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Migrants queue up for thermal screening on their arrival at Amethi railway station from Gujarat by a special train, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Amethi. PTI Photo

Dev 360: Can gutting labour laws spell advantage to India?

The key assumption is that labour rights are a major roadblock to business growth

15 May 2020 5:17 PM

Patna: A health worker sanitizes migrants who have arrived from Jaipur by 'Shramik Special' train at Danapur junction, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Patna. PTI Photo

Dev 360: The migrants homecoming story, watch in months ahead

In the coming days, much of the health and economic action will have to move to rural India

02 May 2020 5:43 PM

Migrant workers and homeless people being made to do yoga at New Delhi's Yamuna Sports Complex which was converted into a makeshift camp for those stranded in Delhi without a home. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Migrant workers’ plight: Ignore at your own peril

The majority of stranded workers were not able to recall the name of the builder or company they have been working for

17 Apr 2020 6:29 PM

Migrant workers make the journey to their respective villages on foot following the nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus epidemic in New Delhi. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Dev 360: Lockdown, long march: Catastrophe looming

If we don’t take immediate measures to mitigate the larger human crisis the lockdown has triggered, we are heading towards a catastrophe

02 Apr 2020 1:54 PM

A volunteer distributes masks outside a government hospital as a precaution against COVID-19 in Jammu on March 16, 2020. (AP)

Dev 360: Navigating uncertainty in the time of coronavirus

Let's not be fixated on daily 'numbers'; let's look at preparedness

19 Mar 2020 8:33 AM

A families leaves riot-affected Karawal Nagar in northeast Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

After Delhi burns, there is despair, but also hope

Journalists reporting the violence in northeast Delhi have been explicitly asked whether they were Hindu or Muslim.

06 Mar 2020 6:46 AM

India is the fabled pharmacy of the world. India’s low-cost generic drug makers cater to domestic and international needs. But here is the catch. Most of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) or bulk drugs necessary to produce these medicines come from just one country – China. APIs are what give a medicine its therapeutic effect.

Health security must be on the policy high table

What is of great concern to India is the impact of coronavirus (called Covid 19 by scientists) on the pharmaceutical sector.

21 Feb 2020 2:37 AM

Delhi poised on edge: Can a hate chant win?

The young men who breezily sauntered down the road shouting explicitly violent slogans were eventually bundled into a police van and taken away.

06 Feb 2020 1:54 AM

A case in point is that of Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, arrested in a case relating to alleged incitement of violence during anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) protests at Jama Masjid. A Delhi court has finally waived off conditions from an earlier bail order directing Azad to not visit Delhi.

A crisis of healthcare plagues India’s jails

The recent public protests against the citizenship law and related matters bring to the fore the issue of a prisoner’s right to adequate medical care.

23 Jan 2020 1:39 AM

It is vital to make sure that children acquire cognitive skills in their early years because this is closely linked to outcomes in many other areas.

For kids, early years are vital to a brighter future

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009 mandates that children should enter Class 1 at age six.

18 Jan 2020 3:03 AM

JNU students protest at Delhi Police Headquarters after some masked miscreants attacked in the campus. (Photo: PTI)

Young Indians want to take back stolen future

JNU students say the police remained standing by as the stick-wielding intruders exited the campus without any resistance.

09 Jan 2020 1:02 AM

The health advocates have appealed to the police to actively support the medical community and allow unhindered access to medical treatment for all injured, and urged the government and courts to independently and impartially investigate allegations against the police for hindering medical assistance to the injured protesters and hold accountable those responsible.

Everyone should have access to medical care

The visuals of policemen storming into a hospital and banging on doors are hard to forget.

27 Dec 2019 4:23 AM

What is relatively new is the growing public acceptance of such methods with even elected representatives advocating them.(Representational image)

Is Indian State strong or is it, in fact, failing?

Recent events offer telling examples of the paradox of the strong State in the Indian context.

12 Dec 2019 1:14 AM

Lack of trust in the fairness of the system plays out at several levels.

If trust breaks down, a society cannot survive

As we know from our day-to-day experience, without a degree of trust, no economic transaction is possible.

04 Dec 2019 2:52 AM

JNU students raise slogans during a protest against the University Grants Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Bipab Banerjee)

Don’t question... be happy: The lesson from JNU stir

Nearly 40 per cent of the students on the campus are reportedly from below poverty line (BPL) families.

15 Nov 2019 12:51 AM

People wear masks during a protest in New Delhi on Sunday, demanding the implementation of measures to reduce air pollution. (Photo: PTI)

Toxic air, hungry kids: Divisive politics rules

Malnutrition and air pollution are among the top health risks facing India.

06 Nov 2019 1:10 AM

The best policies mean little if the implementation on the ground is poor. (Photo: AP/Representational Image)

Tackling global poverty: Do the poor get a voice?

Banerjee and Duflo teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kramer is at Harvard University.

18 Oct 2019 1:16 AM

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar takes a survey of the flood-hit areas, in Patna, Friday. (Photo: PTI)

The floods in Bihar: The fault is not in our stars!

Patna has been among the worst hit but the arc of suffering goes far beyond.

03 Oct 2019 1:21 AM

Most states in India have been indifferent to the needs of migrants, but continuous efforts at rousing nativist sentiments will put at risk migrants at large. (Photo: AFP I Representational)

Migrants try to better lives: Why get so riled?

All this suggests that Indians have done very well by crossing borders in search of a better life.

21 Sep 2019 2:09 AM

Malnourishment is a powerful risk multiplier. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Why culture and context matters in malnutrition debate in India

Experts rarely agree with each other and this case will be no exception.

17 Sep 2019 1:27 AM

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