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Systemic weaknesses of Assam Tea
Assam’s tea industry is mostly confined to the tea supply chain's unremunerative plantation...
Farmers’ protest holds key to India’s future
The farmers agitation has grown and sustained over a long enough period of time to become the most...
How expensive is India’s vaccine diplomacy?
India is one of the worst affected countries in terms of the number of detected COVID-19 cases and...
Rethinking policies to generate jobs
Governments sometimes bury their heads in the sand, like ostriches, to avoid uncomfortable...
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Farmers’ protest holds key to India’s future
The farmers agitation has grown and sustained over a long enough period of time to become the most...
A time of despair, and soul-searching
The nation is sailing through very turbulent times. The ship rocks wildly these days, so much so...
Neutralising "too much democracy"
The BJP has distanced itself from the remarks by the CEO of Niti Aayog Amitabh Kant that India has...
Bitter battle ahead in Telengana
After the State of Hyderabad was forced to merge with India on September 17, 1948, Prime Minister...
Economy
Systemic weaknesses of Assam Tea
Assam’s tea industry is mostly confined to the tea supply chain's unremunerative plantation...
How expensive is India’s vaccine diplomacy?
India is one of the worst affected countries in terms of the number of detected COVID-19 cases and...
Rethinking policies to generate jobs
Governments sometimes bury their heads in the sand, like ostriches, to avoid uncomfortable...
Limits to an accommodative monetary policy
The resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on February 05, 2021 came against the back...
Health
Post-Covid, a health disaster waiting to...
Health and education are the two legs on which any policy on sustainable growth and development...
Neutralising "too much democracy"
The BJP has distanced itself from the remarks by the CEO of Niti Aayog Amitabh Kant that India has...
Why vaccine is only a part solution
The BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine has been approved for use in the UK. This triggered President Putin to...
Red flags on tuberculosis as we fight Covid-...
Robert Koch discovered tuberculosis (TB) bacteria nearly 140 years ago, making this one of the...
Recent Columns
Call for volunteers or vigilantes?
The very foundation of a robustly functioning democracy is a high degree of social capital and...
A time of despair, and soul-searching
The nation is sailing through very turbulent times. The ship rocks wildly these days, so much so...
Limits to an accommodative monetary policy
The resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on February 05, 2021 came against the back...
A monetary policy that strikes a chord with...
In India, it is customary for the RBI to lend support to the Central Government’s fiscal stance and...
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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