Congress inducting Lal Singh who supported Kathua rape-and-murder accused highlights two things: Its severe talent crunch and a missing moral compass. It has either become politically tone-deaf or gone beyond caring. Or why would it embrace what was BJP’s embarrassment? Congress keeps finding new ways to puncture its own wagon.
Lancet study on India’s fertility rate foreshadows disaster. Elder care will fall on the govt
Lancet study’s finding that India’s fertility rate has fallen below replacement levels foreshadows a demographic disaster. India’s per capita income is just $2,600, and population is already ageing. Elder care will increasingly become government’s unaffordable responsibility. This should end the loaded talk of population explosion and policies to control it.