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Remote voting for migrants will bolster democracy in India
Updated on Jan 02, 2023 08:14 AM IST
Nine state elections are scheduled in 2023, giving plenty of lab space for the RVM prototype to be tested and perfected

Just like That | Notes on New Year festivities
I take this opportunity to wish all readers a very happy New Year. Enjoy yourselves, stay safe, and try not to have a hangover!

Updated on Jan 01, 2023 12:15 PM IST
To develop, India must focus on tech, villages
Not just for cosmetic changes in quality of life or lifestyle for the urban affluent, but with people from small towns and villages opting for reverse migration backed by economic benefits and tech-aided new-age opportunities

Updated on Dec 31, 2022 08:58 PM IST
New Year resolution? I don’t have one... yet!
Today, as 2023 gets underway, I’m not sure what New Year’s resolution to make. I like the feeling of saintly virtue when I deliberately deny myself something I like, but I can’t think of what it should be

Updated on Dec 31, 2022 08:55 PM IST
Celebrating unsung freedom fighters
If we had continued to fight for Gandhi’s India, if we had not forgotten those inspired by his vision, we would now be a very different nation, writes P Sainath in his new book

Updated on Dec 31, 2022 08:50 PM IST
G20 presidency: A crucial responsibility
PM Modi is likely to use the G20 platform to showcase the country’s economic muscle and convert the challenge of the G20 presidency into an opportunity to move India to the forefront of world leaders

Updated on Dec 31, 2022 08:48 PM IST
First Principles | 2023 could well be the year of this Musk-eteer
There is a view that while Musk may be a tech visionary, his competence lies in creating “hardware”. But to build and sustain “software” companies is a different game. The consensus view was that he is a bored, rich man. But bored, rich people aren’t stupid to blow up $44 billion to stay in the news

Updated on Dec 31, 2022 06:17 PM IST
2022 – The Year That Was
Quiet Quitting, Elon Musk, Ashneer Grover, Booster shots Sputnik, CJI Chandrachud, BJP’s back in Gujarat Macron, Merkel, England plays Bazball No money for terror, Bappida says goodbye…

Updated on Jan 01, 2023 05:49 AM IST
Celebrate civic political action for its own sake
The battleground for substantive democracy in India has largely been outside the electoral arena in the form of citizen-led mobilisations. In 2023, when state polls will dominate discussions, the challenge will be to preserve this space

Updated on Dec 30, 2022 09:11 PM IST
Building a road map to end caste discrimination
We need to build deeper, more intimate connections of solidarity, and instil awareness about anti-casteness, especially among the caste elite who often participate in these crimes

Updated on Jan 02, 2023 08:06 AM IST
For growth, bolster the manufacturing sector
While the service sector has delivered robust growth rates, it has failed to absorb workers proportionately, leaving agriculture to sustain 46% of India’s workforce with barely a 15% share of GDP

Updated on Dec 30, 2022 09:10 PM IST
Terms of Trade | The central political economy contradiction in 2023
Whether 2023 brings more strength to the Congress or the BJP will depend on how the former handles its political challenge and the latter its economic challenge

Updated on Jun 19, 2023 09:47 PM IST
India must shape the climate agenda
This year was marked by climate paradoxes, ranging from fossil fuel phase-out, finance and the role of China. In 2023, India must use its G20 stint to effect change

Updated on Dec 29, 2022 08:34 PM IST
Namami Gange: A new phase, new ambitions
Ganga’s environmental cleansing has aided the people’s spiritual cleansing, which was witnessed when more than 200 million people took a bath during the Kumbh. Likewise, increased sightings of Gangetic dolphins, gharials, otters and other aquatic species serve as a reminder of the river’s improved health

Updated on Dec 29, 2022 08:46 PM IST
As we bid goodbye to 2022, a prayer for India
Where Parliament sessions are not consigned to being a mere ritual, where the Opposition doesn’t disrupt, and the government doesn’t dictate, but both sides learn to talk to rather than at each other

Updated on Dec 29, 2022 08:31 PM IST
What 2023 holds for India’s foreign policy
The Ukraine war threw unexpected geopolitical tests at India in 2022, and Delhi handled it deftly. But challenges from China persist, and if the war drags on, India’s new multi-alignment strategy will face the stress test in the new year

Updated on Dec 28, 2022 08:01 PM IST
Twist in Nepal poses a new challenge to India
The NC, the largest party in parliament, has been left to lick its wounds. The move will have serious implications both in domestic politics and Nepal’s foreign policy

Updated on Dec 28, 2022 07:58 PM IST
Gene-based tech can bolster food security
After more than three decades of research, GM mustard — developed by Deepak Pental’s team at Delhi University — is the first food crop approved for environmental release. This technology boost to agriculture will benefit farmers

Updated on Dec 28, 2022 09:05 PM IST
The scrapping of Maulana Azad National Fellowship is wrong
The sudden scrapping of MANF comes as a shock to the students of minority communities. However, to only comprehend this as a loss to the minority communities would be narrow-sighted. The entire academia stands to lose from this move

Updated on Dec 27, 2022 08:50 PM IST
Uniform Civil Code: Reframe the debate
The starting point of the discussion should not be whether India needs a UCC, but how to ensure every Indian is governed by a gender-just civil code of their choice

Published on Dec 27, 2022 08:23 PM IST
Taliban resistance a setback for Pakistan
The Afghan Taliban is looking for avenues for an image makeover to gain legitimacy, not only internationally but also inside the country. Its Pakistan policy demonstrates it is eager to shake off the image of being stooges and build a new image of peacemakers.

Updated on Dec 27, 2022 08:28 PM IST
India must navigate a world in churn at G20
New Delhi’s refocus on the Global South is consistent with its foreign policy tradition, and it will use the G20 as an entrepreneur of ideas that it hopes will find global circulation and shape the emerging international order.

Updated on Dec 28, 2022 01:59 PM IST
Climate and US | 2023: Hoping for serious, urgent climate action
With rifts deepening, the world may miss a chance to fight the crisis of climate change equitably. More importantly, what transpired in the negotiations tells us about the challenges in responding to the climate crisis

Updated on Dec 27, 2022 08:04 PM IST
The Taste With Vir: The lessons I learnt in Kolkata
Indians have got to learn to stop apologising for our food. It’s stupid to Frenchify our presentation, to focus so much on our plating and to lie about our ingredients (why does every menu say lamb even when the meat we eat is goat?) in the hope of appealing to the West.

Updated on Dec 27, 2022 12:20 PM IST
Vir Sanghvi, Delhi
Citizens must stand up for environment
Grassroots initiatives by community leaders can make a difference in controlling the quarrying of ecologically sensitive areas and safeguarding biodiversity. In an era of rising climate shocks, this approach holds hope

Updated on Dec 26, 2022 09:10 PM IST
Understanding Covid-19 migration trends better
A more nuanced methodological and definitional approach in PLFS or subsequent migration surveys could provide more specific answers

Updated on Dec 26, 2022 08:56 PM IST
Affirm rights of Muslim women in divorce cases
From an Islamic perspective, a woman’s right to unilateral divorce is rooted in the fact that the Koranic procedure of talaq is not gender-biased

Updated on Dec 26, 2022 08:49 PM IST
India will set new data standards in G20 stint
Data is today the world’s most valuable resource and is essential for nuanced and effective policymaking. In its G20 presidency, India will call for modernisation of data systems and advance principles of transparency to better use data for development

Published on Dec 26, 2022 07:33 AM IST
The new year should usher in fresh optimism
Despite shocks, we also received some good news in 2022. India took over as the G20 president, and global financial institutions voiced optimism about the Indian economy’s performance this fiscal year

Updated on Dec 25, 2022 10:00 PM IST
Navigating a world of all-round weaponisation
In the era of all-round weaponisation and breakdown of universal globalisation, statecraft has its task cut out to attend to constructing politically friendlier networks or clubs. In times of intense crisis, the risk of even friends turning selfish remains. But friends will at least not intentionally weaponise resources against each other

Published on Dec 25, 2022 08:37 PM IST
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