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Reflections on corruption in times of a...
Blind ritualism does not lead to an understanding of what the religion teaches, and the deeper...
A setback to the ‘Look East’ policy
The “Look East” policy, targeted towards the economic development of North-East India in general...
Strong growth abroad is India’s export...
India’s export of goods has been clocking a healthy performance for the past three months. It has...
RBIs not-so-transparent FX market moves
As widely expected, the MPC of the RBI kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent in its...
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Politics
Lakshadweep and the trouble in paradise
A little known member of the Bharatiya Janata Party has set off a political storm in Lakshadweep,...
The glass ceiling remains unshattered in...
K.K.Shailaja, known as “Shailaja Teacher” in Kerala, and hailed as the “Corona virus slayer”...
A new pandemic of 'positivity'
There is a steady echo of voices asking for the Prime Minister to step aside, many demanding that...
Getting to the root of the police-politician...
The Maharashtra police-politician squabble is now being legally processed by the CBI under orders...
Economy
Strong growth abroad is India’s export...
India’s export of goods has been clocking a healthy performance for the past three months. It has...
RBIs not-so-transparent FX market moves
As widely expected, the MPC of the RBI kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent in its...
Fault lines in RBI’s surplus transfer to govt
In the context of quasi fiscal operation, it is important to address RBI’s role and function as...
Macroeconomic fallout of the second wave
The official economic data for the first quarter will be published by the end of May. Last year...
Health
Re-arming the global health order
The Covid -19 pandemic has mercilessly pummelled the health system globally. The human toll exceeds...
A new pandemic of 'positivity'
There is a steady echo of voices asking for the Prime Minister to step aside, many demanding that...
Patent waiver on covid vaccines is welcome
Last October, India and South Africa proposed in the World Trade Organization that intellectual...
The great Indian vaccine debacle
The world’s second largest market for vaccines is India. The world’s largest vaccine producer (the...
Recent Columns
Fault lines in RBI’s surplus transfer to govt
In the context of quasi fiscal operation, it is important to address RBI’s role and function as...
Lakshadweep and the trouble in paradise
A little known member of the Bharatiya Janata Party has set off a political storm in Lakshadweep,...
The glass ceiling remains unshattered in...
K.K.Shailaja, known as “Shailaja Teacher” in Kerala, and hailed as the “Corona virus slayer”...
Macroeconomic fallout of the second wave
The official economic data for the first quarter will be published by the end of May. Last year...
Recent Diaries
Vikram Lall : An uncompromising aesthete
Vikram Lall made his life and livelihood as an architect, the Buddha Smriti Park in his hometown...
‘Quality and cost must be under government...
CMC is a national resource. All of India’s neurosurgeons were grandchildren, great-grandchildren,...
Epidemiologist throws light on healthcare...
I thought rich epidemic management is possible, in part by the Indian Constitutional division of...
A legacy transcending boundaries
Very few people outside India’s North-East are familiar with the achievements and legacy of one of...
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