Fleeting relief: On slide in retail inflation Food prices still bite even as fresh pressures could weigh on inflationApril 15, 2024 For the first time in five months, India’s retail inflation slid below the 5% mark in March, to 4.85%. While it constituted only a marginal easing from the 5.1% recorded in February, this was
Finality and justice: On the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation caseDMRC dispute flags need for arbitrators to be more mindful of fact and lawApril 12, 2024 The Supreme Court of India has used its extraordinary powers to set aside its own judgment of 2021 and relieve the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) of an exorbitant burden
Gross mismanagement: On TB drug shortages and India’s national TB programmeIndia is falling behind in efforts to control tuberculosis April 10, 2024 With less than two years left to achieve the ambitious goal set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018 to “eliminate” TB in India, the pharmacy of the Global South is once again struggling
Escalation ladder: on Israel’s offensive, and the danger aheadThe U.S. must rein in Israel, and Iran must show restraint April 6, 2024 The April 1 attack on an annex of the Iranian embassy in Damascus was a major point of escalation in the multifaceted conflict that has been spreading across West Asia since October 7, 2023.