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Tracing the highly segmented nature of inflation in countries like India -- where dualisms such as the earnings differential between Dalits and upper castes, organised and unorganised labour persist -- Rathin Roy makes the case for crafting inflation control policy with citizen welfare, rather than some abstract notion of macroeconomic stabilisation, in mind. Read it here
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Aaakar Patel traces the steady rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the 1950s to date and concludes that given India’s electoral structure, its dominance is set to continue. Read it here
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The second edit says the serial on-board crises in Air India and GoAir point to the need for more robust training for cabin and ground crew. Read it here
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