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It’s about food, nutrition and livelihood security

M.S. Swaminathan Nitya Rao

Farmers’ cooperation, technological upgrading and favourable public policies can help India deal with the pandemic

The making of the modern public intellectual

Neera Chandhoke

Needed: a pandemic patent pool

Prathiba M. Singh This will give all countries the right to implement innovations without further permission from patent-holders

A critical study of Trump, the postmodernist

Dipankar Gupta In his COVID-19 response, the U.S. President shows that he follows his wavering instincts more than scientific advice

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It’s about food, nutrition and livelihood security

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The making of the modern public intellectual

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Needed: a pandemic patent pool

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A critical study of Trump, the postmodernist

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Afghan peace and India’s elbow room

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The outline of another pandemic combat strategy

The script of disruption and a new order

Across the globe, the geopolitical and geo-economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic could be serious

At the edge of a new nuclear arms race

The U.S.’s moves to resume nuclear testing, also signalling the demise of the ill-fated CTBT, could be the first signs

Rollback the distrust, remember the core values

Societal relations are fragile and need constant nursing; social peace is a pre-requisite for progress

The COVID-19 paradox in South Asia

It is surprising that South Asia has far fewer infections and deaths compared with North America and Western Europe

Fishing in troubled waters during a pandemic

As China seeks to restore its credibility, creating tensions in the South China Sea should be the least of its priorities

The village is still relevant

As the pandemic crisis shows, villages have a right to flourish as habitations with their own distinctive future

A time for planetary solidarity

Rather than fortress worlds, nations need to focus on building shared programmes of knowledge and collective welfare

The key strategy is fiscal empowerment of States

The Centre must recognise that winning the war on COVID-19 is linked to the States being armed with enough resources

The fragile ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib war

The Russia-Turkey agreement is destined to fail because the priorities of the countries concerned cannot be reconciled

Vividly imagining the life of migrant workers

A regime of social policy must be installed to meet the basic needs of all citizens at all times – not only during pandemics

The occasion to revisit the sovereign’s role

There has to be a discourse on redefining the state’s involvement in India’s political, economic and social life

A shot of hope with a game changing vaccine

Using lessons learnt, a social vaccine can build societal immunity to the devastating effects of pandemics, now and later

Caught in the heightened arc of communal polemics

In the Tablighi Jamaat issue and its messages, it is important not to lose focus of the core subject — the pandemic fight

A virus, social democracy, and dividends for Kerala

The State has managed the crisis by building on legacies of egalitarianism, social rights and public trust

Troughs and crests in the pandemic response

The nationalistic turn in global politics has affected vital institutions and partnerships at a time they are needed most

A case to use JEE-Main instead of JEE-Advanced this year

It would not only reduce stress for applicants, but also enable college admissions to the IITs to take place earlier

A blueprint to revive the economy

A carefully crafted economic proposal for consideration of the Indian government to help our fellow citizens

Cease the distractions, seize the moment

The crisis provides several opportunities for real parliamentary change; a reduction in the pay of MPs is only symbolic

Getting the containment strategy in India right

An effective response must consider not only pathogen behaviour but also socioeconomic and cultural characteristics

The pandemic and the contours of a health response

A measured approach with community participation will aid the fight against the virus

Halting the march of rumours

Community leaders and democratically elected office holders must play a key role in preventing dangerous rumours

Staying at home on planet earth

The pandemic tells us that the right to shelter and habitat is an urgent and essential one, for humans and other creatures

Disingenuous and no antidote

No government should be permitted to hide behind the assertion of ‘fake news’ to abdicate responsibility for its actions

Wanted, a collective national endeavour

COVID-19 calls for a largeness of political vision that will bring all of India together to get the better of the virus

Mindful distancing

It’s possible to transform the virus-induced aloneness into an opportunity for enhanced ethics of care

Against Trump, and the Democratic machine

Democrat voters did not want to risk voting for Bernie Sanders, but Joe Biden is a flawed candidate

A double whammy for India-Gulf economic ties

It is going to be a challenge to manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the oil shock

A time for extraordinary action

An unprecedented scale of state investment is required to lift up the Indian economy

A key arsenal in rural India’s pandemic fight

With migrant labour back in their hometowns, gram panchayats can strengthen containment measures in the interiors

Needed, greater decentralisation of power

Even as States have taken up positions of leadership in the pandemic response, federal limitations are becoming hurdles

Taking a long view of the pandemic fight

It remains to be seen whether beneficial effects of the lockdown and steps to contain COVID-19 become well established

‘A script of action, responsibility and compassion’: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot writes on Rajasthan’s fight against COVID-19

The Coronavirus Containment Programme in Rajasthan has been intense and proactive; challenges are being met

Democracy should not permit a trade-off

Measures taken during emergencies cannot come at the cost of institutional checks and balances

The criticality of community engagement

It has a pivotal role in ensuring the success of India’s anti-coronavirus campaign

A niggardliness that is economically unwarranted

The Centre can afford to step up its COVID-19 assistance to a higher scale; fiscal deficit is no worry

The spectre of a post-COVID-19 world

The pandemic could not have come at a more difficult time; the global order could see major changes

Quarantine and the law

Courts have the power to review movement curbs during disease outbreaks, but have upheld them in public interest

Making the private sector care for public health

India needs a national policy providing for free testing and treatment of COVID-19 patients in private hospitals

The return of the expert

An unintended benefit of the pandemic is the return of facts, truth and experts

Still no bullseye, in volume and value

India’s defence model faces challenges despite the positive trends generated by ‘Make in India’

Beyond social distancing to fight COVID-19

In the global South, a military style lockdown, though inevitable given the circumstances, may reinforce prejudices

Tamil Nadu CM writes on how the State is stopping the pandemic in its tracks

"The world is watching us to know how we are going to tackle the deadly virus"

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An NDRF worker at Bihar’s Danapur railway station sanitises luggage of migrant workers who arrived from Rajasthan on May 2, 2020.

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