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Hello there, blue sky investors!
November 22, 2019, 11:49 PM IST
By Govind Sankaranarayanan Delhi’s apocalyptic air has once again drawn attention to the widespread hardships caused by unplanned economic activity. Along with that, it also raises questions of transitional justice — namely, how to compensate…
November 22, 2019, 11:49 PM IST
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Go beyond carrots and sticks
November 22, 2019, 11:43 PM IST
By Ateesh Tankha Years ago, I met an official from the Monetary Authority of Singapore at a fintech conference. I learnt that in its bid to make Singapore, Asia’s pre-eminent fintech hub, its government was…
November 22, 2019, 11:43 PM IST
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Interventions in food systems can help push up India’s nutritional figures to higher levels
November 22, 2019, 11:40 PM IST
By Purvi Mehta & Srivalli Krishnan It is often assumed that as a country’s food production goes up, its nutrition levels also go up. But in most of the world, that hasn’t been the case….
November 22, 2019, 11:40 PM IST
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Air pollution mitigation: This is the last straw
November 20, 2019, 11:16 PM IST
Delhi’s pollution this year has been the worst ever. As proceedings of the first day of Parliament’s winter session on Tuesday made amply clear, everyone has someone to blame for the crisis, without offering solutions…
November 20, 2019, 11:16 PM IST
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Huawei this kolaveri?
November 19, 2019, 11:34 PM IST
By Saibal Dasgupta At least in some cases, the Donald Trump government is taking away the joys — and frustrations — of policymaking from governments in different countries. Washington’s latest decision on Huawei would influence…
November 19, 2019, 11:34 PM IST
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Ayodhya Verdict: What (still) lies underneath
November 17, 2019, 10:51 PM IST
By Kevin James In 537, the Hagia Sophia was constructed as a church in Constantinople, today’s Istanbul. In 1454, after the region became part of the Ottoman Empire, the church was converted into a mosque….
November 17, 2019, 10:51 PM IST
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In the long run, we must live
November 15, 2019, 11:52 PM IST
By Hardayal Singh John Maynard Keynes did a great disservice to future generations when he said that ‘in the long run, we are all dead’. Inadvertently, he may have shifted the discourse in public…
November 15, 2019, 11:52 PM IST
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Strengthening Trade Capacities: Afghanistan as Partner Country at 39th IITF in New Delhi
November 15, 2019, 4:11 PM IST
By Neelapu Shanti Afghanistan’s participation at the 39th India International Trade Fair in New Delhi is reminiscing on time, the endeavours and bonding that Afghanistan has created with India. IITF has set a perfect bench…
November 15, 2019, 4:11 PM IST
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Only appropriate data
November 13, 2019, 11:36 PM IST
In today’s era of mobile applications, huge quantities of data about individuals and their activities are captured by the app-owners. App-users have no control of the use of their humongous database generated by these apps….
November 13, 2019, 11:36 PM IST
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Neutron to Nylon: Girls and figures, do the maths
November 12, 2019, 10:40 PM IST
By Debkumar Mitra There’s a niggling belief that girls don’t perform as well as boys in mathematics, and that this has something to do with the structure of their brain. There is precious little scientific…
November 12, 2019, 10:40 PM IST
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Act East – North East: Border of Hope to Gateway to Southeast Asia
November 12, 2019, 10:10 AM IST
By Prabir De In Post-RCEP, the big question is, what is our next move on Act East Policy (AEP)? Is AEP now irrelevant? Without RCEP, what is AEP for NER’s trade then? Trade in NER…
November 12, 2019, 10:10 AM IST
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Corporate governance: Tinker, Tailor, SEBI’s Sailors
November 7, 2019, 11:43 PM IST
By Ashok V Desai The end of the financial year is not too far away. Less than half-a-year from now, India’s businessmen will have to decide: between them and their offspring, who will take a…
November 7, 2019, 11:43 PM IST
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No Longer a Global Pushover
November 7, 2019, 11:32 PM IST
By Amit Malviya Multilateral trade negotiations are a complex matter. They are a tortuous balancing act between domestic requisites and external pressures. However, the idea is to extricate maximum leverage from a negotiation without compromise…
November 7, 2019, 11:32 PM IST
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No to RCEP: A risky preposition or a blessing in disguise?
November 6, 2019, 9:51 AM IST
By Saibal Dasgupta There’s going to be a lot of debate on whether rejecting RCEP is best for India from the standpoint of trade, employment and other issues. What matters to China more is the…
November 6, 2019, 9:51 AM IST
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Maharashtra shows a manthan
November 1, 2019, 11:05 PM IST
By Neerja Chowdhury Maharashtra was supposed to have been a low-hanging fruit for BJP. But this is the state where government formation is turning out to be tricky. Even though the BJP-Shiv Sena combine obtained…
November 1, 2019, 11:05 PM IST
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Randomized Control Trials: Random revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries
November 1, 2019, 2:53 PM IST
By Parikshit Ghosh Do poverty alleviating solutions arrived through Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) really work? Or are they too simplistic a methodology that might lead to misdiagnosis of an economic problem? The debate over relevance…
November 1, 2019, 2:53 PM IST
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Energy partnership über alles
October 31, 2019, 10:57 PM IST
By Christian Hirte The governments of India and Germany are meeting in New Delhi today to deepen the two countries’ strategic partnership. One central aspect of this cooperation has long been the question of how…
October 31, 2019, 10:57 PM IST
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Neutron to Nylon: The worm turns in spacetime?
October 28, 2019, 7:40 AM IST
By Debkumar Mitra Albert Einstein’s set of General Theory of Relativity (GTR) equations is the crystal-gazing device of theoretical physicists. They use it to describe our universe and all the strange objects and phenomena found…
October 28, 2019, 7:40 AM IST
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Make India smog-free again
October 28, 2019, 7:25 AM IST
Diwali has left its usual aftermath in the air. It’s that time of the year when, unlike in countries with far better air conditions, people in most parts of metropolitan India are compelled to wear…
October 28, 2019, 7:25 AM IST
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India needs to get much more serious about reviving private participation in infrastructure
October 28, 2019, 7:08 AM IST
By Rajiv Memani The private sector has played a key role in India’s growth trajectory. In infrastructure, public-private partnerships (PPP) have especially helped address financing gaps. However, over the last decade, the share of private…
October 28, 2019, 7:08 AM IST
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