Modi Govt Keeps Financial Deal with Bharat Biotech Secret; Covaxin Among World’s Costliest Vaccines
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Modi Govt Keeps Financial Deal with Bharat Biotech Secret; Covaxin Among World’s Costliest Vaccines

ByAniket Aga and Chitrangada Choudhury

The supply of Covaxin—one of the world’s cheapest vaccines by investment but among the costliest in the market—is marred by shortages. The financial details of the deal are secret, production capacity is unclear and royalties to the government are likely underpaid.

The Policeman and the General are Now India’s Theoreticians of Democracy and Human Rights
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The Policeman and the General are Now India’s Theoreticians of Democracy and Human Rights

BySiddharth Varadarajan

The past week has seen two stalwarts of the Narendra Modi regime – National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat – make up new theories on the hoof to justify violations of the rule of law in the name of the greater good of the nation.

Tripura Police Stood By and Let Violence Happen – Now it’s Silencing Those Who Dare Speak of it
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Tripura Police Stood By and Let Violence Happen – Now it’s Silencing Those Who Dare Speak of it

ByApoorvanand

Indian Muslims and Christians have been forced into psychological and political isolation. Hate against minorities is part of the BJP’s ideology, but what about our police, our civil administration, our judiciary? Do they exist to facilitate the politics and project of the BJP?

Forest Conservation Act: How the Proposed Changes are Likely to Make Our Climate Change Goals Unachievable
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Forest Conservation Act: How the Proposed Changes are Likely to Make Our Climate Change Goals Unachievable

ByGauri Anand

The proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act are not only antithetical to the Forest Rights Act, but are likely to delay achieving India’s commitments on climate change.

Five Years Later, it’s Even More Clear that Demonetisation was a Disaster for India
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Five Years Later, it’s Even More Clear that Demonetisation was a Disaster for India

ByNeeraj Jain

The BJP claims that demonetisation showed the resolve of the government to fight black money and corruption, and the travails faced by the people due to it were a small sacrifice for the gains of demonetisation. An examination of these claims made by the BJP, and the real impact of demonetisation on the economy.