Best of BS Opinion: Beijing's 'aatma nirbharta', Covid-19 crisis, and more

Today’s opinion page underlines the fact that the fallout from the pandemic, China’s rising power and climate change remain the focus of global concerns even as the US heads for one of its most consequential post-war elections. Kanika Datta sums up the views.
 

As the pandemic slows demand, states are curtailing expenditure to stay within fiscal deficit targets. A K Bhattacharya argues that the states may be served better by examining ways to raise more tax and non-tax revenues. Read it here
 

Variable reporting and testing standards for Covid-19 among India’s states obscure the bigger picture and could