April 2022

Putin’s war sets India on a diplomatic tightrope
National interest rather than a moralistic stance should guide our response to the Ukraine crisis
By Dr. Ajit Ranade,
01 March, 2022, Mint
Link:
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/a-new-stress-test-awaits-india-as-it-walks-the-diplomatic-tightrope-11646065556385.html
 
How damaging is freezing CB assets?
Not much. Just that the CB is not able to manipulate currency markets
By Prof. Ajay Shah,
06 March, 2022, Business Standard
Link:
https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/how-damaging-is-freezing-cb-assets-122030600999_1.html
 
Societal norms and women’s low labour force presence
Post-agrarian countries often see a U-shaped pattern but our ratio of working women has just been falling
By Dr. Ajit Ranade,
08 March, 2022, Mint
Link:
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/societal-norms-and-women-s-low-labour-force-presence-11646670066249.html
 
Three problems for world economy
US monetary policy, China and Russia are three difficulties impacting the world economy, together
By Prof. Ajay Shah,
21 March, 2022, Business Standard
Link:
https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/three-problems-for-world-economy-122032000878_1.html
 
Why Wang Yi’s ruse must not work in Delhi
Relationships, trade don’t exist in silos. Border violations are incompatible with bilateral bonhomie
By Amb. Gautam Bambawale
22 March, 2022, The Times of India
Link:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/why-wang-yis-ruse-must-not-work-in-delhi-relationships-trade-dont-exist-in-silos-border-violations-are-incompatible-with-bilateral-bonhomie/
 
A spill-out of lurking inflation shouldn’t be a surprise
Inflation near 8% may seem unusual for America but this is the expected if late outcome of a flush of new money created that went chasing assets and inflating various asset-price bubbles.
By Dr. Ajit Ranade,
25 March, 2022, Mint
Link:
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/a-spill-out-of-lurking-inflation-shouldn-t-be-a-surprise-11648141532660.html
 
Interview: ‘China does not want to mend fences with India’
Amb Gautam Bambawale’s interview by Ms. Archana Masih
29 March, 2022, Rediff
Link:
https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/gautam-bambawale-china-does-not-want-to-mend-fences-with-india/20220329.htm
 
Why it’s time to give tariff commission more teeth
A review of the operations of the TC shows that for effective operations, a revived commission needs to be empowered in terms of its existing tasks as well as the new responsibilities that would be decided for it.
By Dr. Vijay Kelkar,
29 March, 2022, The Economic Times
Link:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/why-its-time-to-give-indias-tariff-commission-more-teeth/articleshow/90504046.cms
 
 
Recent articles in Loksatta by Dr. Jaydev Panchwagh, Member, PIC:
 
गाठ… मेंदूतील गाठींशी!
मेंदूशी संबंधित आजारांनवर शस्त्रक्रिया कर्ण्यसाठी आज अत्यंत उत्कृष्ट तंत्रज्ञान उपलब्ध आहे पण त्यासाठी गरज अस्ते ती त्या आजरांची लक्षणं वेेळेवर ओळखता येण्याची. अर्थात या उत्कृष्ठ तंत्रज्ञानपर्यंंत पोहोचण्याचि वाटदेखिल काही कमी खडतर नव्हती
14 March, 2022, Loksatta
Link:
https://epaper.loksatta.com/3411929/loksatta-pune/14-03-2022#page/8/1
 
न्यूरोसर्जरीचा आघ आचार्य- हार्वे कुशिंग
रक्तदाबाचं मापन, ग्रंथींचा अभ्यास, रुग्णालयाचें व्यवस्थापन असे नाना घ्यास असलेले डॉक्टर कुशिंग मेंदूशल्यचिकित्सक म्हणूूनही मोठेच..
28 March, 2022, Loksatta
Link:
https://epaper.loksatta.com/3425665/loksatta-pune/28-03-2022#page/8/2