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A COVID blot on India’s foreign policy canvas

A direct consequence of the pandemic is that New Delhi’s claim to regional primacy and leadership could take a hit

A worker wearing PPE clean and spray disinfectant inside a function hall temporary converted into a quarantine centre for coronavirus patients, in Hyderabad.

Under-reporting does hurt the COVID fight

Bhramar Mukherjee Soumik Purkayastha Maxwell Salvatore Swapnil Mishra

A mirror to the future of Tamil Nadu and India

Kalaiyarasan A. Vignesh Karthik K.R. M. Vijayabaskar The DMK must use its win to sustain pluralism at the national level and also guard the State’s trajectory of development

Felled by insensitivity, incompetence

C. Rammanohar Reddy A catastrophe has hit India and there is no sign that the ferocious second wave is being dealt with competently

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A CT scan for COVID merits a word of caution

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New dawn in Dravidian politics

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A COVID blot on India’s foreign policy canvas

A worker wearing PPE clean and spray disinfectant inside a function hall temporary converted into a quarantine centre for coronavirus patients, in Hyderabad.

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Under-reporting does hurt the COVID fight

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A mirror to the future of Tamil Nadu and India

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Felled by insensitivity, incompetence

State repression that breaches public peace

Telangana’s recent ban on 16 organisations by invoking the Telangana Public Security Act is a smokescreen

To stop a third wave, India has to mask up

Public health measures that work best are those that the people voluntarily adopt, drastically reducing transmission

Gasping for air, gasping for answers

The people of India are entitled to a full and honest account of what led more than a billion people into a catastrophe

Temples are not fiefdoms of the state

What is being asserted by the community is the right of representation in the affairs of the management of temples

Marking the beginning of a green era

To combat climate change, Saudi Arabia has launched the Saudi Green Initiative and Middle East Green Initiative

A patently wrong regime

Over the last few decades, intellectual property rules have served as a lethal barrier to the right to access healthcare

Undermining ‘vaccination for all’

The new vaccine strategy raises questions, beginning with the Centre giving up its control over the market for vaccines

The road ahead in India’s augmented vaccination drive

Flattening the COVID-19 curve eventually rests on judicious vaccination deployment plans and the pace of vaccination

Endeavour, leadership and the story of a nation

The ultimate accolade for India’s role in creating Bangladesh is that today, it is a relatively prosperous country

India’s COVID crisis — when difficult became worse

Its second wave is a result of poor political choices, bad communications, and neglect of public health principles

The chequered legacy of a Chief Justice of India

As the Supreme Court turns the page on the tenure of the outgoing CJI, it needs to reclaim its role as a judicial beacon

A descent into disillusionment and chaos

In the second wave, administrative indolence, chaotic public communication and counter-intuitive policy stand out

Strengthening the process of choosing the police chief

A balance needs to be struck between the government’s legitimate role and the police chief’s operational autonomy

The last word on the state and temples

In Tamil Nadu, the movement seeking a delinking of state and religion misprizes the law’s value

A low-carbon future through sector-led change

In India, a sector-led, action-based approach could provide the framework to drive low-carbon transformation

Protecting children in the age of AI

Their rights, privacy, and well-being must be protected in digital environments just as they are in the physical world

The Election Commission of India cannot be a super government

There is still some confusion about the extent and nature of the powers that are available to the Election Commission

Election watch from across the Bengal border

Bangladesh waits to see whether the poll result in West Bengal impacts its identity as an inclusive, progressive society

The roots of a decentred international order

In the post-pandemic period, developing economies should rise to meet the U.S.-led liberal hegemonic world order

A multipolarity, scripted by the middle powers

Japan, Iran, Turkey and India are well set to shape the emerging world order

On the trail of the second wave’s dynamics

India let its guard down too early and policy hesitancy and fast-spreading virus mutants have added to the surge

Institutions, caste and the vital cog of trust

The findings based on the IHDS on castes and their trust in State governments, the judiciary and the police are revealing

Why less may be more for India and China

A conversation between India and China, driven by hard talk and finding shared interests, even if modest ones, may be amply rewarding

Bengal needs no Radcliffe Line of hatred

In the elections, much violence is being done to the mind of Bengal, to its thinking wires, its feeling nerves, its very soul

In climate change noise, India’s role as conductor

New Delhi needs to introduce equity, differentiation and justice in the ‘net-zero’ debate

Designing a resolute COVID-19 response

Control has to be quick and the damage being caused contained as the pandemic has resurfaced in a fully open society

Through a backchannel, steps forward

There are several indications of a backchannel being in place between India and Pakistan since 2020

Why the Personal Data Protection Bill matters

The proposed regime under the Bill seeks to be different from the existing regime which does not adequately protect users’ data

India does have a refugee problem

It needs to clinically address the issue of refugee protection and introduce appropriate legal and institutional measures

Plough to plate, hand held by the Indian state

The distinct characteristics of India’s agriculture require that a reformed state must ensure farmer, consumer welfare

Deconstructing declarations of carbon-neutrality

India should not join this game as it has to stay focused on development as its immediate need and aspirational goal

Stamp out the canker thwarting democracy

A solution lies in an informal alliance of people and institutions propelling a stream of public-spirited action and activity

The alchemy of anti-incumbency

Mamata Banerjee’s assumption that Bengali nationalism could block anti-incumbency and Hindutva may be optimistic

The Kerala Model at the crossroads

The role of planning and social oversight in the economic development of the State needs to expand further

Going beyond Tamil Nadu’s ‘freebies’ narrative

Other important promises that could touch, and likely improve, the lives of millions rarely make headlines

A missing science pillar in the COVID response

India’s fight against the resurgence of the coronavirus is a challenge requiring strengthened data and better science

Stop the Ambassadorships for sale

U.S. President Joe Biden faces a new challenge as the demand for not appointing donor ambassadors gains momentum

A step that enhances cooperative federalism

The amendments to the GNCTD Act define, without doubt, who represents the ‘Government’ in the unique case of Delhi

Still no recognition of the third tier

In the FC-15 proposals, the goal of fiscally empowering local governments to deliver territorial equity is still far away

India does not shine when only some gleam

A new architecture of economic growth, which begins from the ground, is required to create better lives for the majority

Remoteness is no hindrance to academic excellence

Excellence in education depends on the quality of mentorship and not on the size or location of campuses

Polarisation in times of dispossession

It is democratic struggle within Sri Lanka, rather than advocacy in Geneva, that will put an end to this dangerous trajectory

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