Toolkit on How to Kill a University
Amita Singh It becomes a call of conscience to prevent entropy of our cherished workplaces as most of us may not be born King Nero who fiddled as Rome burned. This column comes at the face of an arbitrary order…
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No More Custodial Deaths of Political Prisoners!
Bail is the norm and jail, the exception, ruled Justice V R Krishna Iyer. Unless an accused poses the risk of flight, destruction of evidence and repeating the offence, there is no rationale for denying him or her bail.
Financing Urban Projects
Budget proposals bode well for the infrastructure sector. However, unless the Government’s plan is backed by institutional reforms, we will not be able to exploit the true potential of urbanization.
Smart City Mission is not a Smart Move after all
The Smart City Mission needs to change its course of action if it aims to achieve inclusive growth and sustainable development. For this we need to draw lessons from failures and build upon the mission’s successes
A Wake-up Call: Record-smashing temperatures in Canada and USA
Gurinder Kaur In the last week of June, an extreme heatwave has killed at least 600 people in Canada. Of those killed, 486 were from British Columbia alone. Most of the dead were elderly people living alone. Generally, the weather…
Compensation for COVID-19 Death will make for a Cleaner Census
TK Arun What’s in a name? That we call Corona; Will, by any other name, kill as cold. Only a small minority has so far cared if the cause of death of their loved ones was recorded as COVID or not.…