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Debug net banking
1 min read . 11:23 PM ISTWith digital transactions fast becoming the norm for an ever-increasing proportion of account holders, and people being nudged online, it’s vital that e-facilities can always be relied upon
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Cap and trade: An idea whose time has come
2 min read . 09:37 PM ISTIndia has made a fine start by setting up a panel to envision a domestic market for carbon permits. It may prove hard to institute, but pollution pricing could combat climate change
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When eavesdropping on sounds has a different ding
4 min read . 09:31 PM ISTPre-pandemic, even pressure cooker whistles going off would be drowned by a cacophony of neighbourhood noises, but our lockdown has acquainted us with myriad new auditory sensations
Srinagar: Specially abled persons raise slogans during a protest over their long-pending demands on the occasion of 'International Day of Disabled Persons', in Srinagar, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (PTI Photo)(PTI03-12-2020_000083B) (PTI)
Six reasons India has no disability rights movement
4 min read . 09:25 PM IST- Will we need to wait for India's own version of Camp Jened, near Woodstock, which stirred America's disabled to join hands and agitate for their rights as equal citizens?
Farmers protest against the new farm laws, at the Singhu Border in New Delhi. (Photo: ANI)
Farmer protests are a reflection of this sector’s structural crisis
3 min read . 09:24 PM ISTDemands for guaranteed prices should be seen in the context of a sharp decline in farm earnings
Netflix’s most-watched mini-series might be about not sweating the small stuff, and focusing instead on big wins
The Gueen’s Gambit that won the US a cold war of chess
4 min read . 09:17 PM ISTThe Queen’s Gambit is more than just a chess drama that unfolds through the life of a prodigy. Woven within the story are subtle international political-economy comparisons
Biden’s key challenge would be to win back blue-collar workers in America’s rust belt who switched their party affiliation and left Democrats deprived of a major base of political support.
The change of guard in America may yet prove to be short-lived
4 min read . 09:10 PM ISTBiden would have to erode Trump’s political support base for the US re-engagement of the world to last longer than 4 years
Its bioplastic bottles are impressive but need special disposal systems
Bacardi’s crack at a solution to the world’s big plastic problem
3 min read . 09:04 PM ISTIts bioplastic is promising but not the silver bullet our planet needs
Manisha Mashaal from the NGO Swabhimaan Society takes a selfie with anti-caste activists in Kurukshetra.
Count your friends, and theirs
6 min read . 03:53 PM IST- Identifying people who have more friends than others is no different from identifying nodes in a network that have more links than others
In the last three-four years, nearly 30 video streaming platforms have been launched in India. Photo: Bloomberg
Blurred lines make case for OTT self-regulation
3 min read . 09:10 AM IST- Increasingly, people are streaming their digital content on large TV screens at home
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Cap and trade
1 min read . 02 Dec 2020A workable way out would be to create a limited set of emission rights that reduce gradually in accordance with our targets, and which industrial units must buy at prices determined by demand and supply
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Why we should nuance our approach to China
2 min read . 02 Dec 2020The Centre’s inclusion of Huawei representatives in discussions on India’s 5G rollout plan hints at a softer stance on Chinese participation. This is pragmatic. Let’s go by self-interest
A health worker handles a vial of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
The behavioural barriers that covid vaccines must break
4 min read . 02 Dec 2020We should devise policies and campaigns that could overcome any reluctance to get a covid jab
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The language of lockdowns and challenges of policy articulation
4 min read . 02 Dec 2020We could reduce the risks of lockdown semantics by avoiding a reductionist discourse on covid-19
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The questionable virtue of social sector collaborations
4 min read . 02 Dec 2020Collaboration is often seen as some sort of panacea but the act of joining hands in itself means little
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Premature membership of RCEP would not serve Indian interests
4 min read . 02 Dec 2020Joining this trade bloc will not help India unless structural constraints on its industrial competitiveness are first addressed
Relieving students of college loans has been a recent Democrat aim (Photo: Bloomberg)
Democrats’ education agenda appears aimed at the affluent
3 min read . 02 Dec 2020The party’s focus on America’s college-educated marks a big shift
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 19, 2020 Travellers who had been aboard the Braemar cruise ship, operated by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, and wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against covid-19, pass COVID-19 information sign advising "self isolating" and "Stayinh ay home" as they arrive at Heathrow Airport in London, after being flown back from Cuba. - Travellers to England from abroad could face a shorter spell in quarantine from mid-December, the UK government announced Tuesday in a move welcomed by the battered aviation sector. From December 15, travellers arriving by air, ferry or train can end their quarantine if testing negative for Covid-19 at least five days after their arrival.
New arrivals currently have to self-isolate for 14 days, while Britain has recorded more than 55,000 deaths of people testing positive for coronavirus, the highest figure in Europe. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) (AFP)
Covid-19 will soon be like another 9/11 every day
2 min read . 02 Dec 2020The case count suggests US daily deaths will approach 3,000
The RBI will announce its monetary policy on Friday. (REUTERS)
Opinion | RBI's test in an unconventional world
3 min read . 02 Dec 2020- While a surge in overseas cash may sound like a positive, it’s actually a problem for the Reserve Bank of India, as it needs to intervene in the currency markets, otherwise the rupee will appreciate and hurt export competitiveness
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Monetary policy playbook needs some tightening
3 min read . 02 Dec 2020- RBI might curb inflation by reducing the amount of liquidity in the economy
