Make Planning Fashionable Again

Indian Economy

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-04 OPINION Relevant for: Indian Economy Topic: Issues relating to Planning Economic planning is not considered fashionable today. Nevertheless, contemporary economic debates will have much to gain by revisiting the ideas on planning, championed in particular by Jawaharlal Nehru. As is well known, India under Nehru’s leadership inaugurated a strategy for…

The Boundaries Of Ethics

Science & Technology

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-04 OPINION Relevant for: Science & Technology Topic:Biotechnology, Genetics & Health related developments In this Oct. 10, 2018, photo, scientist He Jiankui speaks during an interview in Shenzhen in southern China’s Guandong province. China’s government on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, ordered a halt to work by a medical team that…

Tariff truce: on u.s.-china trade war

International Relations

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-04 OPINION Relevant for: International Relations Topic: World Trade Organisation (WTO) The global trade war has come to a welcome pause. On the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires over the weekend, the U.S. and Chinese Presidents, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, agreed to a 90-day truce. The two…

Trump Writes To Imran, Seeks Help In Afghan Talks

International Relations

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-04 OPINION Relevant for: International Relations Topic: Effect of policies and politics of developed countries on India’s interests Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump has written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, seeking Islamabad’s support in securing a “negotiated settlement” to the war in Afghanistan.…