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A Covid-19 vaccine will be found. Plan for its delivery

Updated on May 15, 2020 06:06 PM IST

Monitor research; practise emergency responses; draw up priority lists; and leverage India’s production capacity

A health worker collects swabs from a man for a coronavirus test, Ranchi, Jharkhand(Diwakar Prasad/ HTPHOTO)
BySidharth Rupani

Vizag gas leak: India must overhaul its compensatory regime

With industrialisation and a growing number of industries using hazardous substances, our legislative framework is no longer in sync with the changing times

The Vizag case has brought back into limelight the gross inadequacies in the country’s legislative and regulatory framework that deals with compensation for industrial disasters(PTI)
Published on May 15, 2020 05:13 PM IST
ByAmit Anand Tiwari

Covid-19: The search for a vaccine

Promising vaccines are in sight. But to stop the spread, health measures are equally important

There are 110-plus vaccine projects going on, with unprecedented approaches being adopted by developers(REUTERS)
Updated on May 14, 2020 08:57 PM IST
ByNK Ganguly

How Covid-19 unbundled the school system globally

It has moved classes, connect and content online. This could lead to much-needed reform

Within a fortnight, the technology that received a hard push back suddenly became acceptable — even mandatory(AP)
Updated on May 14, 2020 08:58 PM IST
ByMeeta Sengupta

Curbing fake news doesn’t impinge on press freedom, writes Prakash Javadekar

Rumours are spread widely as news, with dangerous consequences. The government is committed to battling it

A mischievous piece of fake news nearly triggered a clash between migrant workers and the Mumbai police. This is dangerous(AP)
Updated on May 14, 2020 08:59 PM IST
ByPrakash Javadekar

Allocate resources, rationally and efficiently

Give money to state governments, protect the vulnerable sections, and don’t be hostile to businesses

Migrants undergo thermal screening Ganjam, May 3, 2020(PTI)
Updated on May 13, 2020 09:40 PM IST
BySuyash Rai

Financing the Covid-19 economic package

The government has been bold. Now don’t worry about inflation or capital flight, use the money financing route

While the content of the package will slowly emerge, the prime minister’s speech suggests that it is comprehensive, covering most sectors of the economy. However, apart from the possibility that political considerations may end up spreading the outlay thinly, a technical issue remains.(PTI)
Updated on May 14, 2020 08:40 AM IST
ByPulapre Balakrishnan

Why PM Modi’s address is historic

Overcoming conservative impulses within the establishment, he has paved the way for reforms

These bold reforms will also underpin the PM’s call for a self-­reliant India, but one which is not self­-centred and protectionist(ANI)
Updated on May 14, 2020 07:34 PM IST
ByRajiv Kumar

A ‘new normal’ is in the offing. Ensure a balance| Analysis

Prioritise controlling the spread of Covid-19, strengthening health services, and supporting each other to stay healthy

Mobilise the full power of a whole-of-government, whole-of-society approach(PTI)
Published on May 12, 2020 06:25 PM IST
ByPoonam Khetrapal Singh

Why Covid-19 poses a sharp challenge for Bihar| Analysis

It has historical baggage, weak finances, poor infra, low growth, and now has migrant workers returning home

Once the lockdown is over, employing these migrant workers, either at home or their earlier places of migration, will be a serious challenge for the state government(Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times)
Published on May 12, 2020 06:24 PM IST
ByShaibal Gupta

A multisector road map for recovery| Analysis

Invest in key sectors to create jobs for millions of people. Focus on futuristic growth, allocate funds

Covid-19 has laid bare the gaps in modern health care infrastructure. India cannot delay fixing this any longer(Himanshu Vyas/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 12, 2020 06:35 PM IST
ByManoj Kohli

India will have to contest charges of religious bias

Pakistan is spreading propaganda. But counter it through effective action and a return to constitutionalism

While international liberal opinion was further alienated because of religion becoming a factor in granting nationality, despite Pakistan’s best efforts, the Gulf countries did not become hostile(Burhaan Kinu/HT PHOTO)
Published on May 11, 2020 05:53 PM IST
ByVivek Katju

Women: The invisible face of hunger

The lockdown has left poor women with no support. Extend help, reach the most vulnerable

There are women volunteers who can help reach out to the most vulnerable. Make them part of the state distribution system.(HT Photo)
Published on May 10, 2020 08:07 PM IST
ByRenana Jhabvala

Plan a fiscal response around State spending

Don’t worry about credit rating agencies. They have got it consistently wrong about companies and countries

Tens of millions have lost their jobs, production has come to a halt and the aggregate demand has reached rock-bottom due to the steep fall in exports, investment and consumption demand.(AP)
Updated on May 10, 2020 08:00 PM IST
ByAbhinav Prakash Singh and Aasheerwad Dwivedi

Utilise the army, paramilitary to tackle the migrant workers’ crisis

The Army has the mandate to come to the aid of the civilian authority whenever there is a national need

Migrant workers board a bus which will ferry them to the railway station for a Bihar-boound special train, New Delhi, May 8, 2020(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)
Updated on May 09, 2020 03:08 PM IST
ByMaja Daruwala

The concept of ‘nudge’ can lead to social and economic change in India

If correctly utilised and well executed, it has the potential to drastically alter the level of trust among citizens, thereby changing the nature of the ‘government–citizen’ relationship forever

With nurses and female doctors emerging as the heroes in the fight against the coronavirus, a renewed ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ campaign, highlighting women’s critical role in the country’s success can improve gender outcomes(HTPHOTO)
Updated on May 09, 2020 01:04 PM IST
BySanyukta Samaddar, Sumitra K and Anand Trivedi

It is time to reset India’s approach to the environment

Expand the meaning of environmental damage and create institutionalised methods of ensuring its protection

The Vizag gas leak has shown why it is important to prevent environmental damage before it happens(PTI)
Updated on May 08, 2020 07:19 PM IST
ByNeha Sinha

The indispensability of labour in reviving India’s economic engine | Opinion

To enable their return to cities, improve wages, living conditions, safety net. Coercion won’t work

Research on migration shows there is significant under-migration compared to potential labour supply from rural areas, due to risk aversion. This will increase, for villagers can sustain themselves and rely on informal safety nets and social networks(Parveen Kumar/HT)
Updated on May 08, 2020 08:09 PM IST
ByMaitreesh Ghatak

It’s time to make migrant workers’ concerns an electoral issue

They are easily ignored from legislative thinking because they’re not a ‘vote bank’

Interstate movement of the workforce is not only the lifeline of India’s famed demographic dividend, but also a dividend of federalism where state governments compete with each other on socioeconomic policies to attract more skilled workforce(PTI)
Published on May 08, 2020 03:27 PM IST
ByKabeer Shrivastava

How Covid-19 can affect India’s energy transition goals

We must use this critical juncture to push for positive reforms and overdue structural changes to build a resilient electricity future

The government continues its protective impulse on coal – seeking to maintain production, substituting coal import and promote sales – likely because workers, some poorer states, and key sectors like railways are heavily dependent on the coal economy.(MINT)
Updated on May 08, 2020 02:26 PM IST
ByAshwini K Swain

Covid-19: Despite difficult circumstances, police personnel are doing their best to keep you safe

The lockdown that is being enforced by the police has helped in preventing the spread of the disease, in isolating cases, contact tracing and quarantining.

The coronavirus pandemic has compelled many nations to take tough measures that require a strong police force to enforce them(Nitin Kanotra / Hindustan Times)
Published on May 08, 2020 10:24 AM IST
BySakshi Verma Karthikeyan

How the Covid-19-induced lockdown has changed me

Today, my worry is of another kind. I am beginning to ask myself the question: Do I want to live in Delhi once the lockdown is over?

A deserted view of Connaught Place during the national lockdown, New Delhi, April 27, 2020(Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)
Published on May 08, 2020 10:17 AM IST
ByVikramaditya Singh

Usher in changes to ensure no Indian goes hungry | Opinion

Broaden the food security Act; add breakfast to midday meals for schools; prioritise one nation, one ration card

When the poorest don’t have enough for two square meals a day, it means that we, as a nation, have failed them(Satish Bate/HT Photo)
Published on May 07, 2020 07:03 PM IST
ByNaveen Jindal

Covid-19: India is staring at a mental health crisis

The social and economic fissures exposed by the pandemic will result in unemployment, depleted social safety nets, starvation, among other things. This post-Covid landscape will be a fertile breeding ground for an increase in chronic stress, anxiety, depression, alcohol dependence, and self-harm.

After the stock market crash of 1929, the suicide rate in the United States (US) rose 50%; to 18.1 per 100,000 from the 12.1 per 100,000 from 1920 to 1928 and stayed at 15.4 per 100,000 between 1930 and 1940. In 2008, researchers from the University of Oxford and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine noted an extra 10,000 “economic suicides” across the US, Canada and Europe, due to the financial crisis(AP)
Published on May 07, 2020 03:49 PM IST
ByNelson Vinod Moses

Covid-19: We need to restore the idea of village swaraj | Opinion

Rebuilding the village economy can enable people to stay in their communities. The government is trying to achieve exactly that

Nearly one-fifth of India’s labour force – about 100 million – are migrants. Of this, a vast majority are from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh(Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 07, 2020 12:45 PM IST
ByVineeta Dwivedi and Shesh Narain Singh

First CPEC and now China’s Covid-19: Gilgit-Baltistan’s growing woes | Opinion

Gilgit-Baltistan is not a constitutional part of Pakistan and therefore survives on financial handouts from Islamabad.

There is only one Covid-19 testing centre for the entire Gilgit-Baltistan territory with capacity to test 15 people per day.
Updated on May 07, 2020 07:52 AM IST
BySenge H Sering

A blueprint to restart the economy| Analysis

Build a granular, dynamic, locally implemented lockdown and restart management capability

In the six weeks so far, India’s economy has functioned at about half of its full activity level, with over 140 million non-farm workers inactive (of a total of 262 million)(REUTERS)
Published on May 06, 2020 07:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByRajat Gupta and Anu Madgavkar

Covid-19: Getting Indian citizens back home

The repatriation process has once again shown that Indian diplomacy needs greater investment

What happens to those who can’t pay? How are returnees selected? How will they be economically reintegrated?(PTI)
Updated on May 06, 2020 07:56 PM IST
ByConstantino Xavier

How PM Narendra Modi has led the Covid-19 battle

Long before anyone else, the PM recognised the gravity of the challenge. This helped India minimise the fallout

The PM has maintained a continued dialogue with the people, with even the poorest of the poor convinced that the PM is working for them and cares(ANI)
Updated on May 06, 2020 07:18 PM IST
ByPrakash Javadekar

To counter the Covid-19 pandemic, bring more poor into the LPG net

The use of LPG brings direct health benefits. Air pollution exposure from biomass cooking fires increases the risk and severity of infection, a harmful situation particularly during the Covid-19 spread

With uncertainty all around us, ensuring free LPG takes at least one important burden off people’s plates(PTI)
Updated on May 06, 2020 06:50 AM IST
ByKirk R Smith
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