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There is belated realisation among health experts, policymakers and elected representatives that the SARS Coronavirus…
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The heart-wrenching ghastly incident of 16 migrants being mowed down under a running goods train in Maharashtra on May…
By Ajit Ranade |
What if you lose your job, but not health insurance? What if you lose your monthly income but get paid unemployment…
There have been concerns about how the Centre itself records these numbers, given that the official narrative is that…
By Aseem Shrivastava |
Workers left to starve to death, while air force jets generously spray hospitals with rose petals from the air. (Oil…
By M A Kalam |
Covid-19 is a jolt to the way we work and live. The response, what the IMF has called “The Great Lockdown”, was a…
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In our fight against Covid-19, lockdown 1.0 lasted 21 days. Lockdown 2.0, which is now nearing the end, is for 19 days…
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
The Chicago convention in 1884 of the Federation of Organised Trades and Labour Unions resolved that “eight hours shall…
By Ajit Ranade |
Almost five weeks into the lockdown, it is clear that we are going to have a long hard summer. The economic hardships…
By Jagdish Rattanani |
The projection of a five-member Central team that Covid-19 cases in Mumbai will grow to over 6.5 lakh by May 15 (6,56,…
As lockdowns continue to be the most frequently-resorted-to response strategy to the threat of COVID-19, governments…
By Errol D'Souza |
Many entrepreneurs are engaged in activities where social value is destroyed. There is value in upgrading organisations…
By Ajit Ranade |
The official stock of food-grain with the Food Corporation of India stood at 77.7 million tonnes as of March 1. This…
By Arun Maira |
We need you send money into the hands of the poor. The big question is, where will the money come from?
By Pavitra Mohan, Nachiket Mor |
The detection, isolation and management of coronavirus-infected people in India has so far been largely dependent on…