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Indian vaccine drive’s straining, not taking flight. Loosen purse strings for vax companies
With officials in multiple states – including some BJP ruled ones – complaining of vaccine shortages even as the second…
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‘We need to move to capitalism of true value … You will see all capital will flow towards sustainability’
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), an organisation led by heads of over 200 global businesses, studies ways to…
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Ushering in a new era of climate diplomacy
President Biden’s Invite to 40 World Leaders for Summit on Climate is an opportunity to prepare a blueprint for sustainable…
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‘Sport teaches you to interact with each other on a human level … One shouldn’t be mixing politics or religion with sport’
Pakistan’s Aisam ul Haq Qureshi and India’s Rohan Bopanna, the 2010 US Open doubles runners up, recently announced the resumption…
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Seeing democracy as domain of spirit
The other day in conversation with a journalist from Germany I was introduced to a new phrase, ‘spiritual democracy’. “What…
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Covid19 second wave is the best thing that has happened since the start of the pandemic
As the nCovid19 cases surge in what is termed as the second wave, I can sense a return of the…
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America comes roaring back. President Biden has picked up the gauntlet China threw down
With Joe Biden in the White House, the narrative of America’s decline has suddenly come to an end. Americans have…
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New Delhi-Taipei cooperation is both mutually beneficial and a pointed signal to China
Taiwan recently saw its worst rail accident in 40 years that killed at least 51 people and left 188 injured…
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‘China’s increasing international assertiveness can be seen as potentially the most significant geopolitical shift in the 2020s’
The UK has released a new Integrated Review of Defence, Security and Foreign Policy which outlines its Indo-Pacific strategy and…
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US must now move quickly to reseal the Iran nuclear deal
In an important breakthrough, indirect negotiations are to begin between the US and Iran to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear…
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