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Business News > Mint Authors > Ruth Pollard

Ruth Pollard

ARTICLES BY RUTH POLLARD

International institutions may have weakened but remain necessary. (AFP)

Gender justice: A move at the ICC signals hope for Afghan women

3 min read . 03 Feb 2025

The most worrying weather measurement is not the heat typically reported in forecasts but the wet-bulb temperature, which combines heat and humidity to indicate how much evaporation can be absorbed into the air (Photo: Mint)

India’s heatwaves are testing the limits of human survival

4 min read . 31 Mar 2023

The wounds of Sri Lanka’s civil war also need to be addressed (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka: A healing touch must accompany economic stability

3 min read . 11 Jul 2022

Gotabaya Rajapaksa remains president of the island nation (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa pocket boroughs are in bad shape too

3 min read . 06 Jun 2022

Sri Lankan Airlines is up for sale and in very poor financial shape (Photo: Reuters)

A great fire sale of Sri Lankan assets could be about to begin

4 min read . 30 May 2022

A quick infusion of dollar funds could ease Sri Lanka’s immediate crisis (Photo: PTI)

Sri Lanka will need structural reforms for debt sustainability

4 min read . 23 May 2022

Women were found to be among the worst affected victims of the Ukraine war (Photo: AP)

Sexual assault is a war crime that must not go unpunished

3 min read . 19 Apr 2022

A shopkeeper tunes a television screen to watch the speech of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, at his shop in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 31, 2022. (REUTERS)

How Imran Khan outsmarted Pakistan’s opposition, for now

4 min read . 04 Apr 2022

Among S. Jaishankar’s tasks is to convince Nato of India’s push for peace (Photo: AFP)

Pressure on Indian diplomacy has increased from both sides

3 min read . 31 Mar 2022

Half the $7 billion seized would be for 9/11 victims’ families under Biden’s plan (Photo: AP)

The US grab of Afghan money is unfair and unconscionable

3 min read . 14 Feb 2022

Drones have commercial applications but can be used militarily too (Photo: iStock)

The lethal use of drones can’t carry on as a global free-for-all

3 min read . 03 Jan 2022

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (REUTERS)

What Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan means for women in India

6 min read . 09 Dec 2021

A squeeze on the Taliban should not hold back foreign assistance for people (Photo: Getty)

Diplomats must not dither as Afghan millions face starvation

3 min read . 11 Nov 2021

Indian public healthcare spending needs to rise sharply

India’s latest dengue outbreak ought to ring alarm bells again

3 min read . 08 Nov 2021

Human-rights abuses need to be tracked and investigated internationally (Photo: AP)

The Taliban should know that we are watching what they do

3 min read . 03 Oct 2021

Many Afghan households face starvation while foreign aid remains cut off (Photo: Reuters)

Starvation is the other serious threat to Afghanistan’s women

3 min read . 19 Sept 2021

The IS-Khorasan has tried to portray the Taliban as US stooges

The Taliban could face violent opposition from an IS affiliate

3 min read . 29 Aug 2021

Academic life in Afghanistan has been thrown apart already

The only boom business now in Afghanistan is burkha sales

4 min read . 16 Aug 2021

The hard-won freedoms of Afghan women are at threat as US troops depart (Photo: AP)

The world should not let the women of Afghanistan down

4 min read . 11 Aug 2021

Former Australian PM Julia Gillard’s speech on sexism in politics is a must-hear (Photo: Reuters)

The #MeToo movement needs to gain force across the world

3 min read . 07 Mar 2021