoria Memorial where, on a park bench, the senior ladies of the city’s Kutchi.....

Maximizing social impact of India’s technological advancements

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It is a proven fact that technological innovations are immensely helping organizations across industries to continuously up their game. We witness innovation in everything, starting from the simplest task of our daily lives like brushing.....

Republicans continue to be loyal: Trump looks set to escape both Article 25 and impeachment conviction

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Of the two main tools for holding President Donald Trump accountable for his role in the assault on the Capitol building last week, one has been scuttled by Vice-president Mike Pence, although he was reportedly.....

Dharavi hip-hop boys keep the stories alive

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t is more than a decade since the boys of Dharavi-based hip-hop outfit Dopeadelicz — Tony Sebastian aka Stony Psycho, Rajesh Radhakrishnan aka Dope Daddy, and Agnel Avinash Benson aka Ben Z – first discovered.....

Justin Trudeau and Boris Johnson should mind their own business

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Justin Trudeau and Boris Johnson are prominent members of G7, the almost-all white club that rules the world. Let’s talk about Johnson first. He was behind the Brexit movement, which many, even in Britain see.....

End in sight: The vaccination drive will be a decisive phase in the battle against Covid-19

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India will enter a decisive phase in its battle against Covid-19 with the rollout of the vaccination drive three days from now. Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined its importance by chairing meetings over the last.....

Sumaithangi, the load bearing stone

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By Narayani Ganesh At first glance, to a stranger, the two vertical granite stone columns holding up one horizontal stone slab would look like a crude version of the gateway to a Japanese Shinto shrine......

The US system has to have better grip in place!

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Every beautiful, orderly and things in proper shape remains fragile and prone to be attacked by the evils of surroundings, howsoever it might be deeply grounded and rooted. Human civilization has taken innumerable years to.....

Power the point

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PPT is a dreaded word in the Corporate World. Come anything and you shall most probably end up preparing a presentation aka ppt. Wonder the reason the leading operating system named this tool as PowerPoint......

On the honey trail: Following the buzz from Tamil Nadu to Kashmir

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Getting stung by a bee is irritating, but it is otherwise in the case of S Jayakumar. A sting while at school in Tenkasi made him curious about the insect. A couple of friends who.....

Don’t cry for Donald Trump – No patriotic Indian should

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After the recent invasion of Capitol Hill by a Beavis and Butthead brigade, and the subsequent eviction of Donald Trump from social media platforms, I was struck by the outpouring of support from some Indians.....

Digital badlands: Instant loan apps promising easy credit amid severe social distress bare their fangs

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At least five suicides in Telangana and one in Delhi – that have been linked to extreme harassment over failure to repay loans disbursed by instant loan apps – underline a new headache for law.....

Look in the mirror: Schooling Marco Rubio, once adversary and now love slave of Supreme Leader

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After the storming of the Capitol by armed insurrectionists owing allegiance to the Supreme Leader, “small hands” Marco Rubio, once adversary now love slave of aforementioned Supreme Leader, compared the situation to what happens in.....

US elections finale; now what?

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In spite of last ditch efforts by Mr. Trump and his supporters in the courts and streets, on January 6, 2021, the U.S. Congress finally certified the electoral college votes and confirmed Mr. Biden’s election.....

You believe you can slip off

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You speculate you will block all-black channels. You suppose that you will paint your world white. You believe the whiteness will envelop you forever. You believe nothing black will approach you ever again. And the.....

Why EPS, OPS should be more than friends, a really small gang

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In politics, said 19th century French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville, shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. In the AIADMK, it is also the shared fear of loss. The ruling party’s general council.....

Racism in cricket: Whether in Australia or elsewhere, racial abuse has no place in sport

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With racist Australian spectators marring proceedings during the Sydney Test match between India and Australia, it’s high time that world cricket adopts a zero-tolerance policy towards the issue. On Sunday, Indian pacer Mohammad Siraj was.....

A US-Russia-China tightrope: In a complex, changing world, countering China is a multifaceted problem for India

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An expansionist, economically and militarily strong China looms large over India’s north-eastern border, its Indian Ocean neighbourhood, and its ties with the US and Russia. If India wants to counter Chinese imperialism, it must face.....

‘Unless consumers demand food produced in ways good for the environment, farmers have little incentive to adopt technologies’

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Agri-research organisation, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, has been working on improving agricultural productivity, reducing malnutrition and environmental degradation in dryland tropics. ICRISAT director general Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes spoke to Swati Rathor about the.....

How to have a good knee replacement

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Knee replacements have a mixed reputation. Most patients are extremely grateful and thrilled to be free from knee pain. Others do not have such a great experience. And some replacements simply fail. First of all,.....

Remembering 12th January as the National Youth Day

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It was on 17th October 1984 that the Government of India took the decision to celebrate 12th January as the National Youth Day every year. On this occasion let us remind ourselves of the ideals of India.....

As Bengal polls near, expect political football over Netaji’s 125th birth anniversary

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There are interminable controversies over what exactly happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after August 1945. Despite various commissions of inquiry to probe the available evidence, India is divided between those who insist he died.....

How to say no to drunk dancers, mamiji’s halwa & other grand requests

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Are you free tomorrow at 3? I need a favour,’ asked an old acquaintance with an exotic mix of British and Goan accents, the absence of the letter h in the three as obvious as.....

Theatre of the absurd

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The grossly apocryphal reportage on the death of actor Anil P Nedumangad once again revealed the deep chasm that exists between cinema and other art forms and the undue hegemony it maintains over them. A.....

A capitol lesson: Time for social media to be responsible for content

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The carnage at the US Capitol building has retriggered debate on the role of social media in providing a platform to disseminate false information that finally culminates in violence. A fallout of the widespread outrage.....

The Jammu & Kashmir experiment in direct democracy: Why the mood has swung to cautious optimism

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The recently concluded district level election in Jammu & Kashmir could potentially trigger a tantalising role reversal: the state handing power back to the people rather than the people being forced to cede liberties to.....

Crisis management

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As Bear Bryant once said ”In a crisis don’t hide behind anything or anybody. They’re going to find you anyway”. As emergencies slip in grabbing no eyeballs with unexpected pranks, I wish to cut to.....

SC’s move to examine anti-defection law will bring horsetrading under the scanner

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Supreme Court’s decision to test whether the recent political strategy of getting turncoats to resign their house membership to bring down governments falls foul of the anti-defection law under the Tenth Schedule will be keenly.....

The darkest hour: Trump’s politics has done great damage to the cause of democracy around the world

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In shocking scenes without precedent in US politics, pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol as Congress was meeting to ceremonially certify the Electoral College votes and confirm Joe Biden as the next US president. Four.....

Let’s get shot: While urging all others to take the anti-virus vaccine, I’ll be at the end of the queue

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While nations and individuals compete with each other to see who’s first in getting the anti-Covid shot, I find myself following a Pehle aap – You first – policy. This is not because I’m what.....

Living in a damaged planet

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Then a darkness spread around: I saw nought; I heard no sound: Solid darkness overhead, With a trembling cautious tread Passed I o’er the unseen ground.~ Cristina Rosetti Few nights I sleep profoundly but don’t.....

Here’s to 2021 – What’s coming is better than what’s going………hopefully !

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Whew, what a year this has been ! A real killjoy ……if only I could rap it on the knuckles like our teachers did ! And guess what, stupid as we are, or let’s say.....

US National Defence Authorisation Act 2021’s implications on Indo-pacific & Indian military- Part 2

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NDAA 2021 is focused on China 5. The 2021 NDAA is focussed on China. It requires reports on Chinese military and security developments (Section 1260) and the U.S. strategy toward China (Section 1261). The NDAA.....

A new Parliament: Supreme Court judgment giving go-ahead to Central Vista revamp is a missed opportunity

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The founding fathers of the Indian Constitution called on Nandalal Bose to adorn its pages with illustrations that would capture the essence of the new republic. Bose’s choices were a mélange – mythical figures –.....

Are we not missing an elephant? Epidemiology may be more reliable and our Covid data gross underestimates

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Had modern medicine not been introduced in India, about a century ago, we would have relied on our own traditional medicine to cope with the Covid pandemic. India had survived worse calamities of pandemics and.....

US National Defence Authorisation Act 2021’s implications on Indo-pacific & Indian military- Part 1

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Introduction The William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395) was passed on 01 January 2021 in spite of the veto by President Donald Trump. This is a United.....

Teachable moment: The swift and sensible rapprochement of Serum and Bharat Biotech

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On Sunday, January 3, the Indian regulator gave emergency use authorisation to two vaccines and health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has said that vaccine rollout is to begin within 10 days of that, meaning next week......

Jinnah’s dream realized in India

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Jinnah wanted separate electorates. Gandhi refused. Partition happened. In a supreme irony of sorts, what Jinnah could not achieve in a united India, Indians have accomplished for him in a truncated India. The founder of.....

Technological salvation in an uncouth universe that refuses to reward us for knowing it better

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It is clear that the modern science has now shifted its focus from the “pure” as it thinks it has caught the universe firmly by its working end. As the “applied” science is forcing the.....

New year promise: Signs of a return to normalcy: Reopening schools and movie theatres

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India’s uneven return to normalcy crossed an important milestone when some states took tentative steps towards bringing children back to schools. Reopening of classrooms is an important signal that while the transmission of Covid-19 may.....

India fining: Issuing cash challans to traffic violators and other rule-breakers could revive the national economy

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Even as the pandemic caused severe disruptions in the economy, the Delhi government has had a lucrative windfall from an unexpected source: challans issued by the police for traffic violations. Despite the lockdowns which significantly.....

Unlawful conversion ordinance: Religion-neutral, not against inter-faith marriage

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‘A good legislation should bring clarity not confusion’ – the underlying principle of jurisprudence has been the mainstay of the recent ordinance brought out by Uttar Pradesh government. As the name suggests, the ‘Uttar Pradesh.....

Xi Jinping’s use of hysteria as warfare – Part 3

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In Part 2 I had started looking at the evidence for China’s use of cyber warfare in 2020. A video circulated by @manisha_kataki on 12 March 2020 shows Chinese workers disinfecting streets: once again entirely.....

How Manchester of south India was lost over the past decade

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Despite Coimbatore receiving heavy rain over the past three years, the water-dependent cotton crop cultivation in the district has reached a 10-year low. Agriculture department data shows cotton is being raised in 339 hectares in.....

US-India: Ambition & achievement: We coordinate closely on defence. We need the same ambition in the economic sphere

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There is no bilateral relationship in the world that is as broad, complex, and rich in substance as that of the United States and India. We cooperate on defence, counterterrorism, cybersecurity, trade, investment, energy, the.....

In defence of DCGI: Unprecedented pandemic has required moving beyond tried and tested methods

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Eminent scientist Gagandeep Kang, in her interview to TOI, has raised several concerns about the vaccine approval process of the Drugs Controller General of India, especially its approval of Covaxin, an indigenous vaccine developed by.....

Global value chains: The elephant in the room you cannot ignore

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Did you know that China exported Apple iPhone to the US at a unit price of US$179? Of each unit’s total value, approximately US$172 consisted of costs for imports of foreign inputs or parts (mostly.....

Xi Jinping’s use of hysteria as warfare – Part 2

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In Part 1 I had started discussing how lockdowns were used in 2020 by Xi Jinping like a Trojan Horse. There is no evidence, however, to suggest that Xi Jinping had planned the lockdowns. Most.....

The phase of life in the new normal for the differently-abled

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While the year 2020 was full of turbulence and lost expectations for some the year was a light at the dark end of the tunnel. This was due to the efforts that were made by.....

Book your seat for the great Tamil Nadu circus— and get paid

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It was 1996. I was reporting the Lok Sabha bypolls in Andhra Pradesh, for a newspaper in Hyderabad. M Venkaiah Naidu was the BJP’s candidate against AIMIM’s reigning Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi in Hyderabad. Having written.....

Make haste slowly: Necessity expedited vaccine approvals. Transparency must guide next steps

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The Drugs Controller General of India’s grant of emergency use authorisation to Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin marks the last regulatory hurdle before commencement of anti-Covid vaccination in India. Opacity surrounding data from.....

History channel: Said 2020 to 2021: I am the year that is leaving dangerously

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The year 2020 was heading out of the door just as 2021 came in. “How did it go?” 2021 asked enviously, jealous about the symmetry and elegance of his predecessor, and the fact that he.....

Meaning in it all

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Man lives on food, water and air but not for them. One universal law of life, in a world with limited resources, is the constant struggle of living organisms for these, in order to leave.....

Love in the time of hate

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Quashing an FIR against Salamat Ansari accused of forcefully converting and marrying Priyanka Kharwar, a bench of Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal of the Allahabad High Court observed, “we do not see Priyanka.....

Coping with Chinese techno-psy war

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As we crystal gaze security challenges likely in 2021, it is appropriate to recall the major trends of last year. Despite the Covid pandemic, China blatantly altered the tenuous status quo on the LAC in.....

It’s not me, it’s you: When friends fall off pedestals

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I made my first adult friend on a Monday. I was 5-years-old, in a classroom of other 5-year- olds. A classmate walked up to me and said she didn’t like me. I said, “That’s ok,.....

Paying every Indian 5,000 can be the fiscal fix to make 2021 really happy

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We spent most of 2020 in doom and gloom mode about the economy, courtesy the coronavirus. But it is time to be optimistic again as 2021 could be a mega-boom year for the Indian economy......

An Annus Horribilis

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As science became highly politicized in 2020, it faced a crisis of credibility. Despite being on the frontline of fighting the novel coronavirus and developing vaccines in a record time, it finds its trustworthiness severely.....

The gambler

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O Mind! O, Soul! The irony of the struggle, Strange fatigue, The emotional strain, Tantalize and torment, The twopenny-halfpenny existence. Weary mind grunts and groans, Everything feels bitterly cold, Engulfed in Gloom of doom. The.....

Warping a great faith: Both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ Hindutva are expedient uses of religion for political gains

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As we step into a new decade, Hinduism, and its interpretation and practice, will play an increasingly pivotal role. We have seen the manifestation of ‘hard’ political Hindutva, wedded to the goal of a Hindu.....

Even with Biden: Trend against globalisation is dampening India’s prospects, headwinds will only increase

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It is now conventional wisdom to say that 2021 will be better than the year gone by. Don’t bet on it. The pandemic rages around the world and its aspect remains ferocious. Vaccinations have begun,.....

The Malagasy disruptive education in the pan-African development

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The world is in constant change, and social movements push the development of new systems that converge in a new order of disruptive currents in multiple areas. Every little change contributes to the end of.....

Climate change: Impacts and way forward

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As our climate continues to change, farmers struggle to grow crops, putting terrible pressure on the ability of the human to feed itself. Scientists warns that climate change could shrink the global food supply. Climate.....

No room for extravagance in 2021-22 budget

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Despite the hoopla around this year’s annual budget, it is unlikely to be a stunning display of “clever accounting” catering to all whilst pleasing none. Nor is it likely to strew goodies all around. The.....

Seal GST with a KISS: ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid’ should be the watchword for GST reform

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Late finance minister Arun Jaitley had announced in December 2018 that the sun would soon set on the 28% GST slab, except for luxury items. The country could look forward eventually to only two slabs,.....

‘At discussions on AI ethics, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone with a background in anthropology or sociology’

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Artificial intelligence outcomes are influenced by a combination of intent and domain knowledge. Ameen Jauhar from the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and Abhishek Gupta, founder of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute and a machine learning.....

Why should farmers not get the opportunity to be part of successful Indian reforms

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As a voracious consumer of Times of India’s news content be it TV, print or digital, I sincerely appreciate the fact that the coverage on the ongoing 51 day Kisan stir has been more than.....

Pak courts are churning out sentences on terrorists: Farcical action prior to FATF meet

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Recently the Pakistani courts have produced a number of sentences on the UN designated terrorists prior to meetings of Asia Pacific Group and Financial Action Task Force (FATF). India has aptly termed these as ‘farcical.....

Love, not log frames

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Philanthropy needs an overhaul, from narrow illusions of control to promoting empathy and agency. We will likely remember 2020 for three things. The year the phrase ‘you are on mute’ went mainstream. The year we.....

Growth of the affordable housing segment in India in 2021

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The lasting effects of the outbreak of Covid-19 have ensured that 2020 has been a difficult year for economies across the globe. While the effects seem to have been muted to a certain extent in.....

Wake-up call on Tibet: America’s Tibet law should spur New Delhi to reclaim lost leverage on China

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America’s Tibetan Policy and Support Act (TPSA), which became law recently, highlights Tibet’s geostrategic importance, including as the source of Asia’s great rivers. Passed with bipartisan support, TPSA establishes a US policy that the selection.....

Biodiversity loss is not just associated with zoonotic diseases, it also weakens our ability to fight them

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By Sanket Bhale and Ajay A Venkataraman Covid-19 has put the spotlight on zoonotic origins of diseases. Wildlife trade and consumption, high densities of human and livestock, together with our continued expansion into natural spaces.....

Growth Should be Top Budget Priority

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Former RBI governor C Rangarajan’s prescription to prioritise growth over fiscal consolidation in the coming budget is spot on. The economy is forecast to contract 7.7% in 2020-21, and if India is to grow at.....

Shapeshifting expectations: What the critics of the SC order on farm laws won’t admit

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History has repeated itself, only this time as a farce. Less than a year back the Supreme Court, with due apologies to it, blurred the line in the context of the Shaheen Bagh agitation. It.....

Indo-Bangla Bonhomie: Bangladeshi contingent at Republic Day parade a salute to historical partnership

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Marking Bangladesh’s 50th year of liberation, India will host a contingent of 122 Bangladeshi soldiers at the upcoming Republic Day parade. The move recognises the historic collaboration between Indian forces and the Bangladeshi Mukti Bahini.....