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Banking health and the ‘K Curve’ dynamics

Srinivasan Varadarajan

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

“The Supreme Court affirmed in the case of Hadiya (formerly Akhila) and Shafin Jahan that no one had a right to interfere in the marriage of consenting adults.” Hadiya and Shafin Jahan in Kozhikode in 2018. K. Ragesh

A conspiracy against inter-faith love

Time for an Asian Century

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

A leaf from Stacey Abrams’ book

Lakshmee Sharma Kanimozhi Udhayakumar The Democrat’s successful campaign in Georgia offers significant lessons for Indian progressives

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Weaker germs, stronger cures

A conspiracy against inter-faith love

Time for an Asian Century

Banking health and the ‘K Curve’ dynamics

A false messiah

A leaf from Stacey Abrams’ book

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

Reading the Bihar verdict

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

Looking for greatness in small gestures

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

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

Soumitra’s world

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

The storage tale of two vaccines

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

The need for ‘maximum government’

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

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

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

Providing quick psychosocial support

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

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 cost of clearing the air

Budgetary allocations alone don’t reflect the true cost of stemming air pollution

Lessons from Vietnam and Bangladesh

With reforms promoting innovation and lowering the cost of doing business, India is poised to attract the best investments

Joe Biden will have to walk a tightrope

He will have to deal with combative Republicans as well as resolve issues within the Democratic Party

Under Biden, unfurling India’s foreign policy concerns

After good ties with Trump, New Delhi must track how the new administration deals with China and Iran, respectively

COVID-19, climate and carbon neutrality

In the post-COVID-19 world, we should make efforts to ensure that the ‘G’ in GDP is not ‘Gross’ but ‘Green’

‘Strategic comfort’ with the Maldives

Despite the ‘India Out’ protests, New Delhi can take respite in the Solih government’s ‘India First’ policy

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

The price of saying ‘no’: On the murder of Haryana college student Nikita Tomar

Last week, Nikita Tomar was shot dead by her schoolmate, Tausif, who was upset at her refusal to marry him. The case has not only put the spotlight on stalking, but has also led to a communal flare-up in Faridabad. Ashok Kumar reports on the distraught family of the victim and the politically connected family of the accused

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