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Union Home Minister with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam in Chennai on November 21, 2020.

Where the lotus meets two leaves

T. Ramakrishnan

As the BJP aims at becoming a big player in Tamil Nadu, it should not forget the AIADMK’s strengths

We don’t need no EdTech control

President-elect Joe Biden stands with his nominees for his national security team at his transition headquarters, in Wilmington on November 24, 2020.

Transition troubles

Narayan Lakshman The quality and tenor of governance under Biden will make or break the future of the American Dream

Daring to love beyond societal limits

V. Geetha ‘Love jihad’ builds on tiresome sexual rhetoric which is commonplace in caste society

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Where the lotus meets two leaves

We don’t need no EdTech control

Transition troubles

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Refining trade union strategies to strike a chord

Daring to love beyond societal limits

Love in the time of Hindutva

With land rights, but no land

Many Adivasi families are unlikely to benefit from the implementation of the Forest Rights Act in J&K

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

Weaker germs, stronger cures

‘One Health’ is the optimum approach to counter the impact of antimicrobial resistance

A conspiracy against inter-faith love

Laws to curb intermarriages are part of a communal agenda

Time for an Asian Century

India’s challenge is in securing an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ in the emerging world order

Banking health and the ‘K Curve’ dynamics

Focusing on trends in valuation metrics can provide clues; more stronger banks are needed

A false messiah

Asaduddin Owaisi’s remedy for the Indian Muslims’ predicament is worse than the disease

A leaf from Stacey Abrams’ book

The Democrat’s successful campaign in Georgia offers significant lessons for Indian progressives

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

The ‘Time Use Survey’ as an opportunity lost

Gaps in the Indian version’s data will impact Sustainable Development Goal 5.4 and the ILO’s resolution on defining work

Is India facing a two-front threat?

Diplomacy and military thinking will have to evolve more rapidly than we assumed

Looking for greatness in small gestures

When leaders write their memoirs, it is the finer points that remain

Reading the Bihar verdict

In the new India, filial entitlement, once the norm, is now looked at askance

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

The need for ‘maximum government’

The current crisis has provided us with an opportunity to rethink our health, economic and climate policies

The storage tale of two vaccines

Moderna’s vaccine offers great promise, especially for developing countries, compared to Pfizer’s vaccine

Soumitra’s world

Just like Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee was a man of many skills, interests and deeply held sociopolitical beliefs

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

Constitutional fault lines

T.N. Governor’s inaction on advice to free Rajiv case convicts warrants judicial intervention

T-cell immunity and COVID-19

Immunity observed even without detectable antibodies highlights the need to study T-cell response

Shifting sands for Asian economies

India faces an uphill task in maintaining its viability against highly competitive countries

Changing the discourse on victim jurisprudence

The system needs to account for victims at the pre- and post-crime levels; remedies have been more a judicial initiative

Unabating attacks on journalists

There is an urgent need to enact laws that protect mediapersons and provide accountability

Fallen through the cracks

India’s high economic growth has been of little value for its under-acknowledged female workers

Andhra Pradesh’s capital conundrums

Will designating three capitals for the State promote ‘distributed development’?

Needed, a policy framework in step with technology

With the rapid pace of technology blurring boundaries, a holistic view of schemes is a must

Headed towards deadlock

GOP Senator Mitch McConnell is likely to be a tough adversary for the Biden administration

A recipe to tear down trade unions

The new labour laws are a brutal attack on workers’ ability to safeguard their rights

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

Countdown to greater India-Canada convergence

The third edition of the Track 1.5 Dialogue is an opportunity to begin progress in new areas of interest

Can the right to work be made real in India?

It can be made workable if there is political will and fiscal resources

The point of covering an election

Election reportage is not merely about gauging the political mood in a place

A deal for the post-Brexit era?

Britain views the trade pact with Japan as a gateway for its entry into the TPP-11

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

A churning in Bihar politics

With the JD(U)’s diminished presence, politics in the State is going to evolve mostly around the BJP, the RJD and the Left

Republic and its discontents

Vigilante justice in retaliation to Arnab Goswami’s vigilante journalism cannot be condoned

A time for cautious optimism

While Pfizer’s interim analysis of the Phase-3 trial of the vaccine is encouraging, there are some unknowns

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

Providing quick psychosocial support

Community volunteers can be considered, especially for children who are more vulnerable during crises

Employment, finally an election issue

Several myths persist about job creation, which can misguide policymaking

The mandate was about Nitish

Even in his personal defeat, he can be the force of course correction in the State

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

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Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel

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Residents of Pattinampakkam, mostly fishermen, run for safety as strong winds and waves picked up pace and move huge quantities of sand up to the road, a good distance away from the waterfront, in Chennai on November 25, 2020.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the All India Presiding Officers Conference via video conference, on Thursday, November 26, 2020.

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Workers make way for vehicles in pathways by clearing uprooted trees near Vaitheeswaran Koil in Mayiladuthurai district.

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Rains triggered by Cyclone Nivar inundate tracks at Korukkupet railway station in Chennai on November 24, 2020. Southern Railway has cancelled all suburban trains and those bound for Tamil Nadu’s southern districts for November 25, 2020 in view of the cyclone.

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Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, inspects Chembarambakkam reservoir after its shutters were opened on Wednesday after a period of almost five years following heavy rains due to Cyclone Nivar on Nov 25, 2020.

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