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Manish Tewari is a lawyer and a former Union minister. The views expressed are personal. Twitter handle @manishtewari

TV grab taken from the World Health Organization website shows WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as he delivers a news briefing on COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) from the WHO headquarters in Geneva on March 30, 2020. (AFP)

Covid-19 is this century's global inflection point

In the post-Covid-19 world the institutions of global governance would have to be revisited and remodelled

31 March 2020 11:56 AM IST

The RBI draws its powers from several Indian statutes, the most significant of them being the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. (AFP)

The design of RBI limits its abilities

The time has come to repeal the central bank's antiquated 1934 legal architecture

15 March 2020 10:37 PM IST

A book value in a sense represents a historical cost, or the purchase cost adjusted for depreciation while market value is the true value of the enterprise that can be realised in the open market.

The govt's grand garage sale of Air India

The book value of an enterprise can be markedly different from its market value.

1 March 2020 4:21 AM IST

Finally, this resulted in the mad rush among the people for cover and they came forward in big numbers to buy expiring LIC products.

India's public sector is going downhill

PSUs not only play a pivotal role in the economy, but also contribute overall to nation building.

16 Feb 2020 4:52 AM IST

Indian economic growth has steadily slowed to a six-year low of 5.0 per cent in the April-June quarter from an 8.1 per cent peak in the January-March quarter of 2018.

Budget 2020: India is cruising for a bruising

Unemployment is rising sharply, consumption, savings and investment are down and inflation is rearing its ugly head...

2 Feb 2020 6:39 AM IST

General Qasem Soleimani (Photo: AP)

Soleimani was the glue of Resistance Axis

The contested lands now labeled as the Palestine question were once a part of Ottoman Syria.

19 Jan 2020 5:11 AM IST

Supporters of the Bhim Army (above) take part in a march demanding the release of their leader Chandrasekhar Azad and protest against the amended Citizenship Act, NRC and NPR in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo: PRITAM BANDYOPADHYAY)

The link between NPR & NRC is obvious

Not only is the link between the NPR and the NRC very obvious, but the BJP-led government's ideological commitment to it...

5 Jan 2020 2:53 AM IST

Students and local residents protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act outside Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: Asian Age)

CAA, NRC will complete divide & rule agenda

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the founder of Aligarh Muslim University's initial conception of India, was plaited with secular...

22 Dec 2019 12:05 AM IST

The National Register of Citizenship phenomena, therefore, looks different, smells different and feels different.

Is othering a people the object of NRC?

The general census while counting people on the basis of religion in addition to other indices has not stressed upon...

8 Dec 2019 7:04 AM IST

Indian law provides senior citizens with certain basic rights, including the right to maintenance by children and relatives; the right to proper medical aid; the right to social security and integrity; the right to old-age pensions and other related benefits; and the right not to be exploited or ill-treated by others.

Bring seniors back into policy discourse

The most conjoint disability among the aged persons is locomotor and visual disability.

24 Nov 2019 7:05 AM IST

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. (Photo: AFP)

Unpacking Fascism's biggity architecture

The principal focus of Fascist architecture was public buildings and boulevards.

11 Nov 2019 12:32 AM IST

Airlines pay several charges to airport operators, both private airports and Airport Authority of India-operated airports, for landing, parking, route navigation and royalty. (Representational image)

Maharajah can rule, given a fair chance

The sell-off effort was revived again by the NDA/BJP government in 2017 but found no takers

27 Oct 2019 12:14 AM IST