Best of BS Opinion: India's health check, time for caution, and more

Here are the best of BS Opinion pieces of the day

The findings of the fifth edition of the National Family Health Survey point to new demographic challenges that urgently need focused policy responses in a shortening window of opportunity, the top edit argues. Read it here

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Jaimini Bhagwati says the government needs to understand that India’s foreign policy options are circumscribed by its relatively inadequate economic size and technological capabilities. Read it here

Harsh V Pant and Kriti M. Shah write that the Taliban has been an insurgency group for decades, but in an ironic twist they must now demonstrate their counter-insurgency capabilities as IS-K violence rages across the country. Read it here

The second edit explains why a combination of high valuations, smart money pulling back, and the end of base effects should induce a degree of caution in domestic individual investors in the stock markets. Read it here

QUOTE OF THE DAY

 

‘What can we do if people are feeling so sensitive?’

 

Dehi High Court Judge Yashwant Varma dismissing the plea to ban Salman Khurshid’s book