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UPSC Headquarters in New Delhi on August 16, 2014. File photo: R. V. Moorthy

Subservience over Efficiency: The Prime Minister & Civil Service 'Reforms'

Jawhar Sircar

One consistent undercurrent that directs the actions of the four-year old Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Union government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the systematic dismantling of institutions that have been vital components of India’s democratic and executive functions. Despite a compelling argument to ...

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The dialysis unit at South Central Railway's Central Hospital in Lallaguda. Photo: Special Arrangement / The Hindu.

Consumer Protection Act 2019 and Health Care Services

S. Rajendran

The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (CPA), which came into effect on July 24, 2020, is expected to go a long way in serving the ...

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An overflowing sewer in New Delhi on July 22, 2020. Photo: Sandeep Saxena

Sewage Testing as a Pandemic Monitoring Tool

Nitya Jacob

A common challenge faced by governments across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic is to identify patients affected by the ...

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Migrant workers from other States, desperate to return to their homes, walk through rail tracks towards a train station in Ahmedabad, India, on May 11, 2020. File Photo: AP

Pandemic Exposes Weaknesses in India’s Disaster Management Response

Sumit Chaturvedi

Disasters are testing times for institutions and individuals, processes and procedures, and policies and their implementation ...

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With no electricity, a boy charges his mobile using solar power to attend his online class in Bormarjong village in Assam on June 11, 2020. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar

A Reality Check on India’s Search for Digital Utopia

Preeti Mudliar

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the persistent digital divide afflicting rural India owing to poor and insufficient internet ...

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Indian Police Service probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in Hyderabad. File Photo: The Hindu.

The leadership has failed to rein in the police: A.P. Durai

S. Rajendran

Of late, India’s police forces have made headlines for wrong reasons, such as extra-judicial killings and custodial deaths. What ...

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Bonded labourers leaving a brick kiln in Karnataka. File Photo: The Hindu Photo Archives

Ensuring Zero Tolerance for all Forms of Forced Labour

Richard Ebenezer

Images of countless migrant workers either painfully trekking back to their villages of origin often with children in tow, or ...

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