More women enrolling into higher education is a significant closing of the gender gap, especially in the commerce stream. Now the next summit is law and engineering. Our judiciary and tech-based future needs more women. Parallelly, we must also expand the gender debate and start tracking non-binary representation as well.
Ramdev’s U-turn on vaccines must be followed by repeated show of faith in evidence-based medicine
Baba Ramdev’s U-turn on Covid vaccine and doctors is like his twisted asanas. It’s a case of Johnny-come-lately after months of spreading dangerous misinformation against modern medicine amid a pandemic. He must assert this faith in evidence-based medicine repeatedly. Once isn’t enough to counter the virality of his previous messaging.
Mystery behind India-US-Wuhan bat virus study shows high-risk research needs oversight
The mystery behind the India-US-Wuhan study into bat viruses in Nagaland is another example of technocrats and governments choosing opaqueness over transparency. But as Covid and the hunt for its origin shows, high-risk research needs oversight. We have to trust science and scientists. But they must trust the people too.
Don’t miss French Open today — this Djokovic vs Nadal semi-final should’ve been the final
Trust the French, or rather, the French Open, to cause a heartache. No disrespect meant to Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas, but the Djokovic vs Nadal semi-final should have been the final of this grand slam, the quirk of draws notwithstanding. So, forget Sunday, don’t miss the epic clash today.