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Drawing lessons
India will be wise to learn from the misfortune that has befallen Sri Lanka By this time, we all know that Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign tomorrow since he is left with no more room to manoeuvre after angry protesters stormed the presidential palace and the Prime Minister’s residence and...
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Banking on privatisation
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Fuel on fire
11 July 2022 | Pioneer -
Gota going
11 July 2022 | Pioneer -
Mammoth issue
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Boris’ legacy
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Reaching out
08 July 2022 | Pioneer -
Sanctimony unlimited
08 July 2022 | Pioneer
Double trouble
Peak summer conditions increase pollution levels and risk to environment, human health, economy As the weather turns scorching and the wind speed picks up, pollution levels in the summer are supposed to be lower than in the winter. However, pollutants in the former case are more easily dispersed in the atmosphere...
Newsmen as news
The incident has brought the independence and integrity of several media houses under a cloud The fracas between Chhattisgarh and Noida Police over detention of a news channel anchor is not a healthy development. The arrest preceded high drama at the anchor’s house in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram on Tuesday morning. The Chhattisgarh...
Economy travails
There’s a crying need for reforms to boost the pace of economic growth in India Reserve Bank of India’s former Governor Raghuram Rajan has again warned that without the suitable aid of the much-needed reforms, the pace of economic growth is bound to slow down steeply. It is true, too. Without the...
We can do better
The Government’s desire to lead Industry 4.0 is there; it has even made efforts in that direction Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion that India is leading the fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, may appear to be an exaggeration to his critics. It is, however, correct that the country has made remarkable...
BJP marches on
As the saffron juggernaut rolls on, the Oppn must do better than just making speeches Senior BJP leader Amit Shah’s claim that the next 30-40 years will be the era of the saffron party should not be dismissed or downplayed by opponents as pure hyperbole or an assertion suggesting complacency. The...
Clear & present danger
Five types of extreme weather events are linked to human-induced climate change If any further proof of the omnipresent climate change conditions playing havoc with our planet’s ecology and nature was needed, here it is! For some time, the science of attribution has led to major advances in linking the impacts of...
Dancin’ in the rain
The arrival of monsoon is good news, but it’s also time to guard against water-borne diseases The monsoon is finally here after playing hide and seek for a while. After a few days’ delay, the southwest monsoon has reached Delhi and covered north and central India. As per IMD data, by July...
