opinion
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A deadly wave
Abdul Sattar
A virulent second wave of the coronavirus continues to play havoc with the lives of Indians, ravaging cities after cities and towns after towns. More than 15000 people perished in a matter of a...
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Killing of a child
Dave Lindorff
Any police killing of a child – whatever the excuse – is a tragedy. But this racial discrepancy in terms of which kids are getting blown away by cops is worse than a tragedy, it is an...
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Policies on vaccine sharing
Will Bunch
The response from the Biden administration to India’s desperate pleas – not to mention global demands for patent waivers that could speed the flow of vaccines to less-developed nations – has...
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Moment of truth
Khurram Mateen
There’s always room for compromise in politics. But sometimes a U-turn is not an option – you have to decide between two parallel paths, and both have their own pitfalls. This is the dilemma the...
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Higher education reforms
Atta-ur-Rahman
The single most important factor that determines the quality of both undergraduate and postgraduate education is the quality of faculty. At present, only about 25 percent of the faculty members in...
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Justice for Black Americans
S Qaisar Shareef
On April 20, a 12-person jury in Minneapolis gave its verdict in the trial of police officer Derek Chauvin. The jury rendered a guilty verdict on all three counts in the murder of George...