The unpleasantest truth about politics is that misfortunes and tragedies make for fodder in this ‘professional’ sport of one-upmanship. The death of four people in Sitalkuchi village in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar on polling day.
It ain’t over till the fat lady sings. In the case of mining reform, strains of the relevant trill indicating the end of the process would be the clanging of machinery as new mines open.
The Maharashtra government must opt for measures that are effective rather than expedient. It must consider more creative and flexible alternatives to a lockdown, to tackle the rising number of Covid-19 cases. Lockdown is relatively.
If it’s remote work, do it from India April 11, 2021, 11:45 PM IST
Quick takes, analyses and macro-level views on all contemporary economic, financial and political events.
Covid has seen an uptick in the relocation of people from larger cities to smaller ones in the US: remote working is seen as being practical in a great many sectors that previously had not been considered amenable to it. At the same time, several industries struggle and would love to cut costs further. Together, these combine to offer India’s information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services industries new global opportunities. The challenge is to take creative advantage of such openings.
No More Lockdowns, Shed Covid Fatigue April 5, 2021, 11:49 PM IST
Quick takes, analyses and macro-level views on all contemporary economic, financial and political events.
A man steps in the same river twice, held Greek philosopher Heraclitus, on the ground that constant flow has changed the water of the river and that the man himself has changed. It is futile to try and contain the second wave of Covid visible now in some parts of the country with the lockdown that was imposed to contain the virus in the initial phase of the pandemic outbreak. Containing the virus now calls for not lockdowns but a combination of rigorous enforcement of Covid-appropriate behaviour and intensification of the vaccination drive.