India’s GDP forecast to contract 7.7% this fiscal is awful news even if not a surprise. But there’s hope in the outlook as Covid cases decline, vaccines arrive and the economy recovers steadily. The union budget should give a fresh fiscal push to ensure growth bounces back strongly next year.
Rashtriya Kamdhenu Ayog is not helping cows or science. Govt body mustn’t promote superstition
Rashtriya Kamdhenu Ayog has done a disservice to both cows and science with misleading reference materials for ‘gau-vigyan’ examination. There is no denying the nutritional value of cow’s milk. But a government body mustn’t promote superstition and non-scientific temper by attributing imaginary qualities to indigenous cows. Faith mustn’t dictate science.
Capitol violence a lesson to all democracies to understand downside of electing demagogues
For decades, America exported democratic values to the world. Capitol Hill violence has now exposed its ugly underbelly. Joe Biden assumes office on 20th, as American moral stature stands deeply wounded. It’s a lesson to all democracies never to take freedoms for granted and understand the downside of electing demagogues.
Mass vaccination will soon start, in addition to all the good work state governments have been doing to deal with the pandemic, with the guidance and support of the union health ministry. Beyond that, this is now a time to Cut the Clutter. No distractions from restoring the economy to health and sustainably higher growth. Some things do not have to be spelt out. Print readers ko bahut black coffee pila di. Ab red wine pour karne ka waqt jaldi aaye.
My vote would be for shutting down the Ayush ministry as well.
The final act that took the sting out of the scorpion. Leading him to promise an orderly transfer of power on 20th January. 2. Vice President Mike Pence did his Raj Dharma. As did many / most other Republicans. The pall of fear that bound them to Trump will dissipate. There will be no second run in 2024. 3. No departing President has been pursued after he leaves the White House. Richard Nixon was pardoned by Gerald Ford. No such luck for Trump. Instead of being vindictive, his administration will simply stand to one side, not obstruct the investigations that are already in motion. 4. The people who voted for Trump knew what made him tick. So did foreign governments, some of which sought unbecoming intimacy with him.