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Not so stellar in protecting personal liberty

Suhrith Parthasarathy

The outcomes from the judiciary in the defence of liberty, free thought and speech seem to be far from routine

With Biden, India may need a new template

The distress sale of national assets is unwise

Sonia Gandhi The government’s intent to offload public sector units and banks will only result in the long-term loss of public wealth

Despite arbitration tug of war, mutual settlement is key

Kshama A. Loya Given increased FDI in India, it may not be conducive to weave a web of litigation, affecting stakeholders and exit routes

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With Biden, India may need a new template

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Not so stellar in protecting personal liberty

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Despite arbitration tug of war, mutual settlement is key

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The distress sale of national assets is unwise

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The anatomy of a spring ceasefire

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The vital but delicate task of reviving the Iran deal

Spurring a reawakening with National Science Day

Collectively, Indians have a responsibility to take forward the country’s rich and varied legacy of science

More about Big Government than Big Tech

Under the IT Act new rules, it appears that the interest is largely about trying to force technologists to fall in line

The Biden touch to sober, yet substantive ties

The India-U.S. relationship may not change from the course that Trump chose, but China and rights could be issues

Single party dominance, democracy imperilled

Those who believe in progressive politics must ensure that winning polls through any means can never be an objective

The absurdity of the anti-defection law

It has reduced legislators to being accountable primarily to the party and failed to preserve the stability of governments

Addressing vaccine reluctance and policy hesitancy

Apart from vaccinating the elderly soon, delaying the second dose of the vaccine will open up slots and save lives

The structural fragility of Union Territories

Union Territories having legislatures with ultimate control vested in the central administrator are not workable

Human rights are everyone’s business

India must realise that a democracy cannot be reduced to only demanding praise from the rest of the world

Dealing with the bigger neighbour, China

Unlike its ties with Russia, bellicosity seems the signature element of Beijing’s approach to India

Voice vote as constitutional subterfuge

Even laws that are unquestionably desirable and necessary cannot be enacted using dubious legislative mechanisms

The blank pages in India’s online learning experience

The attempts at initiating a rapid transition to synchronised digital learning following the pandemic have many lessons

A verdict that has ended a long silence

The Priya Ramani case is a key moment in the legal process that has often failed to bring justice to women complainants

Effecting a social rise, starting a political experiment

In the Devendrakula Velalar issue, it is unique for a community to highlight the need for social advancement in order to be delisted

The pressing need to adjudicate, not mediate

When fear is the new normal for the average Indian, the court’s only role is to act as the guardian of the right to dissent

Hitting the right notes with the health budget

The Union Budget has laid a strong foundation to increase the resilience of the health sector in the post-COVID-19 era

The poor state of the Indian state

The pandemic has revealed its chronic inability and systemic weakness to take care of the poorest citizens

Looking ahead after the Ladakh walk back

After making a political choice in the disengagement, the government has to now deal with the strategic consequences

Farm laws and ‘taxation’ of farmers

To show Indian agriculture as being net taxed to argue for the farm laws has poor conceptual validity

A disengagement deal better than expected

But cautious diplomatic and military planning and hawk-like vigil by India will be needed in its implementation

Fuzzy law, unclear jurisprudence, trampled rights

The legal regime that enables the government to block websites needs urgent reform

Amid fault lines, a revival of the farmers’ identity

Signs of a polarised western U.P. and its agrarian communities unifying are visible in the ongoing farmers’ movement

The agonising cost of ham-handed development

India’s leaders must recommit themselves to the ideas and activism of environmentalists involved with Uttarakhand

Order at the border: On disengagement at the LAC

The disengagement at the LAC is vital for the broader relationship with China

In Biden’s policy pursuit, the world order challenge

Uncertainties around the Iran nuclear agreement could lead to tectonic changes in the new global and regional order

The portrait of a peacemaker and scholar

The Islam which can co-exist with other religions is the one propagated by the likes of Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Disinformation is a cybersecurity threat

Society needs to be protected from infodemics, to prevent the possibility of a breakdown, interruptions and violence

India must return to traditional diplomacy

The new combative strategy to ‘push back’ requires sober analysis, with the issue being how and against what and whom

Fine-tuning the State-of-the-app technology

Keener scrutiny of the technology platforms of India’s States can lead to improved public services and user confidence

The long and the short of India’s Naypyitaw dilemma

The February coup has undone the comfortable space New Delhi’s Myanmar policy occupied for close to a decade

An India-EU trade pact may still remain elusive

COVID-19, Brexit and international tensions have unsettled the European Union and exacerbated its internal discords

Infrastructure push now, fiscal consolidation later

The Union Budget has provided reasonable stimulus to growth, but concerns remain about fiscal deficit

Beating down critical journalism, creative freedom

The curious deference of the judiciary is part of the precariousness of the rights to freedom in India today

Missing the Gandhian imprint

Neither the government nor the urban middle classes have felt a sense of unease over the farmers’ despair

A year on, mind the gaps in the pandemic response

India needs to revisit its disease control strategy to ensure a more robust and humane response in similar crises

Weighing in on the Biden presidency

While it could be a curate’s egg for New Delhi, for the world, a return to Obama-era policies may prove inadequate

No to vaccine nationalism, yes to global cooperation

India’s approach only reinforces the need for coordinated international efforts to bring COVID-19 under control

It’s goodbye to fiscal orthodoxy

Budget 2021 is a departure from a key tenet of the Washington Consensus — macroeconomic stability

Carrying over fiscal conservatism: on Union Budget 2021

A lenient tax regime that favours private capital and restrained debt-financed spending are quite evident

The Mahatma and the empowerment of the other

Gandhiji’s idea is feasible only in a political community where people have the art of listening

The farm laws need political resolution

It is the supreme authority of Parliament which has the power to solve the issue despite the negotiations outside

A Budget blueprint for difficult times

Alarming inequality, failing health care and border tensions loom large and the economic situation needs full attention

A political player who is rising, but is still no Lenin

Notwithstanding the euphoria, Alexei Navalny is unlikely to be the catalyst that will lead to ‘regime change’ in Russia

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