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Aakar Patel

Wither job security

A few days ago, I had something delivered at home from the food service Swiggy. It was someone’s birthday and I ordered a kilo of cake. The Swiggy app tells you that the order has been taken and accepted and the name of the person...

Govt tightens screws on corrupt babus

To ensure that corrupt all India service officers are not allowed back in the government, the Centre has proposed changing the rules and not allowing review of suspension orders of IAS, IPS and IFS officers if they are convicted in a corruption and criminal case...

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Lockdown 3.0 no answer

Extension of the lockdown (3.0) by two more weeks has prolonged the uncertainty over economy. This is because the extension will imperil the future of millions of enterprises and put paid to employments across the board. The colour-coding of various districts by the Centre to...

Live, help live

Savitri Devi, born Maximiani Portas in 1905 of Greek-English parents, wrote a very thought-provoking and profound book called "Impeachment of Man" in 1945 on different religions and their "compassion factor".  She spent 30 years in India undertaking a systematic study of the world's great religions....

MUMBAI’S PAIN, GUJARAT’S GAIN

A row has erupted over the positioning of the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at Gandhinagar in Gujarat, after hopes were raised about Mumbai being accorded that prestige. This is bound to stir up the political discourse in Maharashtra, and the first shot was fired...

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Growth Paradox

The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), in a strategy paper submitted to the Union government has called for permission to operate industries in high performing economic districts across the country and allow them to play by different rules. The paper advised the government to permit...

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ILL-TIMED VISTA

The Central Vista project being initiated by the Modi government is drawing sharp criticism, and correctly so. This is mostly going unnoticed in the present scenario of COVID-related lockdown and social and mental paralysis but needs serious attention and public intervention if only to avert...

Aakar Patel

Staring at recession

Let’s have a look at the economic fallout of the current lockdown today and why measuring it will be easier than such shocks have been in the past. One of the problems India has as a modern economy is that of data. This is something...

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Opaque act

The state government has thrown open its purse strings to deal with the spread in COVID-19 positive cases in the state. Till today, it has had a decent report card vis-a-vis many other COVID-affected states'. In the process, the state government claims to have achieved...

Sad plight this

When people were restricted to their homes since March 25th, I thought it would be an opportunity for everyone to discover the best of themselves: they would read books, cultivate pot plants, play cards with the family, laugh a lot, breathe better air, play with...

 

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