India’s administrative system has borne a heavy burden during the second Covid-19 wave. PK Mishra, principal secretary to the prime minister, puts it in context to Pradeep Thakur: What is the Centre’s strategy to ramp.
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‘People outside Bengal know Satyajit Ray only for his cinema … We will highlight other sides of him with touring exhibits’ May 5, 2021, 7:33 AM IST
Filmmaker
Sandip Ray was an apprentice to his father even before he knew it. Satyajit Ray made sure his little boy was around when he shot his films starting from the first masterpiece Pather Panchali, to the last one, Agantuk. Sandip spoke to
Mohua Chatterjee on the grand plans to celebrate the master’s 100th birthday on May 2 that have now been delayed:
What were the Satyajit Ray centenary celebration plans and what do you do now?
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‘NHAI was conceived as an organisation with only a core team to take decisions … all other activities are outsourced’ May 2, 2021, 8:49 PM IST
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Road work as represented by national highways (NHs) did not slow down last year. Chairman of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI),
SS Sandhu about the current year’s prospects:
NH construction peaked in 2020-21 despite the first spell of Covid-19. How will the second wave impact work?
Despite losing the best construction months to Covid-related lockdown, NHAI constructed 4,192km of NHs last year and this is the highest ever highway construction achieved in a financial year by us. Focus has been on creating expressways of 6 or more lanes which require more efforts and resources as compared to earlier 2-4 lane highways. NHAI has constructed 18,500 lane km during 2020-21 which comes out to over 50
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‘You need beds, medicine, oxygen and ventilators at the right time … Only emergency cases come through social media’ April 25, 2021, 7:16 PM IST
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As healthcare systems across a large swathe of India collapsed on the heels of the second wave of Covid-19 infections, desperation made people take to social media in the search of essentials such as hospital beds. Numerous individuals, civil society groups and political outfits are responding to pleas on social media. In this context,
Srinivas BV
, national president of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), has emerged as a go-to person for many in dire need. He explained how it works to
Swiss Re group is one of the world’s largest reinsurers. The pandemic turned the spotlight on the nature and scale of risks we confront. Veronica Scotti, chairperson, public sector solutions, Swiss Re, spoke to Surojit.