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Feb 17, 2021
Nature-based solutions provide cost-effective strategy to meet key economic development goals while conserving nature Subscriber Only
Countries like South Korea and Germany have built in a green economic stimulus into their economic recovery strategy.
Feb 17, 2021
Here are four reasons which connect the protest with the Union budget and your income.
EditorialFeb 17, 2021
Google’s battle against proposed Australia law could lead to a new template for the business of news in the digital age.
Teesta SetalvadFeb 17, 2021
Unwavering clarity and commitment to deepening democracy at the grassroots was a passion for Justice P B Sawant and also led him to be recognised for verdicts of depth and calibre.
EditorialFeb 17, 2021
A new documentary forces a horrified look back at the culture that enabled the pop star’s harassment.
EditorialFeb 17, 2021
FCI’s overflowing granaries and rising costs — with farmers’ agitation as backdrop — are unsustainable.
Sanjay SrivastavaFeb 17, 2021
Burning of Thunberg’s images are symbolic warnings of possible fate that awaits woman seen as ‘too independent’ Subscriber Only
If the sight of a group of men torching images and effigies of a young woman does not make our stomachs churn, then, perhaps, we have become completely habituated to the idea of violence against
Sushil Kumar ModiFeb 17, 2021
New demands were placed on 15th Finance Commission. In difficult times, it rose to the challenge Subscriber Only
It would be interesting to see the impact of these overarching and revolutionary recommendations in the times ahead.
Yoginder K AlaghFeb 17, 2021
Farm laws must reflect regional and crop diversities Subscriber Only
A modified version of the laws with a roadmap can be on the agenda — not everywhere, but most places outside the lands of the five rivers.
A. Faizur RahmanFeb 17, 2021
There can be no doubt that these reforms signal a major theological shift, and if implemented successfully, will prove to be a watershed moment in the history of Sunni Islam.
EditorialFeb 17, 2021
Inaugurating the budget session of Parliament, the President asked all sections of the community to “exercise restraint in demanding higher incomes and prices”.
Feb 16, 2021
While the good news is that business sentiments are recovering across firm sizes, there seems to be the emergence of a bimodal distribution of business sentiments in MSMEs versus large firms.
Feb 16, 2021
Water, though annually renewable, is a finite resource. What is needed is equitable and sustainable allocation, balancing the demands of competing stakeholders.
EditorialFeb 16, 2021
A ‘beer factory’ from ancient Egypt has been uncovered. The beverage’s role in ordering human society was and is salient.
EditorialFeb 16, 2021
As Assam, West Bengal and Kerala prepare for polls, the citizenship law is back, deepening political polarisation.
Suranjali TandonFeb 16, 2021
With little flexibility to change rates or to redefine the tax base, it is expected that the rate of growth in tax revenue will approximate GDP growth.
Kaushik Das GuptaFeb 16, 2021
Message from hills: Eco-fragility must be respected, environment-development binary must be transcended Subscriber Only
The tragedy of ecological governance in most parts of the world is that it remains trapped in the environment-development binary.
EditorialFeb 16, 2021
Weaponising an advocacy document to arrest an activist signals paranoia, not democratic power.
Himanta Biswa SarmaFeb 16, 2021
Congress has conveniently forgotten its record in dismantling and weakening the MSP regime Subscriber Only
Congress leaders often use statistics to claim that during their tenure, the increase in MSP was much higher. But a granular look at data reveals a completely different picture.
Meenakshi GopinathFeb 16, 2021
The “feminisation of agriculture” in the face of the agrarian crisis has, paradoxically, left women doubly even triply disadvantaged. Yet their concerns still remain largely unaddressed in policy.
C. Raja MohanFeb 16, 2021
Democracies must modernise their laws to protect freedoms in the era of technological transformation Subscriber Only
As governments push back against big tech, a new challenge presents itself — reining in the growing power of the state in the digital age.
EditorialFeb 16, 2021
Both Morarji Desai and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, when in power, had told Pakistan that they were willing to hold discussions on Kashmir “whenever you want, wherever you want” according to Agha Shahi, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister.
Feb 15, 2021
Budgeting for women Subscriber Only
Budgetary allocations geared towards addressing women’s concerns need a further boost
Ashish KothariFeb 15, 2021
State must not defame youth standing with farmers. It’s the future they are fighting for Subscriber Only
The real anti-national here is a government that undermines the country’s ecological present and future, and the democratic rights of its citizens.
Mahesh ZagadeFeb 15, 2021
In the backdrop of the challenges of fourth industrial revolution, agriculture needs disruptive digital thinking Subscriber Only
There is a need to take a comprehensive view for a new economic model in the backdrop of the highly distorted economic inequality, impending large-scale job losses sealing opportunity for shifting people from agriculture to
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