The 1994 plague experience offered some relevant lessons to fight coronavirus, but the decision makers chose to ignore them. Read more »
Unless there are clear property titles and free help for negotiations, gruesome animal killings will continue to happen. Read more »
Over the last 30 years, trade unions became irrelevant due to informalisation of jobs and a series of changes in labour laws. Read more »
Ageing population, mistrust among nations will check Chinese ambitions for world domination, leadership. Read more »
Global economy to shrink 5.2%, China will be the only major economy to record growth, says World Bank report. Read more »
If the 2008 crisis is anything to go by, the next few months will see 2-2.5 lakh people returning from abroad. Read more »
India faces a peculiar situation -- businesses are not borrowing because of a demand slump, the middle class is borrowing because their incomes have shrunk. Read more »
Indian venture capital firms shy away from offering finance to budding start-ups, while the new restrictions may keep Chinese VCFs away. Read more »
The central and state governments should incentivise and enhance medical education in public sector with a stipulation of mandatory service of a few years. Read more »
Underwear Index, the Confident Consumer, and the Stairway to Heaven: Governments and businesses are rendered clueless by the demise of old templates. Read more »