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The global epidemic of alternative truths

Sukumar Muralidharan

Untroubled by factuality and diversity, privilege and power are fashioning public opinion in troubled democracies

A clear reading of the Ayurveda surgery move

Rein in the vaccine nationalism, the profiteering

K.R. Antony The WTO has a role in getting pharma firms and countries to treat vaccines and life-saving medicines as a public good

Jobs, exports and the trade pacts link

Praveen Chakravarty P. Chidambaram India needs to shed its exaggerated fears of trade agreements to create new jobs — the country’s biggest challenge

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The global epidemic of alternative truths

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Rein in the vaccine nationalism, the profiteering

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A clear reading of the Ayurveda surgery move

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Refining trade union strategies to strike a chord

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Jobs, exports and the trade pacts link

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Say ‘no’ to corporate houses in Indian banking

The migrant worker as a ghost among citizens

A new publication contends that their lockdown misery was no anomaly but an effect of exclusion from full citizenship

Some of the COVID-19 mortality was avoidable

In India, the varying death rate across States during the pandemic points to the neglect of health in public policy

No Minister, the trade agreement pitch is flawed

Citing trade agreements for India’s below-potential growth appears to be a way to deflect blame for policy errors

In vaccine race last lap, the key steps for India

Linked to the government plan of supply from multiple sources is the need for a concise recipient prioritisation policy

India’s no to RCEP could still be a no

The circumstances under which New Delhi had distanced itself from the RCEP negotiations have hardly improved

India’s mask of economic liberalism is off

Trade protectionism seems to be the official policy, with the government following the path of its ideological leanings

A world in chaos and a moment of truth

Informational autocracy is the latest danger that threatens democracies

Amid a judicial slide, a flicker of hope on rights

It is reassuring that there is a signal from the Supreme Court about thinking and speaking about personal liberty

Decoding Biden’s presidency, for India and the world

His major preoccupation could be the difficult U.S. domestic agenda; India must revert to pluralist multi-alignment

Under Biden, security empathy, liberal antipathy

Earlier, India had the empathy of the liberals while there was some antipathy in the American security establishment

The right lessons from Pulwama and Balakot

The events of February 2019 need to be extricated from the electoral straitjacket and boastful political utterances

U.S. Progressives in the cross hairs

With the Trump problem out of the way, the Democrat establishment could turn on the Sanders’ wing of the party

Protect our Republic, my lords

The judiciary’s quick intervention in the Arnab Goswami case turns the spotlight on other serious cases that languish

Bihar’s result as a new phase in backward politics

The RJD’s performance, in vote share terms, points to an alteration of the traditional socio-political dynamics

Media regulation that is quite over the top

Bringing digital media under the I&B Ministry nips in the bud the promise of combative journalism

Like long COVID, there is long Trump

The rise of Donald Trump should have spurred a more honest national self-reflection in the U.S.

Trumpism still remains unvanquished

The U.S. President-elect has vowed to rebuild the middle class, but will have a hard time finding the middle ground

Myths and the reality of election forecasts

It is difficult to comment on the predictions of most Indian pollsters as they do not publish their methodology

In Bihar, the subdued narrative of the silent voter

It has been a decisive influence in the ongoing electoral outcome in the State, along with the primacy of material issues

Strengthening public health capacities in disasters

Disaster legislation can help in this as private sector services are not a dependable option in the Indian context

The real significance of the Biden win

Its impact on ties with New Delhi apart, it is more about whether it can re-energise India’s democratic values

The U.S. vote is about building back better

There is one governance lesson for Team Biden-Harris — to not underestimate the sea of disgruntled middle America

Turning the spotlight on America’s election custodian

In its functioning, the U.S. Federal Election Commission has a much narrower mandate than its Indian equivalent

Biden, India and comfort in the old normal

In general, India could still be in a sweet spot if there is political change and a new administration in the U.S.

The forgotten fact of China-Occupied Kashmir

The anniversary of the Instrument of Accession last month is a reminder of China’s illegal territorial occupation

Political takeaways from the Bihar campaign

The strategy of Tejashwi Yadav shows this election is more about the evolution of the social justice plank than its burial

The financial capacity of States is being weakened

Through various means the Union government has substantially reduced the fiscal resource capacity of the States

Fixing the rules of the economy

The fundamentals of the game have to change as they currently favour wealthy investors and not workers and tiny enterprises

A fragile French republic

Laïcité, a project of social cohesion and a key component of citizenship, cannot by itself fix social and political problems

Education, the nation and the States

The National Education Policy 2020 underestimates the problem of reconciling the three systems of education in India

The Kamala moment in Indian American politics

Attempts to shape the disapora’s politics as an extension of the BJP’s cultural nationalism in India have hit a barrier

The shifting trajectory of India’s foreign policy

New Delhi’s diplomatic skills will be tested now that the country is effectively a part of the U.S.’s security architecture

Time for a ‘sponge cities’ mission in India

The idea needs traction at a time when discussion on urban flooding only reduces the problem to simple dichotomies

An eviction in Sri Lanka, this day, that age

The sustained return of the Muslims to the north is crucial for the country’s plural and democratic post-war future

The India-U.S. defence partnership is deepening

The optics around the 2+2 Dialogue in Delhi are defining — the defence ties between the two countries have come of age

Countering deepfakes, the most serious AI threat

It is crucial to enhance media literacy, meaningful regulations and platform policies, and amplify authoritative sources

The challenges of walking the Indo-Pacific talk

In countering China, India must note that strategic talk alone cannot trump overriding economic realities

India’s DisCom stress is more than the sum of its past

There must be an overhaul of the regulation of electricity firms and their deliverables using common sense metrics

GST and the complexity of political negotiations

With the Centre’s actions in the COVID-19 phase affecting the federal architecture, the danger lies in States following suit

The President who called a spade a spade

K.R. Narayanan was creative in upholding institutional obligations of an office and preserving the republic’s equilibrium

India’s UN journey, from outlier to the high table

As a non-permanent UNSC member now, it needs to uphold the Charter principles in the backdrop of a turbulent world

Muttiah Muralitharan biopic: A compelling life story, lost in the fog of illogic

Critics have cast Murali as a ‘generic’ Sri Lankan Tamil to inflame their biases, but his story is more deeply layered

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