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Lend a helping hand to children the right way

Following the COVID surge, the laws and procedures for the care and protection of orphaned children must be noted

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Mucormycosis risk mitigation in the COVID battle

Should political prisoners be released during the pandemic?

Jayant Sriram Political prisoners can be let out on bail and be treated like they are in detention

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Reforming medical education

Soumitra Ghosh An unfettered market approach is not the answer to the health workforce crisis

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Lend a helping hand to children the right way

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Fact and fiction in a fake news epidemic

Reforming medical education

Should political prisoners be released during the pandemic?

Mucormycosis risk mitigation in the COVID battle

EdTech needs an ethics policy

A hundred days after the coup

ASEAN has created a rare pathway to help Myanmar move forward

A bullet train to hunger

The pandemic has highlighted the importance of expanding social security nets

Forget ‘play’, the machine needs to be scrapped

The Centre must revisit its vaccine policy by procuring 100% doses which can then be equitably disbursed to States

How to adopt a child legally

During a crisis, an outreach programme must warn everyone not to entertain any illegal adoption offers

Bengal and what it means for BJP

The party’s further rise will depend on its politics and the Trinamool’s functioning post-Mamata

Not all crises are opportunities for reforms

The call for reforms today leaves out the stakeholders, which might undermine the very purpose of reforms

Evaluate the Ladakh crisis, keep China at bay

A critical assessment of the stand-off offers New Delhi key lessons in managing the strategic competition with China

Fixing the vaccine crunch

Besides the two vaccines in use in India, three vaccine candidates look promising

The impact of vaccination

Data indicate that the vaccination programme has been effective in reducing infections among those aged 60 and above

A national health service in India

It is time to revive a plan that is modelled on the British National Health Service

For the victors, the vanquished and the also-rans

There are many lessons from the results of the recent Assembly elections, the focal point being West Bengal

Back in the shortage economy

India has recovered from extremely trying crises in the past, with sincere and competent leadership

The changing nature of the Left in Kerala

It has moved away from a party-centric state deemed to protect some sections to one that caters to all

A TRIPS waiver is useful but not a magic pill

The U.S.-supported move will have an effect if countries simultaneously address non-IP bottlenecks among other things

IT hub Bengaluru and its struggle for healthcare

In Bengaluru, poor preparation for the second wave has resulted in mismanagement in the allocation of beds, delays in testing, and oxygen shortage. Afshan Yasmeen, K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj and Chitra V. Ramani report on the crisis engulfing a city once touted to be a popular medical tourism hub.

Rent issues as an ignored COVID stress point

The second wave has amplified the issue of rent which does not draw much attention as food and income support do

Kerala Assembly Elections | Not ready for a third force

There seems to be little desire for an alternative to the LDF and UDF

Kerala Assembly Elections | Social demographics shaped the elections

The LDF consolidated support among the social groups which generally vote for it.

Kerala Assembly Elections | Votes for tackling the coronavirus

Effective COVID-19 management worked in favour of the LDF.

Kerala Assembly Elections | How the Left Front bucked a decades-old trend in Kerala

Welfare measures, the Pinarayi factor and good governance helped the LDF overcome allegations of corruption

In Ireland’s complex troubles, lessons for India

A functioning democracy must commit to addressing communal issues with vigilance, tolerance and compromise

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Subaltern Hindutva on the wane?

Contrary to expectations, the BJP’s appeal among backward classes and the rural poor has petered out

West Bengal Assembly Elections | Women rally behind Trinamool

Election after election, women voters have continued to ally themselves with Mamata Banerjee’s party

West Bengal Assembly Elections | The limits to polarisation in Bengal

Despite a fierce Hindutva push, the BJP failed to retain the level of Hindu support it garnered in 2019

A CT scan for COVID merits a word of caution

Going by data and the risk factors, its widespread use in diagnosing the infectious disease needs to be questioned

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | Leadership play a key role

The CM candidate was more important consideration for voters during 2016 assembly elections

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | Methodology of post-poll survey

All analysis here has been presented on the weighted data set.

TN Assembly polls | Did last-minute sops help the AIADMK?

They didn’t yield much for the party but may have softened the blow of the electoral defeat

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections | The land of the rising sun

Anti-incumbency and strong support for M.K. Stalin helped the DMK win

T.N. Assembly polls | BJP: a liability rather than asset

AIADMK seems to have miscalculated in allying with the BJP

An issue of lives versus livelihoods

That the situations faced by India’s migrants are not a matter of concern in policy making is quite apparent

What was the methodology used?

The sampling design adopted was multi-stage systematic random sampling.

Local factors determine electoral outcomes in States

While national leaders can provide support, the ground work needs to be done by local leaders with a mass base and sustained presence in local politics

A ‘One Health’ approach that targets people, animals

The battle against COVID-19 should also be used as an opportunity to meet India’s ‘One Health’ targets

Second decisive shift

The NDA’s emphatic victory in Assam shows protests and poll preferences can coexist

A mandate for compassionate governance

Why the LDF regime has come back to power

Towards a new type of government

An open letter to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister-elect, M.K. Stalin

Bengal’s mandate, a turning point in national politics

It was hardly a cliffhanger, with the TMC tapping into the distress caused by the Narendra Modi regime

Coronavirus | Calamity in the capital

The COVID-19 wave in New Delhi has led to a spike in cases and deaths and put the healthcare system under severe strain. Nikhil M. Babu, Hemani Bhandari and Jatin Anand report on the negligence of the Central and Delhi governments which has led to a mad scramble for beds, oxygen, and space in cremation grounds

The rising sun in India-Japan relations

New Delhi should be confident that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is willing to accord primacy to bilateral ties

Creating critical thinkers

The pandemic is an opportunity to re-imagine educational assessments and evaluations

Watching a tragedy unfold

Reporters are going to hospitals and cremation grounds whilst battling fear and guilt

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