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TopicJean Dreze

Topic: Jean Dreze

Economist Jean Dreze is campaigning for this electrician-turned-activist contesting Bihar poll

Shanker Arnimesh -
Activist Sanjay Sahni from Bihar's Ratnauli village has been working towards ensuring employment to MNREGA workers.

What an ‘urban NREGA’ should look like

Shivam Vij -
Having eaten humble pie on NREGA, time for Narendra Modi to seriously consider Jean Dreze’s terrific proposal for urban employment.

Amartya Sen & Jean Drèze are Left heroes but it would be wrong to call them simple statists

Jaithirth Rao -
Amartya Sen’s emphatic plea for liberating Indian entrepreneurship has not received attention. Neither has Jean Drèze’s concerns over a hostile state.

Economist Jean Dreze detained by Jharkhand police, released later

Simrin Sirur -
Dreze and the two activists of Right to Food campaign were detained for allegedly organising a meeting without permission.

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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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