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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 12:24:00 +0530

Overseas investment by Indian companies dips 42% to $1.45 bn in Dec: RBI

In November 2020, the total outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) was of $1.06 billion, down by 27 per cent from a month ago period

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:43:00 +0530

India's GDP to contract 8% in fiscal year 2021, says FICCI Survey

India's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to contract by 8 per cent in 2020-21, according FICCI

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 07:01:00 +0530

UN expects India's economy to recover by 7.3% post-Covid-19 impact

India's GDP growth was forecast to dip in 2022 calendar year to 5.9 per cent, according to the report

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:29:00 +0530

India's aim of doubling renewable power by 2022 gets foreign backers' boost

For investments to rise more, though, the country may need to fix its ailing power distribution sector

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:03:00 +0530

Indian IT spend to rise 6.8%, reach $88.8 bn in Calendar 2021: Gartner

Spending fell 2.7% in 2020 with focus only on 'mission-critical' tech & services during early stages of pandemic; worldwide spending pegged at $3.9 trillion in 2021, up 6.2%

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 06:35:00 +0530

Top headlines: Direct tax compliance may ease, RBI open to digital currency

Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:19:00 +0530

Govt considers easing rules to attract FDI in construction sector: Report

Existing rules include a three year lock-in period before exiting

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:42:00 +0530

Budget Byte: Banks' non-performing assets likely to bulge in 2021

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0530

Budget 2021 may show Centre's fiscal deficit at 5.5% of GDP for FY22

The significant shortfall in receipts is likely to lead to the doubling of fiscal deficit to an estimated 6.9 per cent of GDP in FY21

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:43:00 +0530

GST shortfall: FinMin releases weekly instalment of Rs 6,000 cr to states

This takes the total amount of fund released to Rs 78,000 crore

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 18:50:00 +0530

IMF revises India growth forecast, sees GDP shrinking at sharper 8% in FY21

Expects economy to grow 11.5% next year, which could slightly correct govt's fiscal mathematics

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 14:57:00 +0530

Goa govt making efforts to resume mining, says Governor Koshyari

The Goa government is making continuous efforts to resume mining in a systematic manner, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari said on Monday

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:07:00 +0530

Job losses from virus four times as bad as 2009 global financial crisis: UN

The pandemic severely disrupted the global economy

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:53:00 +0530

Budget Byte: Imports grow after 9 months, signal consumption recovery

This daily series of graphs provides context to some of the critical issues relating to the Union Budget on February 1

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:33:00 +0530

RBI proposals to restrict land financing by NBFCs: India Ratings Report

The Reserve Bank's proposals on restricting specific real estate funding by NBFCs will affect land financing by them, the report said

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:55:00 +0530

Indian Railways drops extra charges for large goods moving through DFCs

This is a significant shift because the restrictive goods consignment dimensions are cited as one of the reasons for the falling utility of rail freight

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:51:00 +0530

RBI's NBFC paper silent on liquidity management, says India Ratings

The paper has not said whether the cash reserve ratio (CRR) and statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) will be applicable to upper layers of NBFCs

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Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:02:00 +0530

Gujarat HC serves notice on Centre over interest on delayed payments

Earlier, the GST Council had decided that interest up to 18 per cent would be levied only on delayed payment through cash ledger and not via input tax credit

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:48:00 +0530

Indian economy may contract by 9.6% in 2020, grow at 7.3% in 2021: UN

In 2020, the world economy shrank by 4.3%, over two and half times more than during the global financial crisis of 2009The modest recovery of 4.7% expected in 2021 would barely offset the losses of 20

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:59:00 +0530

Gadkari calls for research to explore cheaper options to cement, steel

This comes amid rising steel prices in the country

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:03:00 +0530

Migration from cash-based economy to digital is a work in progress: RBI

Still a long road ahead, especially across Tier III-VI) and societal cross-sections (senior citizens, migrant workers), apex bank in booklet on Payment Systems

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:54:00 +0530

Economy has regained dynamism, showing faster recovery: President Kovind

Kovind's remarks came amid the nearly nine-month-long military standoff with China in eastern Ladakh and the deadlock between the Centre and the farmer unions over the farm laws enacted in September.

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:57:00 +0530

Investment in upskilling can boost global GDP by $6.5 trillion by 2030: WEF

The investment can create 5.3 million new jobs by 2030, according to a World Economic Forum report

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:36:00 +0530

FDI in India rose by 13% in 2020 as inflows declined in major economies: UN

Foreign Direct Investment into India rose by 13% in 2020, boosted by interest in the digital sector, and while fund flows "declined most strongly" in major economies, the UN has said

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:46:00 +0530

Govt plans incentive for starting production early from auctioned mines

The mines ministry plans to do the same through amendment of the mining rules and has sought comments and suggestions from stakeholders on the same.

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 01:06:00 +0530

India witnesses highest growth in FDI in 2020 due to digital investments

On the other hand, fund flows "declined most strongly" in major economies such as the UK, the US and Russia due to the pandemic

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Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:02:00 +0530

Receipt of exports from third party must be declared upfront: Expert

We exported certain goods last year and received full payment. The buyer rejected a part of the consignment

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Wed, 27 Jan 2021 01:36:00 +0530

450 infrastructure projects show cost overruns of Rs 4.28 trillion: Report

Of the 1,687 such projects, 450 reported cost overruns and 558 were delayed

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:33:00 +0530

Enhanced trade partnership first step towards UK-India FTA: UK minister

Plans are expected to be further formalised during the visit of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to India in the coming months

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 13:30:00 +0530

India's corporate bond sales set to slow significantly after record year

Issuance will fall by 17 per cent to about 7.55 trillion rupees ($103.5 billion) this year, according to the median estimate of six of the nation's top debt arrangers

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:33:00 +0530

Singapore hopes to facilitate deeper partnership between ASEAN, India

Singapore hopes to facilitate a deeper partnership between the ASEAN and India that would be to everyone's benefit as deeper integration with the region would enable greater access to opportunities

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:55:00 +0530

Agri-NBFCs seek parity with banks, want inclusion in govt subsidy schemes

The government may consider including agri-NBFCs in all state supported subsidy schemes and programmes

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:33:00 +0530

RBI refutes reports of withdrawal of old Rs 100, Rs 10, Rs 5 notes

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday refuted reports of withdrawal of old series of Rs 100, Rs 10 and Rs 5 currency notes. "With regard to reports in certain sections of media on withdrawal of ol

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:50:00 +0530

Budget: Realtors expect subvention scheme, measures to boost demand

The housing market is reviving from the lows hit last year

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:47:00 +0530

Transport ministry okays green tax on vehicles over 8 years old: Gadkari

Proposal to go to states before notification; lower rate for public transport, EVs exempt

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Technology

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:33:00 +0000

Why a Psychiatrist Collected Premonitions

Sam Knight discusses his reporting on how a psychiatrist set out to collect the dreams and forebodings of the British public.

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:35:00 +0000

Fran Lebowitz Takes to the Streets

Pretend it’s a movement.

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Mon, 23 Oct 2017 08:00:00 +0000

The American Opioid Crisis

In Ohio, a view of the devastation on the ground captured by the photographer Philip Montgomery.

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:14:06 +0000

A Bold Proposal to Ease Child Poverty Is the Essence of Bidenomics

By targeting Americans that have been hit hardest by the pandemic, and also addressing lasting inequities, the new Administration is approaching this moment as one of great potential as well as great

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Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Republicans Against Impeachment Propose “Three Coup Attempts, You’re Out” Law

Insurrect me once, shame on you; insurrect me twice, shame on me; insurrect me three times, it’s time to have a serious talk about this,” the bill’s sponsor said.

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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Five Countries, Five Experiences of the Pandemic

Citizens from around the world share their coronavirus stories.

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Fri, 01 Jan 9999 00:00:00 +0000

The Firefighters Battling the Northern California Wildfires

Our 360 Video takes you inside the efforts to contain the disaster.

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Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:53:06 +0000

As the Vaccine Arrives, Death and Denial Rage in a California Coronavirus Epicenter

In the San Joaquin Valley, medical professionals fear that many in the public still fail to grasp the dangers of COVID-19.

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Mon, 08 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

The Fight for the Future of YouTube

The video giant’s recent travails underscore a basic question: How “neutral” should social-media platforms try to be?

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Tue, 18 Jun 2019 18:13:00 +0000

Why Socialism Is Back

There is a direct link from the Wall Street bailout to the Presidential campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

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Mon, 27 May 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Parenting by the Numbers

The economist Emily Oster challenges the conventional wisdom on child rearing.

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Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:55:03 +0000

How Getting Vaccinated Will (and Won’t) Change My Behavior

The shot will make me less worried about getting the virus—but I’ll still fear passing it on to others.

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Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking

Overreliance on artificial intelligence may put us in intellectual debt.

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Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake?

For a century, we’ve loved our cars. They haven’t loved us back.

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Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

The Origins of Video-Chat Voice

We sound strange on Zoom, Skype, and FaceTime. Why?

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0000

Bonus Daily Cartoon: Meanwhile at Mar-a-Lago

A meeting of the shadow Cabinet.

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Other Vaccines We Should Manufacture in 2021

Let’s unleash the pharmaceutical industry on societal ills that go way beyond the coronavirus.

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Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:46:22 +0000

Trump’s Been Unplugged. Now What?

The platforms have acted, raising hard questions about technology and democracy.

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Mon, 13 Nov 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Kid Inventors Tell All

Students between the ages of six and twelve offer sage advice at the National Invention Convention on solving real-world problems, big and small. Behold: the Blackberry Picker, Storibot, and the Chemo

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Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:16:00 +0000

How Cyber Weapons Are Changing the Landscape of Modern Warfare

Unlike conventional weapons, cyber weapons lend themselves to plausible deniability. How do you levy a threat when it’s not clear where an attack is coming from or who is responsible?

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Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:30:03 +0000

The Haunted Image of Harriet Tubman on the Twenty-Dollar Bill

A bill picturing the abolitionist was due to début in 2020, before Trump’s Treasury Department announced a lengthy delay.

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Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies

New “living drugs”—made from a patient’s own cells—can cure once incurable cancers. But can we afford them?

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Fri, 12 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000

The Causes and Consequences of Berlin’s Rapid Gentrification

The city’s reputation as a place where artists and creative types can afford to live as they please is eroding.

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Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast

The state loses a football field’s worth of land every hour and a half. Now engineers are in a race to prevent it from sinking into oblivion.

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Mon, 13 May 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Can We Live Longer but Stay Younger?

With greater longevity, the quest to avoid the infirmities of aging is more urgent than ever.

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Pharmacy

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:50:15 +0000

US approval for MSD’s heart failure med Verquvo

Drug approved to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death/heart failure hospitalisation

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:46:47 +0000

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works effectively against variants

Lab tests evaluated vaccine's efficacy against UK and South African variants

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Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:43:30 +0000

NICE no for BMS’ multiple sclerosis drug Zeposia

Cost-effectiveness estimates 'uncertain', according to NICE

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:43:17 +0000

EU approval for Bavencio in bladder cancer

Approved for the maintenance treatment of advanced urothelial carcinoma

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:47:37 +0000

PharmaTimes confirms INTCR 2021 virtual finals days

The 2021 International Clinical Researcher of the Year competition will continue the successes of last year and be conducted virtually.

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:45:18 +0000

NHS COVID-19 vaccination drive bolstered by new centres

Over 30 new vaccination centres open across England

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:46:06 +0000

Calquence tops Imbruvica in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia study

BTK inhibitor demonstrated non-inferior progression-free survival compared to Imbruvica

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Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:45:04 +0000

US green light for long-acting HIV regimen Cabenuva

Cabenuva consists of ViiV Healthcare’s cabotegravir and Janssen’s rilpivirine

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:48:56 +0000

Roche’s faricimab hits primary endpoint in wet AMD studies

Bispecific antibody met non-inferiority measure compared to Regeneron's Eylea

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:44:24 +0000

Psychiatry Consortium funds project investigating new schizophrenia treatments

Project will see the University of Oxford partner with the Earlham Institute, Biogen and Boehringer Ingelheim

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:50:00 +0000

Wren Therapeutics raises £12.4m in latest financing round

Biopharma company has raised approximately £33m to date

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Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:45:22 +0000

Servier and MiNA Therapeutics ink neurology pact

Companies will develop saRNA therapies to treat neurological diseases

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:47:43 +0000

AbbVie's Rinvoq bags two new EU approvals

Oral JAK inhibitor approved for psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis

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Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:49:14 +0000

RCP survey finds over 1 in 4 doctors sought mental health support during pandemic

Large number of respondents reported feeling tired or exhausted

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Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:44:38 +0000

Gilead's Veklury should be effective against COVID-19 variants

Company has completed genetic analysis for UK and South African variants

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General

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

A Kenyan Ecologist’s Crusade to Save Her Country’s Wildlife

To get her fellow-citizens to care about threatened animals, Paula Kahumbu became a TV star.

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Thu, 21 Jan 2021 01:39:13 +0000

Can the COVID-19 Vaccine Beat the Proliferation of New Virus Mutations?

Stopping transmission blocks the opportunity for viral mutation. Vaccination is the only means we have of standing in the virus’s way.

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Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

How the Navajo Times Is Covering the Coronavirus Crisis

The Navajo Nation, which sprawls across close to eighteen million acres, has been hit hard by the pandemic. Watch as we follow the work of local journalists covering the crisis.

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Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump’s American Carnage Comes to Washington

The New Yorker’s reporters and writers reflect on the convulsive end to the Trump years. And a game designer explains why the fiction of QAnon has been so appealing and so dangerous.

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Sat, 09 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

“That’s Not Who We Are” Is the Wrong Reaction to the Attack on the Capitol

Andrew Marantz talks about why such sweeping statements, issued by many public figures after a mob of Trump supporters rioted in the halls of Congress, can stand in the way of necessary change.

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Sat, 23 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Why McConnell Dumped Trump

After the Capitol assault—and after losing his perch as Majority Leader—the senator finally denounced the outgoing President. Was it a moral reckoning or yet another act of political self-interest?

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:38:14 +0000

Biden’s Vital but Fraught Battle Against Domestic Terrorism

The new Administration must crack down on violent extremism without infringing on civil rights or prompting a rush to join right-wing militias, as happened in the nineteen-nineties.

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:14:06 +0000

A Bold Proposal to Ease Child Poverty Is the Essence of Bidenomics

By targeting Americans that have been hit hardest by the pandemic, and also addressing lasting inequities, the new Administration is approaching this moment as one of great potential as well as great

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Sat, 23 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Andrew Yang’s Ideas on Universal Basic Income Earned Him Fans. But Can He Win Votes?

His pitch in the mayoral race is for New York to become the “anti-poverty” city.

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Living with a Visionary

For more than fifty years, my wife and I shared a world. Then, as Diana’s health declined, her hallucinations became her own reality.

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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:45:12 +0000

Ezra Klein’s Playbook for the Democratic Party

The Times opinion columnist discusses the Senate filibuster, the future of Democratic governance, and the Republican Party’s rebranding after Trump.

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:50:24 +0000

After the SolarWinds Hack, We Have No Idea What Cyber Dangers We Face

The prospect of mutually assured destruction has worked so far in the nuclear realm, but there are no rules of engagement in cyberspace.

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 23:50:39 +0000

Putin’s Unchanging, Unthinking Response to Alexey Navalny

Navalny is not only spectacularly brave but also fantastically inventive. The Russian President responds with blunt force.

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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 04:35:00 +0000

A Reporter’s Video from Inside the Capitol Siege

On January 6th, 2021, Luke Mogelson followed Trump supporters as they forced their way into the U.S. Capitol, using his phone’s camera as a notebook.

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Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:57:48 +0000

Navalny’s Long-Running Battle with Putin Enters a New Phase

The jailed opposition leader is creating a model of guerrilla political warfare for the digital age.

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Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Has the Pandemic Transformed the Office Forever?

Companies are figuring out how to balance what appears to be a lasting shift toward remote work with the value of the physical workplace.

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