Ranvir Nayar
Managing Director & Founder at Media India Group
Facial recognition raising hackles
February 11, 2020
Facial recognition is being touted as a major technological breakthrough. Easy to abuse, its adoption needs to be strictly controlled.
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Carbon trading and climate change
February 8, 2020
After two decades of a total failure, carbon trading was one of the biggest stumbling blocks at the climate change summit in December. It remains a bad idea that needs to be dropped.
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Australian bush fires
February 5, 2020
Will the unprecedented bushfires in Australia force the government and people to face the fact of hazards that climate change can inflict on them and others?
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Universal Health Coverage: Ambitious plans, inadequate budget
January 9, 2020
Even though the government of India has launched various healthcare schemes it has failed to spend adequately on healthcare. India needs to follow the examples of its neighbours and boost its health budget and build a system that can actually offer healthcare to all.
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Taking stock: Disconnect between Indian bourses & economy
December 21, 2019
Sensex continues to scale new all-time highs, while the economy plumbs to long-time lows. The disconnect between the markets and the economy seems total and unprecedented.
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Cop25 failure
December 15, 2019
The Cop25 negotiations in Madrid ended in a failure as global leaders try to kick the climate change can down an inexistant road.
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Russia-Ukraine repair relations
December 14, 2019
The quartet meeting in Paris earlier this week saw Russia and Ukraine take moves to reduce tensions. This would allow Russia to rebuild strained ties with Germany and France and talk business.
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French strikes: make or break for Macron
December 13, 2019
The intensification of action by millions of striking workers in France poses one of the biggest threats to Emmanuel Macron’s presidency.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill
December 12, 2019
The strong reaction to the CAB bill passage was expected. The government is caught unprepared to deal with the mess, yet again.
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EU & Chile optimisitic about Cop25 outcome
December 5, 2019
As COP 25, the international climate change conference organised by United Nations, is going full swing in Madrid, Ambassadors of Chile and Spain to India share with MIG TV their expectations from the conference and the steps taken by their nations to curb emissions. The Ambassad...
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Cop25 Madrid
December 1, 2019
Yet another jamboree to ‘fight’ climate change begins in Madrid on Monday. So far words have failed to turn into actions. Unlikely to be any different this time around.
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Yellow vests movement
November 17, 2019
One year after the Gilets Jaunes movement rocked France, the protestors were back in strength to mark the first anniversary. More unrest is forecast as unions plan a string a strikes.
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