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Suranjali Tandon
Jun 10, 2020
Challenges of levying taxes on digital servicesSubscriber Only
As US announces investigation against countries, it may be more pragmatic to accept such levies and negotiate bilaterally.
Jun 8, 2020
Trillions of dollars in COVID-19 relief must not reverse decades of environmental progress. No rescue of economy can happen without aligning restoration measures with global environmental goals.
Aurodeep Nandi
Jun 8, 2020
Without finding a cure for the health crisis, there is precious little that fiscal and monetary policies can sustainably achieve.
Jun 8, 2020
Building state capacitySubscriber Only
To ensure better GST compliance, states need to build administrative capacity in the taxation of services.
Jun 8, 2020
Mankind and the virusSubscriber Only
Covid-19 is at least in part a result of the Anthropocene. It is a wake-up call to alter how we interact with nature.
Jun 3, 2020
Data and a public health crisisSubscriber Only
Betters statistics would have helped India mitigate human suffering and economic damage.
Jun 1, 2020
The language of COVID-19Subscriber Only
The coronavirus pandemic has injected into society a new grammar of navigating life and its realities. We must learn to adapt to this new normal.
May 31, 2020
Territorial battlesSubscriber Only
Tussle between CAPF and IPS officers finds a new battleground in J&K.
May 27, 2020
Securing Election Commission’s autonomySubscriber Only
Andhra Pradesh government decision to remove incumbent SEC via ordinance threatens institutional autonomy, falls foul of the Constitution
May 8, 2020
We are witnessing clean air, water and liveable cities that we have demanded for so long precisely because we have been shut away.
May 1, 2020
The price we pay for turning a blind eye to migrant workersSubscriber Only
Covid-19 presents us with a choice: continue to treat migrants in a way that harms their livelihoods and health, or give them the rights they deserve.
Apr 17, 2020
The social fabric is going through a metamorphosis in the COVID-19 situation and we might see a tectonic shift in the way social and economic life is organised.
Apr 7, 2020
Not all homes are safe during lockdown: The never-ending tale of violence against womenSubscriber Only
As the lockdowns impose stricter control on one’s mobility, they put women in abusive relationships at extremely high risk of damage from physical, sexual and emotional abuse.
Nithya Rajan
Mar 14, 2020
When Afghans started arriving in Delhi in large numbers after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, the GOI was very resistant to the idea of giving them ‘refugee status’.
Abhimanyu Tewari
Mar 12, 2020
Why 1-page, 4-section Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 is wholly incapable of dealing with coronavirusSubscriber Only
The Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 was the British government’s reaction to the bubonic plague that hit Mumbai.
Debarati Guha
Feb 20, 2020
Iran-US tensions and the Indian dilemmaSubscriber Only
Despite everything, the Iran nuclear deal is hanging by a thread, the question being, what implications could this have for India? India would like to expand its economic ties with Iran but tensions between Tehran and Washington are hampering New Delhi's efforts.
Anuradha Varma
Feb 13, 2020
And it looks like the trend is here to stay, even for liberals. The vitriol we saw these elections is seen everywhere, even in private WhatsApp groups, social media or conversations around the office water cooler.
Premankur Biswas
Feb 13, 2020
How Wendell Rodricks taught a generation of Indian gay men to be comfortable in their skinSubscriber Only
We treated Wendell Rodricks like an anomaly, who was leading this strange life of domesticity in Goa.
Sahil M Beg
Jan 22, 2020
Shaheen Bagh just knows how to fight every battleSubscriber Only
No matter where you stand on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and NRC, there is no way that the grit and perseverance of Shaheen Bagh protesters as also their warmth can go unnoticed by anyone.
Manoj Kewalramani
Jan 13, 2020
The question to consider going forward is whether Beijing will reorient its approach and seek talks with Tsai or will it double-down with greater intent. The latter, unfortunately, appears far more likely.
Oct 1, 2019
As per the IRDAI issued modification guidelines, age-related ailments like Knee-cap replacements, Cataract Surgery, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson's, etc. which were earlier excluded from the health insurance policy will now be covered by the insurance company.
Editorial
Jul 19, 2019
Prime Minister Morarji Desai is unlikely to resign as leader of the Janata parliamentary party. This indication was available from sources close to the PM.
Rajaram Sukumar
Jul 5, 2019
Barun Haldar’s deep baritone is no moreSubscriber Only
Smarting from a WhatsApp faux pas last month that Barunda, as we fondly called him, had passed away in Dehra Dun, I frantically searched the web and stumbled on this bland headline on the official website of News Services Division of All India Radio. ‘
Shreyasi Jha
Aug 18, 2018
Life lessons from Vajpayee, thanks to a dad who idolised himSubscriber Only
Atal Bihari Vajpayee's speech at Gol market in Delhi in 1977 was a huge influence on my father, who had come to Delhi from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, and it formed a big part of the life lessons he imparted to his children.
Anuradha Varma
Mar 27, 2018
Income tax refund: It’s a slow, agonising processSubscriber Only
The current government’s penchant for everything shiny and new, such as the Rs. 2000 currency notes is a nightmare when it comes to accessing your IT refund.
