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  • 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
    Dec 14, 2020 20:06 IST
    Facebook’s global monopoly profits helped propel WhatsApp’s domination of India, with great social costs...read more
    Praveen Chakravarty
    Praveen Chakravarty
  • To better understand how slum residents were affected by the lockdown and pandemic, we conducted a phone survey with 321 slum leaders across 79 slums in Jaipur and Bhopal, at the height of the lockdown in April and May 2020
    Dec 14, 2020 20:01 IST
    The pandemic has shown that slums need sustained engagement between crises...read more
    Adam Auerbach and Tariq Thachil
    Adam Auerbach and Tariq Thachil
  • In this world, where distrust with regard to China increases, India can be a part of multiple economic webs and gain from them
    Dec 14, 2020 19:48 IST
    What will this new world order look like over the next quarter century? More importantly, how can India shape this emerging order to attain peace and prosperity for all Indians? ...read more
    Pranay Kotasthane
    Pranay Kotasthane
  • His literary legacy will endure. Many argue that
    Dec 14, 2020 21:43 IST
    A remarkably reticent man, he once said of his craft, “Out of the secret world I once knew, I have tried to make a theatre for the larger worlds we inhabit.”...read more
  • While the results of the remaining states and UTs will be required to work out national averages, the available data provides a glimpse into challenges
    Dec 14, 2020 19:37 IST
    Though it is not complete, there is enough data to frame positive intervention policies...read more
  • The year is ending with Lavrov once again accusing the West of adopting an “aggressive and devious” policy to engage India “in anti-China games”.
    Dec 13, 2020 20:39 IST
    As India reconfigures its China policy with the Indo-Pacific at its core, India-Russia ties won’t be able to escape this strategic reality...read more
    Harsh V Pant
    Harsh V Pant
  • 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
    Dec 13, 2020 20:38 IST
    From a laissez-faire approach, the State is turning to regulation. This is understandable but has risks ...read more
    Suyash Rai
    Suyash Rai