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Covid prediction model shows virus is washing through India population — CSIR’s Shekhar Mande

At ThePrint’s Off The Cuff, Shekhar Mande talks about India’s mathematical supermodel for Covid-19, pandemic impact on low-income and high-income countries, and 'Feluda'.

‘There is need to idiot-proof everything’ — Gulzar says climate of fear looms over art today

At ThePrint’s Off The Cuff, Gulzar talks about his new book 'A Poem a Day', a compilation of 365 poems by by 279 poets in 34 languages from India.

Protests against farm laws rooted in govt’s ‘communication failure’, say agri experts

At ThePrint’s Off The Cuff, three agricultural experts, Siraj Hussain, Ashok Gulati & Mekhala Krishnamurthy, weigh in on the contentious farm laws and the farmers’ protests.

Congress cannot afford to become BJP-lite, says Shashi Tharoor

At ThePrint’s Off The Cuff, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor says party will end up becoming ‘Congress Zero’ if it tries to emulate BJP. He also said the post-liberalisation Congress has not been left of centre.

Indian response to Chinese aggression in Ladakh has been very good, says scholar Ashley Tellis

New Delhi: India’s response to Chinese aggression in eastern Ladakh has been very good so far even though it got off to a bad...

Best for India to vaccinate health staff first to beat Covid, health expert Devi Sridhar says

In ThePrint’s Off The Cuff, Devi Sridhar says vaccines are not the ‘the fairytale ending’ to this pandemic, but it’s only a part of the strategy to fight the virus.

Demonetisation, GST, lockdown sans relief dealt body blow to Indian economy — Raghuram Rajan

At ThePrint's OTC, the former RBI governor said if huge levels of debt and financial distress hold back the economy, it will be a lost decade for growth.

It could take 3 years before whole world is vaccinated against Covid, Dr Faheem Younus says

At ThePrint's OTC, Dr Faheem Younus, Chief of Infectious Diseases at University of Maryland UCH, reflected on Covid vaccine race, development of treatments & South Asia's unique situation.

India can grow at 10% but import substitution policy could hurt that, Arvind Panagariya says

Arvind Panagariya backs Modi govt’s decision to not go in for fiscal expansionary policy, says funds will be needed for demand stimulus and bank recapitalisation.

China may have ‘underestimated’ strength of Indian reaction, FT’s Gideon Rachman says

At ThePrint's OTC, Financial Times chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman says Beijing has alienated a very large neighbour that is India.

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Ghatkopar hoarding collapse a typical Mumbai disaster—too many civic bodies, no one to blame

As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?