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Is your conversation with a therapist truly confidential? Media reports expose cases where psychiatrists have shared notes of clients’ sessions Sun, Apr 11, 2021, 06:00   At our most vulnerable moment s – as individuals, as couples, as families – many of us seek help from professionals to heal and work through issues. One of the cornerstones of therapeutic treatment is trust and confidentiality, so people feel safe to expose vulnerabilities. But how confidential is psychiatric or psychological therapy? The question arises after a recent edition of RTÉ’s Prime Time revealed that pri...

Late last month, the Biden Administration unveiled a USD 2 trn infrastructure programme that aims to modernise American infrastructure. The American Jobs Plan has four major spending components over the next eight years. First, invest USD 621 billion on clean energy, upgrading and repairing highways, railways, bridges and city transit systems. Second, focus USD 650 billion on improving life in homes, schools with water and broadband systems. Third, spend USD 400 billion on caregivers for elderly and disabled people to create jobs. Finally, invest USD 300 billion in research, development and m...

16 Mar 2021 Britain will take a step closer to police state tyranny this week when parliament passes a bill that will effectively end the cherished, longstanding tradition of ‘the right to protest.’ The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021 has been described by one MP as ‘a major step on the road to authoritarianism and suppression of dissent’ and by a leading criminal barrister as ‘absolutely crazy’ and ‘really scary.’ I wake up this morning full of foreboding for our country. Today's Policing Bill isn't about the traditional idea of law based on consent. It's abou...

View: For the economy to grow, democracy can’t be in recession SECTIONS Share Synopsis Freedom is indivisible. Freedom cannot be compartmentalised. The authoritarian economic miracle of China may be a role model for some, but in India, given the dizzying diversities of economic life, the evidence shows that economic growth is best achieved in times of civic and social freedom. Agencies The first step to unleashing the “animal spirits” is surely to recognise that fear and control over thought and expression, are the biggest deterrent to those spirits. There are two recent images of globa...

Freedom from fear: For the economy to grow, democracy can’t be in recession February 23, 2021, 8:23 PM IST Sagarika Ghose has been a journalist for over three decades, starting her career with The Times of India, subsequently moving to Outlook magazine and The Indian Express. She has been a primetime news anchor and has also worked as Consulting Editor, The Times Of India. She is also a political commentator on the news channel ET Now. Ghose is the author of the best selling biography of Indira Gandhi, "Indira, India's Most Powerful Prime Minister." She is the author of th...