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India is right to bet on a post-Brexit UK

Updated on Dec 15, 2020 15:00 IST
Collaboration in sectors such as digital technology, the climate crisis, and vaccine development will see a fillip. India will play an important role in the mass production of the Covid-19 vaccine

The menace of social media monopolies

WhatsApp provides encrypted services to billions of users for free because its costs are borne entirely by its parent, Facebook. So, the fountainhead of “deaths by WhatsApp” in India is Facebook’s monopolistic profits
Updated on Dec 15, 2020 24:45 IST

The emerging contours of tech policy

From the flourishing of start-ups to the bursting forth of artistic talents, the online space is unleashing boundless potential. To the extent possible, we should preserve the openness of the internet
Updated on Dec 13, 2020 15:08 IST

Needed: A new 3-D model for schools

This is what schools have to prepare for now — dynamic responses to distributed decision-making on safety that inevitably lead to disrupted calendars
Updated on Dec 12, 2020 15:57 IST

A manifesto for the climate summit

If we could earn cents for every climate speech made, we would all be rich and resilient by now
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 14:15 IST

What to expect when the vaccine rolls out

Vaccines are our best bet against the  virus, but  not much is known about their capability to break the chain of transmission or indeed the efficacy of each vaccine
Updated on Dec 11, 2020 15:19 IST

Agriculture as a shock-absorber

When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, we found out that we do not have a formal State-financed social safety net infrastructure that is adequate for such a situation
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 15:42 IST

Navigating the vaccine challenge

India does not have an adult immunisation programme beyond the tetanus/diphtheria vaccination for pregnant women. Hence, in the prioritisation lists that have been announced, identifying and reaching all priority groups will be a challenge
Updated on Dec 9, 2020 15:06 IST

Treating agriculture as a business

Any backtracking on the government’s part will create a template for narrow interest groups to oppose future reforms. Staying put exposes the government to a battle of attrition involving the siege of Delhi
Updated on Dec 8, 2020 24:51 IST