Opinion

Kaushik Basu The world is currently transfixed by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping through many regions, especially Asia, Africa, and South America. But, focused as we are on the public-health crisis, we risk overlooking pandemic-related economic problems that could plague developing countries...

Dr Satyajit Pattnaik Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the chinks in our health care delivery system. Many experts have lamented the inadequacy in our public healthcare system. One important aspect of tackling the pandemic is strengthening the primary and secondary healthcare system (which comprises our primary...

Shivaji Sarkar Multiple taxes, unemployment, high 10.49 per cent wholesale price index (WPI) rise and severe income losses are thawing the nation amid high Covid-19 deaths. The six-month high Wholesale Price Index (WPI) figures in April would be straining the economy. The actual price rise...

SN Misra The drubbing of BJP in West Bengal Assembly elections, the selective arrest of three politicians from TMC involved in the Narada scam, and dharna of CM Mamata Banerjee in front of CBI office display political pugilism at its worst. The scenario is rather...

Lekha Rattanani KK Shailaja, known as “Shailaja Teacher” in Kerala, and hailed as the “Coronavirus slayer” outside the state, has not been given a place in the new Cabinet of Pinarayi Vijayan. She will be around as Chief Whip of her party in the Legislative...

Ajay Kumar Mohapatra The coronavirus pandemic has inflicted miseries on the entire world population. India has witnessed massive migrations from urban to semi-urban and rural areas mainly due to unemployment for certain populations and the luxury of work from home (WFH) for the rest. The...

Santosh Kumar Mohapatra The cataclysmic second wave of the pandemic in India has triggered global concerns about the horrifying human tragedy unfolding across the country that has decimated the lives and livelihoods of many people. The death toll is continuously rising alarmingly and has sparked...

Bimal Prasad Mohapatra Four nations’ Quadrilateral Security Dialogue shortly called QUAD has seen many up and down between its inception post-devastating 2004 Tsunami and its first Summit level meeting amidst rampaging run of Covid19 - through virtual mode - held March 12, 2021. The Summit...

Javier Solana In early 1981, a few days before Jimmy Carter handed over the US presidency to Ronald Reagan, a short story on page 13 of The New York Times mentioned a report from the Council on Environmental Quality. This body, tasked with advising the...

Amarendra Das The COVID-19 pandemic has posed serious fiscal challenges before the Union and state governments. Keeping in view the slowdown of GDP/GSDP growth rates, states were ready to embrace a significant revenue contraction and explore ways to finance a large deficit. In order to...