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TOPIC – Virus alert
“Setback in fight against coronavirus in Maharashtra strikes note of caution. There is no room for complacence”
Ever since the coronavirus numbers began...
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TOPIC –Small and significant
“As a controversial Lt Governor is recalled, and the government appears precarious, a new front opens in Puducherry”
Political activity has picked...
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TOPIC – The digital bargain
"Google’s battle against proposed Australia law could lead to a new template for the business of news in the digital age."
The...
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TOPIC – Boosting confidence
The downward trend in fresh coronavirus infections in India continues to inspire confidence that the pandemic is on the wane. The daily new...
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TOPIC – Belated, but bold
The government’s spending plans for 202122 hinge on better compliance lifting tax collections, and an ambitious plan to raise nontax revenue. Finance Minister...
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TOPIC – Telling the tale
“Bhind Police is setting up a museum about the dacoits of Chambal. There may be more to their story”
In most...
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TOPIC –Wealth of nations
“Private enterprise is key for wealth creation. The Prime Minister’s caution against vilification of private sector is timely”
Wealth creators are necessary...
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TOPIC – Picking up pace
“Economic indicators signal a recovery that is gaining momentum. Growth may surprise on the upside.”
The normalisation of economic activities in...
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TOPIC – Good auguries
“Weather-enabled bumper production in India and ongoing global price recovery could provide opening for resolving farm crisis.”
Amid the farmers’ protests that...
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TOPIC – Sabarimala slip
“Congress’s promise on shrine customs ahead of elections shines light on path not taken, shows lack of political imagination”
The draft law...
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TOPIC – On selling government bonds to the public
“The hope is that as a bond issued by the sovereign is the safest option, customers...
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Topic - Mark of a crime
“Parliamentary committee flags concerns on DNA profiling bill. More debate on the proposed law is needed”
It is important that...
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TOPIC - Colombo steps back
“Cancellation of port deal is unfortunate but Delhi should move on, press pedal on other diplomatic issues”
Sri Lanka’s decision to...
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TOPIC – Pointing the finger at parliamentary scrutiny
The new Farm Bills passed by Parliament in the last monsoon session have evoked a scale of protest unforeseen by the government. Negotiations between the government and the farmers seem to...
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TOPIC – Coup is a setback to Myanmar’s unique experiment with democracy
Democracy has once again been trampled upon in Myanmar. The country’s future appears...
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TOPIC – What Union Budget 2021-2022 gets right
There were no unpleasant surprises in Union Budget 2021-22, and that was the biggest surprise. There was no...
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TOPIC – A slim stimulus
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s fresh set of measures, on Monday, to spur consumer demand and capital expenditure include an interestingly designed...
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TOPIC – New Order In West Asia
The so-called Abraham Accords, signed in the White House on Tuesday by the UAE, Bahrain and Israel, under U.S....
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TOPIC – Tempered optimism
The course of the coronavirus pandemic in the new year presents a picture of contrasts, with some rich countries running out of...
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TOPIC – Justice in ruins
(India cannot afford successive judicial setbacks to secular values and the rule of law)
The ruins of the Babri Masjid were cleared in record time by the hordes of vandals mobilized for demolishing it. Some detritus was still left, though: a...
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TOPIC – The reality of an India at the crossroads
Individual events are often an indicator of broader trends. Any vision of the future is again significantly linked to what is taking place...
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TOPIC – Budgeting in a time of crisis
The Great Depression wrecked the economies of the U.S. and Europe. In the words of Jonathan Alter, when Franklin Roosevelt became the American President in 1933, he...