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As the second Covid wave hits hard, 1918 Spanish flu offers some lessons

Many hospitals don’t have beds for serious covid patients.reutersPremium
Many hospitals don’t have beds for serious covid patients.reuters
4 min read . 19 Apr 2021Shashi Shekhar
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Former Prime Minister Manmohan SinghPremium

Singh’s counsel

1 min read . Updated: 18 Apr 2021
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Parallax View

Beware the fallout of America’s exit from Afghanistan

4 min read . Updated: 19 Apr 2021
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China has invested large sums in charging infrastructure for electric vehiclesPremium
Mint Curator

What America can learn from China on electrifying its traffic

3 min read . Updated: 18 Apr 2021
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Ramping up vaccinations should be accorded top priority by India

5 min read . Updated: 19 Apr 2021
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Provident fund parity

1 min read . Updated: 18 Apr 2021
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Relatives of the COVID-19 patient perform the last rites of the victim, outside the electric crematorium Premium
Modern Times

The confusion we suffer over the question of mortality

5 min read . Updated: 19 Apr 2021
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In the margins

A tribute to one of the greatest economists of the past century

4 min read . Updated: 19 Apr 2021
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Crowds must dissipate for airborne risks to fall

2 min read . Updated: 18 Apr 2021
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Bitcoin or RV, which is a better investment?

3 min read . Updated: 17 Apr 2021
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WPI inflation in March was at an eight-and-a-half-year high. A vendor sells vegetables at a retail market in KolkataPremium

Soaring wholesale inflation tells us there’s no free lunch

3 min read . Updated: 16 Apr 2021
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The WPI scare

1 min read . Updated: 15 Apr 2021
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A Matter of Numbers

Oh how the curve has steepened!

6 min read . Updated: 15 Apr 2021
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Pen Drive

India’s wave of sports is one that’s not going to flatten

4 min read . Updated: 15 Apr 2021
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Mint Curator

America ought to brace itself for a fourth wave of infections

3 min read . Updated: 15 Apr 2021
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The post-pandemic economy needs a new fiscal policy framework

4 min read . Updated: 16 Apr 2021
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Gaps in how we study the impact of covid on inequality

4 min read . Updated: 15 Apr 2021
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Our muddled response to the covid resurgence

2 min read . Updated: 15 Apr 2021
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TECH WHISPERS

Behold the infinite possibilities of gene editing

3 min read . Updated: 16 Apr 2021
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The govt has decided to cancel the CBSE’s Class X examinations and postpone those for Class XII, both of which were to start next month (Photo: Hindustan Times)Premium

A sensible hold-off

1 min read . Updated: 14 Apr 2021
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