AIR POLLUTION. How Can We Tackle It? Inhaling polluted air is not fair! Spread solution, not pollution! Air is the Earth’s atmosphere. When Earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago from a hot mix of gases and solids, it had almost no atmosphere. The surface was molten. As...
GLOBAL WARMING We all thought we were on the ‘unsinkable Titanic’ even when we were sailing straight towards the ‘iceberg’. We are facing one of the biggest crises that humanity has faced till date—global warming. We experience its adversities increasingly each year. Each new year becomes...
Dr.Devinder Sharma’s interview with EconPrism (April 2022), a student newsletter of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, (IGIDR) Mumbai: Currently India is facing intense inflation, as the inflation rate has touched the upper limit of RBI's tolerance band i.e., ~6%. Since, the weightage of food in...
India has a lot to learn from the way economic policies are undergoing a change in America. At a time when socialism for the corporate is the reigning mantra, the US President Joe Biden showed tremendous political courage to ensure that the billionaires pay their fair...
29th April 2022 After the unfortunate incident at Patiala yesterday, things seem to be on the mend. But are these people attention seekers, or some selfish elements looking for security detail to flaunt as a status symbol, now that the state government has started withdrawing security...
Punjab needs a double engine economy After a decisive people’s mandate, which was basically a verdict for change, the challenges it brings for the new Punjab government are enormous. While the expectations are huge, and given the precarious fiscal situation that Punjab finds itself in, there...