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Yogi Adityanath’s Nod To Kanwar Yatra Sends Ominous Signal
By Sushil Kutty ‘Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ is his name. But let’s just leave it at ‘Tedros’. Easier on the tongue. Easier to forget! Tedros is WHO chief. And the WHO says we’re in the early stages of Covid-19 third wave. As if it’s a milestone! Nothing like that. There...
Bank Credit Deployment Insufficient For Revival Of Corona-Hit Economy
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Bank credit deployment in the economy have been one of the key measures for economic revival of India ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 and announcement of general lockdown on March 24, 2020, but the level of deployment is still lower than one year before...
Time Is Ripe To Promote Litigation Funding In Covid-Hit India
By Kundan Shahi Several companies are insolvent or either staring at bankruptcy amid the economic downturn, caused by Covid-19. Even law firms with ample cash reserves have a bleak outlook and could face a financial crunch. In this dire situation, legal financing (also known as ‘lawsuit funding’) has become...
Sophistry In Court Proceedings Amounts To Negation Of Justice
By K Raveendran The Supreme Court has issued yet another verdict, in which it has shown that when it is time to take sides, it will stand for the common man. In a postscript to its judgment, refusing to strike down the Delhi Assembly’s summons to Facebook India head...
Nepal Political Situation Is Unstable But Things Are Looking Up For India
By Barun Das Gupta The political kaleidoscope has turned again in Nepal, throwing up yet another government. The Nepal Supreme Court on Monday restored Parliament which was dissolved by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on May 21, after Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli lost majority in the House. The...
Reopening Of Schools Needs Foolproof Follow Up Measures
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Education for millions of children is still disrupted. As of today, almost about 18 months after the closures of educational institutions, primary and secondary schools are shuttered in 19 countries affecting over 156 million students. The losses children and young people incur from missing out...
U.S. Sanctions Have Intensified Economic Crisis In Pandemic Hit Cuba
By Nitya Chakraborty Cuba is in turmoil. The continuing blockade of the Caribbean nation by the United states has hit the country’s economy badly and after a long time, there were big demonstrations on Sunday in Havana and other big cities in Cuba demanding the supply of the essential...
Pakistan May Face Big Refugee Crisis As Taliban Forces Advance
By Sant Kumar Sharma Perhaps no clear answer is right now available to what may look like a straightforward question. Is the pace of US moving out from Afghanistan more, or is it the pace of Taliban moving in? Well, it is not a question that will hang in...
Insurance Based System Has Failed To Meet India’s Health Needs
By Dr Arun Mitra The COVID-19 Pandemic has exposed the weaknesses in our healthcare system. Complications of the disease apart, unprecedented number of people lost their lives due to lack of basic needs like Oxygen, ventilators, medicines and hospital beds. Over and above exorbitant cost of treatment has become...
Akhilesh Yadav Has To Be Aggressive Enough To Take On BJP In State Polls
By Arun Srivastava In a state where demagoguery is the key component of the politics and mercenaries dictate the character and rule of the governance, the politics of identity and idiom of democracy are the worst victims Actually this has been happening in Uttar Pradesh from some years and...
