Opinion

Shivaji Sarkar The repeated natural disasters and Covid-19 lockdowns are taking a heavy toll on India’s economy and hit the informal sectors the most. The Central relief to three states, Gujarat, West Bengal and Odisha is `2,000 crore in addition to states also allocating part...

Prakash Kumar Sahoo The world will celebrate the 21st anniversary of World Milk Day on June 1, 2021. ‘World Milk Day’ was first launched in 2001 by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations to recognise the important contributions of the dairy...

Susanta Mishra Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, is an emerging urban centre, and it finds its name among the world’s top-20 global smart city ranking. Its nearby city, Cuttack often known as the sister city of Bhubaneswar, was the British time capital. Cultural legacy of...

Sambit Tripathy Significant strides in information technology, increasing usage of smart-phones, dissemination of digital literacy and modes of digital payments have accelerated creation of a new breed of workers. Occupying a space between informal and formal workforce, they are termed as ‘gig workers’ and are...

Bharat Jhunjhunwala The sovereignty of the people requires that every activity in the country be responsible to its people. We cannot forget that the East India Company had entered the country in the name of providing economic benefits from trade and in mere two centuries...

Kaushik Basu The world is currently transfixed by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping through many regions, especially Asia, Africa, and South America. But, focused as we are on the public-health crisis, we risk overlooking pandemic-related economic problems that could plague developing countries...

Dr Satyajit Pattnaik Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the chinks in our health care delivery system. Many experts have lamented the inadequacy in our public healthcare system. One important aspect of tackling the pandemic is strengthening the primary and secondary healthcare system (which comprises our primary...

Shivaji Sarkar Multiple taxes, unemployment, high 10.49 per cent wholesale price index (WPI) rise and severe income losses are thawing the nation amid high Covid-19 deaths. The six-month high Wholesale Price Index (WPI) figures in April would be straining the economy. The actual price rise...

SN Misra The drubbing of BJP in West Bengal Assembly elections, the selective arrest of three politicians from TMC involved in the Narada scam, and dharna of CM Mamata Banerjee in front of CBI office display political pugilism at its worst. The scenario is rather...

Lekha Rattanani KK Shailaja, known as “Shailaja Teacher” in Kerala, and hailed as the “Coronavirus slayer” outside the state, has not been given a place in the new Cabinet of Pinarayi Vijayan. She will be around as Chief Whip of her party in the Legislative...