India needs to examine all aspects of the technology before it joins the bandwagon. American Internet pioneer Vincent Cerf correctly cautions: “Blockchain technology is supposed to be the aspirin of the computing world. Please do not believe it. It is not true.”
If nations do not mount a strenuous response against climate change, average global temperatures, which have already crossed 1°C, are likely to cross the 1.5°C mark around 2040. The window of opportunity to take action is very small and closing fast.
As Mr. Putin came calling two years on in October 2018, the shadow of America again loomed over the summit, in New Delhi. The question that dominated the meet was whether or not the deal for the Russian air defence missile system, the S-400, would go through.
Amongst a host of recommendations concerning aspects of privacy and consent definitions, the report of the Justice Srikrishna Committee (JSKC) appears to be generating considerable debate and views around its Clause 40 on data ownership.
The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found that a more than 1.5°C warming will be precarious, and a 2°C rise would be catastrophic.
The farmer and his income is an important theme of discussion these days. A lot is being discussed on ways to increasing, and doubling, the farmers’ incomes by the year 2022.
President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement had created a lot of uncertainty, with the US being a major carbon emitter. A successful GCAS 2018 will now help reassure the international community that this will not decelerate the “decarbonisation” movement.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) has now been launched. As the focus shifts from policy guidelines to implementation, sceptics may wonder if this time will be truly different.
In India, the better institutions of higher education tend to prepare graduates for their first job or vocation. But this is of limited merit in a world where a person is expected to change vocations and re-skill herself six times over a career.
The rupee is currently not even in the top 10 traded currencies. There is no magic wand to making the rupee appreciate. But institutional resistance against rupee convertibility should be overturned.
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