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Letter to BS: It may take another 50 years to stop plastic's usage

Man, though gifted with brilli­ance, is cursed with the lack of farsightedness

Letter to BS: Extending moratorium will make it harder for everyone

Tinkering with the NPA norms will merely push the problem to a later date

Letter to BS: Data privacy is a big concern with Chinese tech firms

It is not that the concern is less with the tech giants of other countries, but then they are not government puppets

Nitish loses his cool over criticism on poor handling of the pandemic

Earlier, state Health Minister Mangal Pandey was at the receiving end of his wrath, and he promptly passed the blame on to the PS, accusing him of insubordination

The vaccine race

Govt must strike early deals with front-runners

Capital crunch

Structural problems in banking system would affect recovery

Letter to BS: Govt needs to act fast for a rational strategy for Covid

With surging number of corona positives and some states admitting that the virus has attained community-level transmission

Sidhu writes to CM Amarinder, says his constituency is being ignored

He did make some noise in March this year, when he launched his YouTube channel, Jittega Punjab

Health budget: Delhi, Mumbai spent more on tertiary than primary healthcare

Delhi spent 80% of its Rs 8,200 crore health budget in 2017-18, compared to 75% of its Rs 6,519 crore health budget in 2015-16

How tech start-ups are working to solve problems, challenges of agri sector

Themes such as farm-to-fork, factory-to-farm, financing and mechanisation enablers will be of significant interest in the coming months

The family way

Dynastic governance constrains India Inc

Retail at risk

Small investors should listen to Sebi chairman's advice

Members in rebel Cong leader Sachin Pilot's camp urge him to float a party

Some others in the Congress have started to quip that a new party would be Sachin's "pilot project" and it may struggle to take off

Letter to BS: Govt should introduce laws to protect personal information

Facebook and other firms are accused of using users' personal data for political campaigns

Letter to BS: Congress will have to go back to people, take up their issues

Congress leaders, starting with the Gandhis, have failed to use the last six years to reconnect with the people

Letter to BS: Time has come to banish obnoxious culture of resort politics

It speaks poorly of our elected representatives and is a grim pointer to the distortions in the political party structures

Letter to BS: Hope Oxford Covid-19 vaccine put an end to our misery

There is something to rejoice as Serum Institute of India has entered into a manufacturing partnership with AstraZeneca once the vaccine trial is successful

Letter to BS: Defence infrastructure needs to be improved in border areas

Apart from the troubles in the northeastern and northwestern borders, another problem seems to be emerging down south

Letter to BS: Pandemic has forced reforms in judicial system, other areas

When the average age of the judges is 50 plus, reluctance to pursue changes will surface

UP BJP MLA embarrassed own party by saying the state govt is most corrupt

This is not the first time Prakash has questioned this government