Wonder girl
Desperation drove 15-year-old Jyoti Kumari to pedal 1,200 km to Bihar with her father. She is now up for cycling trials If the pandemic has shown our ugly side, with a rampant class divide apparent in decisions taken by the Government vis-Ã -vis the lesser privileged, namely migrants, it has also...
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RBI move means little
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More than a health crisis
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EU down but not out in global order
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Double degrees
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Bengal battered
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Without a roadmap
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Finally, the takeoff
22 May 2020 | Pioneer
The dragon’s grip
Nepal is clearly a pawn in China’s design to stress India in the middle of the pandemic by reigniting old border disputes Admittedly, India’s relations with its immediate neighbours have in recent times been uneasy primarily because of two factors. One, the Chinese economic suzerainty in smaller nations through a colonising project...
Heartless reforms
Changes in labour laws have been long overdue in our country. But in doing away with necessary protection for workers, State Governments are playing with their basic rights These are difficult times for any human being as the entire world is suffering due to the pandemic. Millions of people are at...
Real estate ripples
The impact of Coronavirus on commercial real estate will be interesting, primarily because none really knows the future As the Coronavirus pandemic began spreading its tentacles out of China and to the rest of the world in the middle of March, offices and malls began clearing out. People became genuinely scared...
Reverse spread
Returnee migrants are taking back the virus to their home States which are ill-equipped to handle the pandemic Had we controlled the exodus of migrants, either by holding them at their work sites or arranging a systematic transport mechanism to ferry them back when COVID-19 cases weren’t spiking enough, then we...
Bugle for more reforms
The Corona crisis is about personal and economic survival. This should compel us to regenerate like the proverbial phoenix by discovering creative solutions for revival and recovery The Prime Minister’s announcement on May 12 of a monetary package of Rs 20 lakh crore to revive the Indian economy presaged a roadmap...
Haircut or not?
Beauty and grooming services need a detailed and careful protocol before being allowed to open up Do we open salons or not? As a haircut closely follows liquor as the most sought after service, both the Centre and State Governments are wondering whether to list barber services as an essential category...
Signs of a cure
As producer of 60 per cent of the world’s vaccines, India could become the production hub for an antidote to the virus Months into the pandemic, humanity still seems to be in a tailspin. Given this gloom and doom scenario, it is but natural that mankind should look towards the...
