A French town renamed, for gender equality
Calling a town “Pantine” for a year will not start or cement a feminist revolution. Calling a town “Pantine” for a year will not start or cement a feminist revolution. It will, however, underline …
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Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: Making healthcare accessible, the digital way
India leveraged information and communications technologies (ICTs) during the pandemic. Digital health solutions played a crucial role in bridging the gap in healthcare delivery as systems moved online to accommodate contactless care Under the …
AI and the panic of the white-collar worker
Two AI-powered apps — ChatGPT and, to a lesser extent, Lensa — are the cause of a seeming moral panic around the nature of intellectual and artistic work. Words and art are arguably no …
Supreme Court decision to uphold demonetisation on technical grounds will haunt the nation
“My money is my private property. How can the government just take it away overnight? Isn’t that a violation of my property rights?” writes Praveen Chakravarty. (Express file photo by Prem Nath Pandey) SC …
India’s challenge has shifted from inflation management to facilitating growth in 2023
The Modi government’s focus on improving the country’s physical as well as digital infrastructure ought to have given added impetus to investment. But on the ground, neither domestic nor foreign companies are really investing. …
P Chidambaram writes: The economy we will take into 2023
The impact will be felt in all the economies of the world and India will not be an exception. P Chidambaram writes: The Russia-Ukraine war, the disruption of supply chains, commodity prices especially the …
Ram Madhav writes | 2023: The year India may realise its global power aspirations
India’s significant contribution in all these fora was that it added a moral dimension to the developed world’s monetary vision. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar) The leadership of important multilateral bodies including the G20 …
Former Armenian prime minister writes: How Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings helped me become a better leader
In 2018, days after being sworn in as the fourth president of Armenia, I was confronted with the most formidable political challenge in Armenia’s post-Soviet history as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in …
In the New Year, five tips for my daughter at the cusp of adulthood
Parenting is like writing one’s child on paper in ink of many colours. In return, the child spends years reading. (Representational Photo) Nanditesh Nilay writes: Write regularly, and write more. Observe nature, observe more. …
Pragya Singh Thakur keeps pushing the line of hate — and getting away with it
Thakur’s unchecked vitriol has also drawn the attention of the Election Commission. Is the BJP, in effect, saying that it won’t act against its loose-tongued members until the furore they kick up goes international? …