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Walking the talk: Infrastructure, privatization, and digital in India’s budget speeches

Friday, February 19, 2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder and Hamburg mayor Peter Tschentscher attend a news conference after discussing with German state premiers whether the regulations imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) need relaxing, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 30, 2020. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS

COVID-19 trends from Germany show different impacts by gender and age

Shamika Ravi and Mudit Kapoor

Friday, May 1, 2020

A paramedic distributes free medicine provided by the government to patients inside a ward at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) in Chennai July 12, 2012. Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu, one of two Indian states offering free medicine for all. The state provides a glimpse of the hurdles India faces as it embarks on a programme to extend free drug coverage nationwide. Picture taken July 12, 2012. To match Analysis INDIA-DRUGS/ REUTERS/Babu (INDIA - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY DRUGS) - GM1E87N0HMY01

COVID-19 | Is India’s health infrastructure equipped to handle an epidemic?

Prachi Singh, Shamika Ravi, and Sikim Chakraborty

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Medicines in India: Accessibility, affordability and quality

Prachi Singh, Shamika Ravi, and David Dam

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

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Existing govt infrastructure is not conducive to launch NRC. It will lead to chaos, confusion

Thursday, December 26, 2019

Polling officials wait to receive Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines and Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at a distribution centre ahead of the final phase of voting in Gujarat state assembly election in Ahmedabad, India, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Amit Dave - RC1F07DFD550

How electronic voting machines have improved India’s democracy

Friday, December 6, 2019

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Reviving Higher Education in India

Shamika Ravi, Neelanjana Gupta, and Puneeth Nagaraj

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Workers are seen at their workstations on the floor of an outsourcing centre in Bangalore, February 29, 2012. India's IT industry, with Bangalore firms forming the largest component, is now worth an annual $100 billion and growing 14 percent per year, one of the few bright spots in an economy blighted by policy stagnation and political instability. Picture taken on February 29, 2012. To match Insight INDIA-OUTSOURCING/ REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E8450SWY01

Shamika Ravi: Why it’s time to return to structural reforms

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Inmate Arisleida Duarte applauds as she and others receive their high school GED (General Equivalency Diploma) along with 26 others at a graduation ceremony for inmates at the George Motchan Detention Center at New York City's Rikers Island correctional facility June 26, 2012. Two New York City agencies, the Department of Education and the Department of Correction share the responsibility of providing education to incarcerated men and women through the "East River Academy" on Rikers Island where inmates can earn their GED or High School diploma, and education staff assist in helping students to transition back to schools in the community upon their release. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW EDUCATION) - GM1E86R0HDH01

We need many more women in the field of economics

Monday, October 28, 2019

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Performance of the Supreme Court and tenure of Chief Justices of India: An observational analysis (1950 to 2019)

Mudit Kapoor and Shamika Ravi

Tuesday, October 22, 2019