Opinion

Charudutta Panigrahi Unlike GDP, IQ is not comprehensive – the GDP of human development and IQ of intellectualism. In the last 100 years, the general IQ of the humanity is said to have increased by about 30 points – about three points every decade. Compared...

Melvin Durai The other day, my neighbour told me something I already knew: he was getting ready to sell his home. How did I know this? Well, for the last few weeks, I've seen workers repairing the home and improving the landscaping. I've also seen junk...

Bhala Chandra Shadangi In these difficult times, the Central government is pushing its neo-liberal policies in agriculture. The three ordinances promulgated in the name of safeguarding the interests of farmers and the agriculture sector are basically a triple murder of peasants, farm labourers and consumers...

Ajit Ranade The pandemic and the lockdown have deeply hurt the economy. This year, the world’s economy will shrink by three per cent, something that we have not witnessed in our lifetime. India’s economy too may shrink as much. During April, more than 120 million...

Saeed Naqvi A passionate appraisal of the widespread anger at George Floyd’s murder by a white policeman that newspaper columns are full of inspires no lasting change in race relations. Establishments have entrenched themselves too securely. In India, the jury is out: will the establishment...

Ashok Mahapatra The world is facing turbulent times. Economists and historians have expressed different views on China’s role in this and visualised as to where the world is headed to. Other views also abound, coming as they do from global leaders, diplomats and political analysts....

Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The COVID-19 pandemic began less than six months ago, but we have already learned a great deal about the disease. Scientists around the world are looking at new and improved methods of detecting the novel coronavirus as early...

Brahma Chellaney Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “not in a good mood,” US President Donald Trump recently declared, as he offered to mediate India’s resurgent border conflict with China. After years of bending over backward to appease China, Modi has received yet another Chinese...

Bharat Jhunjhunwala Curiously, the government is asking people to boycott Chinese goods; and simultaneously sitting like a lame duck and allowing imports from China. This will not work. We have made a commitment to the effect that we will not impose an average import duty...

Dr. AD Sharma In the unprecedented scenario of the present Covid-19 pandemic, where almost whole of the world population is confined to their homes, the use of cellular devices has risen astronomically. We are using cell phones more than ever, be it for “work from...