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World should learn the right lessons from India's Covid-19 cataclysm

All nations should now understand that vaccines work and that interfering with their supply is dangerous.

Easier said than done but India should buy Chinese Covid-19 vaccines

There cannot be a bigger national interest right now than saving Indians from avoidable death.

India must start its road to economic recovery with aggressive spending

Well-executed policy measures will help meet the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic.

Inflation debate hits emerging markets as Pimco backs economic rebound

Heavyweights including Brazil, China and India will report inflation data this week against a backdrop of quickening growth that's being fueled by months of easy money and fiscal largess

Time for India to rethink health insurance as Covid rips apart safety nets

Insurance plan launched two years ago to help over 107 million people hasn't improved access to health care, say Duke University researchers.

Covid-19: Depleting savings, falling incomes leave millions poor in India

Many economists are cutting their forecasts for the current fiscal year as rising unemployment and dwindling savings dim the chances of a double-digit growth

Challenged by regional rivals, Modi has to show he can make federalism work

Federalism is now the primary axis of Indian politics--and the location of the biggest crises of governance.

Banning Aussies in India from returning home a new low for Scott Morrison

Does he really need to use India as a prop to demonstrate Australia's virility at this moment?

Everyone is battling coronavirus in India, except the state

Pandemic is a reminder of why even a dynamic private sector needs a state that can support its efforts.

Google's ad resurgence makes Alphabet best investment bet among tech giants

Alphabet reports first-quarter revenue of $45.6 billion excluding traffic acquisition costs, up 35% from a year earlier.

In a nation of inequalities, India's vaccine strategy is bad economics

Free, universal access to inoculation could prepare India better for a third Covid-19 resurgence.

Medical oxygen is key to Covid fight, but once it used to be quack remedy

Supplemental oxygen makes the difference between life and death for many Covid-19 patients.

India didn't plan; now Covid spike is sucking the oxygen out of its people

People risk not having access to a life-saving element as country struggles to cope with nearly 300,000 new daily coronavirus cases.

Raging Covid-19 pandemic isn't going to free up middle seats on planes

The risk of catching the virus onboard drops by 57% when middle seats are left unoccupied on planes, according to a recent study

Don't write off China's Covid-19 vaccines: World needs them as cases surge

While more than 848 million doses have been administered, countries with the highest incomes are getting vaccinated 25 times faster than those with the lowest

India's Covid vaccination drive hangs in balance, and so does the world's

When the pandemic ends, it will be with the tremendous assistance of India's pharmaceutical industry.

India's Covid crisis stems from arrogance, hyper-nationalism, incompetence

Regulatory uncertainty, bullying, and contempt for legitimate profit-making is familiar to every entrepreneur in India.

India is vulnerable to climate change, should join the race to net zero

If rises to challenge, it can serve as a model for other developing countries

Topsy-turvy world: Nations like India can't take sides in US-China cold war

The world has changed beyond recognition since the time when think-tanks parroted theories about the 'domino effect', writes Pankaj Mishra.

Too many companies are banking on carbon capture to reach net zero

The UN Principles for Responsible Investment estimates that some 42 companies announced net-zero targets in 2019