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Debt market friction

A slow recovery will increase credit risk

Managing the WHO

US is correct about WHO errors, wrong to defund it

Commercialising space

It's a wake-up call for newcomers such as India

Amid dire economic forecasts, an urgent govt response is awaited

An economic relief package from the govt is overdue

Covid in India and the world

The growth in cases in India is high compared with other nations

Focus on gradual resumption

Govt should consider the suggestions made by DPIIT

Unify the labour market

Time to end divisions between permanent and contract workers

Trouble for NBFCs

Repayment moratorium should be extended to NBFCs

The next steps

Lockdown has helped, but testing must be scaled up

The climate 'dividend'

Lockdown highlights the criticality of climate change agenda

Good, on paper

Govt's moves on farm marketing are difficult to implement

Focusing multilateral money

World Bank and IMF must step up to protect pvt sector, govts

The side effects

Time to focus on unintended consequences of Covid-19

The job protection diktat

Govt must pay for a part of the wage cost

Exuberant irrationality

Discourage non-scientific ideas of fighting Covid-19

Better late than never

Lockdown should be lifted with care

Monsoon cheer

India must grab some of the space vacated by China

Need for more

Relief for the poor is welcome, but only a beginning

Corona confusion

Enforcement of lockdown should be sensible

Enough of chest-thumping

Lockdown can't be a substitute for quick action in other areas