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The end of the road for India’s GST?

Praveen Chakravarty

The fundamental problem is the erosion of ‘trust’ and ‘trustworthiness’ between the States and the Centre

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Losing the way with a map

Women enrolled under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in Karnataka. File

Tackling rural economic distress

Debmalya Nandy There is an urgent need to strengthen the public distribution system and the MGNREGS

Vaccination is our only weapon

Joseph Britto It is important to hold manufacturers to account on efficacy data

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The end of the road for India’s GST?

Losing the way with a map

Tackling rural economic distress

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The varying power of Hindutva beyond the heartland

Still grappling with online classes

Vaccination is our only weapon

Interpreting deaths in Chennai

Excess deaths data show that COVID-19 causality is being underplayed

Slowing the pace of India’s mucormycosis threat

The experience of oncologists who rely on steroid-based protocols offers lessons in preventing and managing cases

A single global tender for vaccine procurement

The scramble by the States is destined to be inequitable and inefficient and portrays lack of coordination

Muslim politics: Which way now?

The decisions of Muslim voters could contribute to the making of an anti- Hindutva politics

Expanding the scope of POCSO

Reforming the law is necessary to account for the reporting of historical child sexual abuse

The scale of Gujarat’s mortality crisis

Analysis of excess deaths from the civil registration system spotlights the systematic obfuscation in official statements

The many benefits of an eco tax

Environmental fiscal reforms will reduce pollution and generate resources for financing the health sector

WhatsApp and its dubious claims

The claim that the new privacy policy is applicable to only the business version of the app is not comforting

From the Archives (May 24, 1921): Psychology of unrest (From an editorial)

The leopard can never change its spots — neither can the average white man his outlook towards his coloured brethren. It does not much matter even if

Deflating India’s COVID black market boom

An independent vigilance system and an administrative machinery capable of affirmative outputs are solutions

The AIDS fight offers a COVID vaccine patent pathway

There are recognised ways to overcome the patents hurdle, ensuring social justice and boosting the COVID-19 battle

The outdated nature of bureaucracy

The public sector, private players and civil society should all work together for public service delivery

The way the CPI(M) works

There is mutual distrust between sections of the media and the party in Kerala

Can the economy survive the second COVID-19 wave?

While there won’t be economic contraction, growth this year will be on a slow burner

The fault line of poor health infrastructure

As and when India emerges on the other side of the pandemic, bolstering public care systems has to be the top priority

Overstepping the norm

The Centre’s blanket decision to provide security cover to 77 MLAs raises a slew of questions

A thaw in India-Pakistan trade relations?

Latest data give a reason to push for revival of dialogue

A collage of laws that leaves the worker out in the cold

The universalisation of social security remains an unfulfilled aspiration in the new code on social security

The basics of an effective vaccine policy

Prioritising groups, addressing hesitancy and rethinking the distribution plan is the way forward

Engage with U.S. progressives

India should note that it was the progressives who pushed the U.S. to back the TRIPS waiver

Planning for future waves of the pandemic

India needs to enhance the surveillance system, vaccinate quickly, and reprioritise healthcare services

Repoliticise urban planning

The Tamil Nadu government should reclaim the lost political vision in city planning

The czar of brinkmanship must seek peace

Russia and the other players in the Ukrainian crisis need to be prudent enough to resolve chronic tensions

Prioritising the right to life

A monthly cash transfer to informal workers will provide them relief and also revive the economy

No learning from the Spanish flu

The governments of most countries have failed to understand and predict human behaviour

Walk the talk on TRIPS waiver

The government should offer Covaxin’s technology to domestic pharmaceutical companies and foreign corporations

The Biden push-button to West Asia’s diplomatic resets

Unprecedented interactions among the major powers are leading to a significant diplomatic churn in the region

Restructuring the tribunals system

It is time to set up a National Tribunals Commission.

In Kerala, a humane lockdown

Lockdowns should be imposed only after adequate preparation and planning

It is getting from bad to worse for women workers

In the pandemic, women have borne a disproportionate burden of the severe disruptions to life and the economy

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

Fact and fiction in a fake news epidemic

Only science, free from politics, can help us understand the origins of the virus

Reforming medical education

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

Should political prisoners be released during the pandemic?

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

Mucormycosis risk mitigation in the COVID battle

Diabetes control can lower the chances of dangerous side-effects in COVID-19 treatment such as this fungal infection

EdTech needs an ethics policy

The privacy of students who use EdTech apps for learning is at risk

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

Bengal and what it means for BJP

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

How to adopt a child legally

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

Not all crises are opportunities for reforms

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

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