Vaccinate the parents, quickly: The third Covid wave will attack children. Here’s how we must prepare for it
One of India’s best virologists, Dr Ravi from Nimhans Bengaluru, predicts that the third wave is likely to attack children
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Shackled momentum: Localised lockdowns will have economic effects that will need a fiscal realignment
India is in the midst of a patchwork of lockdowns initiated by state governments. They are nowhere as sweeping as
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Rare firebrand: Gouri Amma’s career captured the possibilities and pitfalls amid India’s male-dominated politics
Communist politician KR Gouri Amma etched herself boldly into modern Kerala’s annals, but for the missed opportunity to stand taller
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An innovation challenge: India and Denmark are engaging the young generation of technologists in the future of water
Rajiv Kumar, Freddy Svane & Signe Westermann Kühn India is currently facing massive water challenges, which in recent years have
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Wordy opponents: The sad slow death of meanings as we have always known them
Bachi Karkaria Bachi Karkaria’s Erratica and its cheeky sign-off character, Alec Smart, have had a growing league of followers since
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Time for conscience-based decision-making
By TK Mishra The current pandemic has made the trend of empirical analysis redundant. Unlike the past, when we had
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A more nuanced democracy: There is no need for it to be only what the West says it must be
Three global democracy watchers, Freedom House of the US, the Economist’s Democracy Index and V Dem of Sweden have downgraded
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The speedbreaker: Vaccine supply may trail demand for months. States must learn from Centre’s missteps
The gaping deficit between demand and supply after the new “liberalised” vaccination policy kicked off on May 1 appears unresolvable
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Political rebirths: Even as Congress fades its erstwhile youth brigades shine. Even in recent assembly elections
The results this month of the five assembly elections had many interpretations and one common conclusion: Congress is in decline.
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‘Courts are meant to scrutinise … they should ensure compliance with legislative mandates and thereby protect citizens’
When a crisis hits a nation, all three organs of government – legislature, executive and judiciary – are supposed to
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