Climate change to have a devastating effect in Asia
Climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in the Pacific and Asia, a new report has warned and said Southern India may witness a decline in rice yields by…
The all-out war on cash transactions is not wise economic policy
A report released by the State Bank of India last week states that thanks to demonetisation, India has seen a huge increase in digital payments using cards. It is unanimously…
Extra-Judicial killings cannot be overlooked
Mains Fodder Points By ordering an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into more than 80 cases of suspected extra-judicial killings in Manipur, the Supreme Court has reiterated the…
Tuberculosis-A looming threat
Fodder Points; About 5,500 of over 76,000 children tested in nine Indian cities have been diagnosed with tuberculosis, 9% of them with multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). Though the actual prevalence…
More localization will make the world better
India is facing many challenges: a crisis in the agricultural/rural economy suicides of farmers in many parts of the country “jobless growth” Air pollution in Indian cities is the highest in…
Digital India needs a cybersecurity reboot
Only important points from the mains point of view; The Indian government has embarked on a programme to turn the country into a digital economy. It has unveiled a series of…
The high cost of ageing
Ageing & Non-Communicable Disease The National Health Policy (NHP), 2017, is long on banalities and short on specifics. In a somewhat glaring omission, little has been said about the rapid…
The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Rules, 2017
These rules are sought to be lampooned on two main grounds. First, that they are the product of a government with a divisive agenda that is trying to push the…
Should we grow GM crops?
To hide her nakedness, India has borrowed a ‘fig leaf’ from U.S. regulation of genetically modified orgamisms (GMOs), i.e. in the non-regulation of these novel laboratory organisms. The U.S. invented…
India-China Border Issues
The boundary stand-off with China at the Doka La tri-junction with Bhutan is by all accounts unprecedented; it demands calmer counsel on all sides. The tri-junction stretch of the boundary…