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Understanding the Manipur crisis
Manipur has been in a state of conflict for quite some time. It is not surprising that the...
Karnataka: A big win and some concerns
The Congress Party’s victory in the elections to the State Assembly of Karnataka is the highest it...
Polls and the paradox in Karnataka
Without delving into what the Karnataka elections hold and which way the wind will blow, it can be...
WMA: Fixing a tool that is running haywire
As F.Y. 2022-23 ended, the RBI issued a press release which said that “in consultation with the (...
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Politics
Understanding the Manipur crisis
Manipur has been in a state of conflict for quite some time. It is not surprising that the...
Karnataka: A big win and some concerns
The Congress Party’s victory in the elections to the State Assembly of Karnataka is the highest it...
Polls and the paradox in Karnataka
Without delving into what the Karnataka elections hold and which way the wind will blow, it can be...
How to stop “encounter” killings
A lot has been written on the normalisation of what have come to be called “encounter killings”,...
Economy
WMA: Fixing a tool that is running haywire
As F.Y. 2022-23 ended, the RBI issued a press release which said that “in consultation with the (...
Take the ‘natural’ rate of interest seriously
According to the RBI, during Q3: 2021-22, the natural rate of interest was worked out to range of 0...
Monetary Policy: A hesitant pause
No change in the current stance of the policy aimed at ‘withdrawal of accommodation’ was also...
SVB bank: Greed, panic, regulatory lapses,...
In November 2008, just weeks after the Lehman crash, at a high-profile briefing by top academics at...
Health
Shield against ruinous healthcare costs
It is true that we cannot ignore the more commen ailments which, too, cause death and devastation...
Covid and the risks of playing with nature
The Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Christopher Wray has now...
Doctors against Rajasthan's Right to...
A landmark piece of legislation that promises to make healthcare a fundamental right has run into...
The long road to right to health
September 23 in many senses is a landmark day in the context of India’s long and winding road to...
Recent Columns
Take the ‘natural’ rate of interest seriously
According to the RBI, during Q3: 2021-22, the natural rate of interest was worked out to range of 0...
The PM and his degrees of knowledge
It was not very long ago that spam messages and forwards used to be not about the veracity of Prime...
Monetary Policy: A hesitant pause
No change in the current stance of the policy aimed at ‘withdrawal of accommodation’ was also...
Addressing the payment woes of small...
The Prime Minister on Tuesday tweeted a message announcing the government’s latest efforts to...
Select Diaries
Painted hymns, church frescoes and religious...
A valuable treasure trove of art work, murals, frescoes and paintings lie in a 16th century...
Witness Mumbai’s old glory here
It was a pleasant surprise this morning to see the space under the flyover used so imaginatively. I...
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,...
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