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What it will take to vaccinate the world against Covid

Clara Ferreira Marques -
A Q&A with vaccine scientist Peter Hotez, author of 'Preventing the Next Pandemic', on developing a low-cost Covid vaccine, and why Omicron won’t be the end of the pandemic.
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Sri Lanka in ‘debt trap’, India’s response shows pushback against China has begun

Jyoti Malhotra -
While China waits for a Hambantota Port-like 'takeover' of Colombo port city, India has responded with great alacrity to Sri Lanka’s financial needs.
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Modi, Rahul Gandhi, and Djokovic — what liberals miss

Praveen Chakravarty -
The Djokovic episode is a real-life dilemma of moral philosophy that will be cited as a case study for future philosophy courses.
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Indians flout traffic rules because ‘everyone does it’. Road safety should be a public good

Anirudh Tagat -
According to a report published at the Indian Public Policy Review, the Motor Vehicles Act amendment might just be 'ink on paper'.
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Modi govt will have to wait on All India Judicial Services. Top judiciary main opposition

Sanjeev Chopra -
AIJS aims to draw better talent to the district and subordinate judiciary but the higher judiciary does not want to give assertion over the lower courts.
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Defence ministry’s PMA policy is protectionism. Indian-made arms need export market

Lt General Prakash Menon -
The increase in momentum of 'self-reliance' projects by the defence ministry is palpable. But it can't be successful as a standalone initiative.
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O.P. Nayyar, the untrained musical genius who was more than just a hit machine

Rajiv Vijayakar -
O.P. Nayyar was considered the biggest threat to Shankar-Jaikishan by the late 1950s. And though he and Lata Mangeshkar admired each other, they never collaborated.
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Helicopter, transport pilots missing in IAF top ranks. It is a fighter-dominated Service

Shorya Sood -
AVM Mohey is the first helicopter pilot to be appointed Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training, in nearly three decades. IAF needs policy change.
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Be it Congress, BJP, AAP—women’s question in India is a partisan issue. And that’s not so bad

Shruti Kapila -
India's woman question tests party imagination. Congress's focus on Nirbhaya, Unnao rape victim, and BJP's Uniform Civil Code show how.
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Was Djokovic a health risk in Australia? What did the country’s govt gain from his deportation

Therese Raphael -
A federal court in Australia Sunday upheld the government’s decision to revoke the tennis player's visa, ending a 10-day saga in on the issue.
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File photo of pedestrians walking down a road in Shanghai on the day of the Lunar New Year last year. | Photo: Qilai Shen | Bloomberg

Ladakh standoff cost China more. Look at its ‘chocolate soldiers’, big tech failure

Ashok Kumar -
Despite a host of ‘peace agreements’ over the last 3 decades, China’s costs have been mostly intangible but intensely damaging and acute.
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan waves to his supporters at a rally on 21 March 2021 in Kochi | Twitter| @vijayanpinarayi

With Silverline railway project, Pinarayi Vijayan’s makeover as middle-class messiah is complete

Video games have been linked to addiction and mental health issues | Representational image | Pixabay

Why $69 billion Activision deal could be a blunder for Microsoft

Economy

File photo of Mukesh Ambani | Photographer: Prodip Guha/Getty Images via Bloomberg

Reliance buys robotics startup Addverb for Rs 1,000 crore to fuel tech ambitions

Saritha Rai -
Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest person, is investing in technology as competition from rivals such as Amazon intensifies in India’s booming e-commerce market.

Defence

File photo of IAF drone seen flying in Leh on 18 Nov 2020 | ANI

Indian firm gets foothold in prized global ‘kamikaze’ and armed drones market

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Global demand for loitering munition & armed drones saw a jump after Azerbaijan was able to defeat superior Armenian armed forces in 2020 with the help of these systems.

National Interest

Illustration by Soham Sen | ThePrint

Read my lips, I’m hurting, says Pakistan’s National Security Policy. What it means for India

Shekhar Gupta -
The new policy is mostly chaff, but it reveals the most inward-looking Pakistan in 3 decades. It needs breathing space, and is realising loss of stature and friendship with US.

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