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Finding a middle ground with the new FIR agreement

international affairs

Published on Mar 26, 2022 11:45 IST

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at their leaders’ retreat on Bintan island. Photo: AFP

Energising the renewable energy sector in Southeast Asia

The Sustainable Development Goal (number 7) adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015, lays down the need to achieve affordable and clean energy by 2030.. (Reuters file)

international affairs

Updated on Mar 26, 2022 08:14 IST

Reimagining the role of philanthropy in India

The robust civil society in India continues to work tirelessly towards accomplishing transformational change in socioeconomic structures to bring prosperity for all; where the benefits of growth and opportunities are more fairly distributed across communities and regions.

Published on Mar 24, 2022 19:12 IST

Defining a new pathway for enhanced healthcare

Defining a new pathway for enhanced healthcare.

Published on Mar 19, 2022 13:20 IST

Putting air pollution on the agenda

A 2019 study revealed that although 90% of Indians are aware of what air pollution means, their understanding of its causes and effects is sorely lacking. (PTI)

Published on Mar 19, 2022 07:18 IST

A Blueprint for recovery after pandemic

A Blueprint for recovery after(Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 18, 2022 14:46 IST

Lessons from the pandemic must inform policy response to AMR

The scourge of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) is approaching us faster than we expected.

Published on Mar 18, 2022 07:19 IST

Healthy wetlands vital for sustainable cities

An assessment of Wetland International South Asia (WISA) indicates that nearly 8% of the total wetland area (15.26 million HA as per the National Wetlands Atlas) is situated within the urban sprawls.

Published on Mar 17, 2022 15:20 IST

How to win the struggle with alcoholism

People with Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), the medical term for alcoholism, have an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences.

Updated on Mar 18, 2022 06:45 IST

Empowering India’s women farmers: Bridge the gap

Women’s continued role in agriculture is well marked, well realised, however, it is often underestimated. Close to 75% of the full-time workers on Indian farms are women.

Published on Mar 17, 2022 10:13 IST

Keep the focus on increasing female labor force participation

Women’s labor force participation rate (LFPR) (20.0%) is considerably low compared to men (56.0%) as per annual PLFS (current weekly status) 2019-20.

gender equality

Published on Mar 17, 2022 07:19 IST

Hidden hunger is a threat to achieving 2025 global nutrition targets

Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals required by our bodies in very small quantities. Although required in minimal quantities, their deficiencies during pregnancy can lead to poor pregnancy (women with severe anemia are twice as likely to die during pregnancy) and birth outcomes (children born to malnourished mothers are more likely to be born too small, too soon, or stillborn).

Published on Mar 16, 2022 07:47 IST

Investment in Primary Health Care: COVID-19 and beyond

Investing in primary healthcare is foundational for achieving UHC and Sustainable Development Goals.

Published on Mar 16, 2022 07:38 IST

Learning to live with Covid

The severity of an infection is best seen through the lens of host immunity. Chickenpox and measles, which strike no fear in our hearts, decimated the native American population during the European colonization.

Published on Mar 16, 2022 07:21 IST

Focus on policies to encourage made in India drugs against rare diseases

In India, nearly 70-90 million people suffer from RDs; which is expected to be an under-reported figure; the actual number could be higher.

Published on Mar 9, 2022 08:50 IST

Inadequate responses from the health system to sexual and gender-based violence

Efforts to introduce special procedures for survivors of child sexual abuse and laws to prevent sexual harassment at the workplace have taken shape.

gender equality

Published on Mar 8, 2022 09:02 IST

Women's Day Special: Poor health system responses to gender-based violence

Inadequate responses from the health system to sexual and gender-based violence are putting survivors' health at risk

gender equality

Updated on Mar 8, 2022 05:49 IST

Asia-Pacific countries will transform agrifood systems via digital technology

Progress toward meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of defeating both poverty (SDG 1) and hunger (SDG 2) has been thrown off track amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has devastated both lives and livelihoods.

Published on Mar 4, 2022 10:12 IST

Agricultural Diagnostics for Bihar

During 2008-16, its per capita income was one-fifth of Haryana’s and a just about one-third of India’s. Bihar lost the bulk of its mineral resources in 2000 when the new state of Jharkhand was created, but it retained its fertile agricultural land and water resources.

Published on Mar 4, 2022 09:53 IST

Value the knowledge of the Ganga’s riverine communities for river’s development

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced the launch of the Namami Gange Clean-up programme with a budget of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>20,000 crore during 2015–2020.

Published on Mar 3, 2022 09:39 IST

In search of India’s Chen-Kuo-Fu and the Charak Shapath

In 1822, the Britishers established the Native Medical Institution (NMI) in Calcutta to provide medical training to Indians. Anatomical, medical, and surgical texts were translated into vernacular languages and indigenous systems of medicine were taught alongside western medicine.

Published on Mar 1, 2022 22:15 IST

Explaining Israel's Africa policy

The principal objective of the meeting was to evaluate AU's achievements over the past year, particularly in the context of the recent surge of military coups and the ways to recover from the pandemic.

international affairs

Published on Mar 1, 2022 22:10 IST

NCLT can deal with the problem of struck-off companies

Constituted under the Companies Act 2013, NCLT was initially established to adjudicate on corporate disputes under the Act but was later saddled with additional caseload arising from cases of bad debt under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).

Published on Mar 1, 2022 22:01 IST

Pandemic-hit Hong Kong showing resilience as a financial hub over Singapore

The City’s Census and Statistics Department (CSD) data for January, 2022 indicates overseas companies are keeping a close watch for further developments in terms of pandemic-related restrictions given its daily infections reaching a record of 8,674 on February 23.

international affairs

Published on Feb 28, 2022 08:29 IST

Post-pandemic recovery of the ASEAN economies

Early 2021 saw hints of recovery, however, the recurring waves of new Covid variants slowed down the pace in the third quarter of 2021. With a gradual decrease in the number of cases, the Southeast Asian (SEA) region is once again entering the phase of recovery in sync with the global economy.

Published on Feb 28, 2022 08:08 IST

The BLC was a success, but housing for the poor is woefully inadequate

As per its mandate, PMAY has gained traction in its goal to empower women as most of the BLC beneficiaries in the three states were women. (HT Archive)

Published on Feb 26, 2022 07:25 IST

Quad Economy & Technology task force: A time for concerted action

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic underlined the dependencies and vulnerabilities of the Quad nations individually and as a group.

international affairs

Published on Feb 24, 2022 10:51 IST

MSMEs now have to think big for real growth

Traditionally, India has supported and encouraged MSMEs as it is believed that these enterprises use labour-intensive methods of production, thereby generating the much needed employment opportunities outside the agriculture sector.

Published on Feb 24, 2022 09:45 IST

India must act on mining and exploration of critical minerals for green tech

in 2015, India announced its Nationally Determined Contributions, including reducing its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) emission intensity by 33-35% in 2030 from 2005 levels. This commitment has been revised to a 45% reduction during COP26. Critical minerals shall play an important role to achieve these goals.

Updated on Feb 23, 2022 10:18 IST

How India can maximise the potential from France’s EU presidency

This year, France took over the six month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU on January 1, with an aspiring agenda involving regulation of digital giants, minimum wages in Europe, Schengen reform, and enhancing European defence and security complementary to NATO.

international affairs

Published on Feb 23, 2022 08:14 IST

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