Opinion

By Tony Walker American-Chinese summit diplomacy comes and goes, but there will not be a much more consequential meeting between two leaders than the latest of Joe Biden and Xi Jinping’s consultations. If a measure was needed of how transformational the relationship between the US and China has become, one only needs to go back […]

By Krishank Manne It is evident that the BJP has chosen paddy production and procurement for its politics. This is something unprecedented and a very strategic ploy of the party to misguide poor farmers. The BJP state president’s call to farmers contradicts his own party’s policy at the Centre on procurement cap. The whole argument […]

Memories of unnatural destruction must make one not resilient to destruction but resist attempts to evoke more destruction

By Prakash Kumar Sahoo & Yashobanta Parida India’s geo-climatic and socioeconomic factors are contributing to an increase in the frequency and damage from cyclones. Among the natural disasters, cyclones constituted the second most frequent phenomena accounting for 15% of India’s total natural disasters over 1999-2020. Around 12,388 persons were killed and the total damage stood […]

No other country in South Central Asia has sent as many young people to study in the US as India

Xi does not have the independent political authority enjoyed by Mao & Deng, though his positions may be respected

By Renaud Foucart Google is being fined €2.4 billion (£2.1 billion) for hindering competition in the EU after a 2017 decision has been upheld on appeal by the general court of the European Union. This is a saga dating back over 15 years, in which the European Commission has been accusing the tech giant of […]

By Uma S Kambhampati, Subham Kailthya One of the keys to China’s economic renaissance over the past couple of decades is often overlooked. Namely, it has built a lot of roads. China’s highways have more or less tripled from around 50,000km in 2000 to around 160,000km by the end of 2020. This means that in […]

By Samudrala VK The recent furore over a few ads or TV commercials is a testimony to the orthodox atmosphere that is prevailing in the country. Does ultra-conservatism kill creativity? Does it hamper the innate or creative potential of an individual? Will it become a regressive element in the longer run? Will it lead to […]

By Pramod K Nayar Every year when the academic and institutional rankings season comes around, academic managers experience bouts of uncertainty — and this is not (only) because their institution did not score high on various performance parameters, but because select individuals in their institutions did. These individuals aced all sorts of performance metrics. So why the […]

By JR Janumpalli Since the division, residual Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have presented seven Budgets. The Budgets are also audited by the CAG up to 2019-20. The final figures of the CAG report indicate the actuals of the income and expenditure and other economic parameters of the States. In a State Budget, the major financial […]

It can provide a link between growing and sustainable electricity generation

By Richard Blakemore A dispute between Britain and France about fishing territories has escalated rapidly. French authorities detained a British trawler on October 28, and Britain promptly summoned the French ambassador for talks. The wider issue here is the licences now required under the new Brexit arrangements. French fishermen complain that many of their applications […]

By Arnab Sen Sarma The Central Committee (CC), the apex decision-making body of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), recently released its review report of the 2021 Assembly elections in Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Assam. The 26-page document is the reverberation of the CC’s deliberations between August 6-8, 2021. Among all these […]

By Pramod K Nayar In the fact-free, post-truth world, the entrenchment of subjective truth as the only one that counts has become prominent. Relativism of the type ‘you can’t know my pain’, the insistence that only the personal is political — in an inversion of the feminist slogan — lays the foundation for discussing what counts […]

By Vijay Kumar Shh!!! Be Quiet. Do not share this.How you know such personal information? Oh, Not Again!!Whilst you were amidst your deepest slumber or that engaging conversation, have you ever been hounded by calls offering you unsolicited loans, overdraft or balance transfer facilities? Did it stop after you subscribed for DND (Do Not Disturb) […]

By Samudrala VK As the political dust in war-torn Afghanistan is settling down, multiple questions are cropping up in the minds of dovish political analysts. Will powerful countries let smaller or weak nations act according to their own fate or wishes? Will global powers shed their helicopter parenting role? Will they allow peace to prevail […]

By Fergus Green Fresh emissions targets from Saudi Arabia and Australia – two of the world’s largest fossil-fuel producers – would commit the two countries to reducing domestic emissions to net zero by around mid-century – though both are expected to continue exporting fossil fuels for decades to come. For the leaders of countries and […]

By Ratna Geetika, Madhu Viswanathan, DVR Seshadri ‘Prevention is better than cure’ is a well-known adage and nowhere is this more true than in primary health. Primary healthcare is a proactive approach to healthcare that emphasises preventive measures, management of chronic conditions and promoting self-care. This approach also ensures timely notification of serious illness and […]

By Rory Horner The Indian embassy in Iran recently celebrated the arrival of 1 million doses of Covaxin, a Covid vaccine developed in India by the pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech. Bangladesh, Myanmar and Iran also recently received a million doses each of Covishield, the version of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of […]

Close to 90% of world’s refugees come from countries that are the most affected by climate change – and the least able to adapt

By Stavros Karamperidis Several months ago, I warned that the crisis in container ships could jeopardise Christmas by leaving retailers without enough goods on their shelves. Since then, there have been similar fears all over the media, not only due to shipping problems but also shortages of lorry drivers and unavailable products. As we approach […]

Remaking cities is a chance to make them more equitable for the 21st century and beyond

By T Muralidharan On 29 September, for the first time, five FICCI southern State councils — Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, AP and Telangana — came together and organised a GST Southern State Finance Minister’s conclave. The industry Minister of Karnataka, and Finance Ministers of Kerala and Tamil Nadu shared their views. It was a very […]