The labour codes reveal less consultation and more government assertion at the expense of workers.
The response of firms towards the corporate social responsibility guidelines and its impact on the funding of Sustainable Development Goals is investigated.
Does India Negotiate? by Karthik Nachiappan, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2019; pp 238, ` 1,295 (hardcover).
What impact the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown has had on the spread of the virus in Class 1 cities of India is discussed using an interrupted time series model. Four variants of the susceptible–infected–recovered models are used to develop a counterfactual...
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What impact the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown has had on the spread of the virus in Class 1 cities of India is discussed using an interrupted time series model. Four variants of the susceptible–infected–...
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The crisis of COVID-19 vaccines in India is a consequence of government policies dating back decades. Private foundations led by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have engineered a shift in...
The government’s narrative on vaccination should reflect sincerity, truth and transparency.
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In granting EUA to vaccines, both urgency and adherence to protocol should be taken into consideration.
