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My piece in The Hindu today dispels one of the key arguments the tobacco industry in India (& elsewhere) makes about cigarette taxation & its impact on illicit trade. Tax is NOT the key driver for illicit trade. Industry uses this argument only to pre-empt tax increases.

In this note we examine the concerns that recent increase in women's work participation rates are due to change in definitions and instructions to interviewers in PLFS. The findings discount this possibility.

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What's the point of a #MahaKumbh if the government cannot put in place the infrastructure to manage the crowd? We'll happily chase #RanveerAllahbadia but will not hold the government accountable for its utter inefficiency & actions that directly impacts us. #STAMPEDE

The restrictions imposed on Ranveer Allahbadia by a Supreme Court bench led by Justice Surya Kant are deeply, deeply concerning. While the bench stayed his arrest and prohibited any further FIRs, it also directed him to cooperate with the investigation whenever summoned by the police

In 1992, the per capita incomes of India and China were equal. But by 2023, China’s per capita income has grown to five times as high as the Indian level. The reason: China's growth is investment-led, while India's is consumption driven. I write The Hindu IIT Delhi Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) - NUS

Most of India’s workers must work extremely long hours to earn a living. The reason: Indian industry derives its competitive advantage mainly from cheap labour rather than technology and innovation. I write: thehindu.com/opinion/lead/i…

Our piece in Business Standard on India's new policy CANCER: Quality Control Orders, a combination of protectionism, arbitrary interventionism, & crony capitalism Their spread is taking India's trade policy regime back to pre-1991 era, hurting India's labor-intensive sectors (eg. apparel)

Obesity is a disease & not just a risk factor. Indians hv high fat even at normal BMI. High fat, sugar & high salt products & ultra processed food are major contributor. India lose 1.02% of GDP due to Obesity and overweight. Read my Oped in The Hindu #WorldObesityDay2025

75 years of Rajbhasha status for Hindi have neither helped Hindi nor the country. Hindi has no world-class newspaper, no Dinmaan-like serious magazine, no quality textbooks in higher education. Hindi speaking students are not proficient in elementary Hindi. The elite in Hindi

Hello Bryan Johnson, I have posted rational and logical questions regarding your BluePrint which I have gone through, and as clinical doctor and a clinical researcher found it to be a scam. I know exactly what I am talking about and do. I am a Doctor of Medicine. You may check

FDA has uncovered “significant” data falsification in multiple bioequalence studies by the Mumbai-based contract research organisation Raptim Research Pvt. Ltd.. FDA has “rejected” all studies by Raptim Research Here’s my article today in the Hindu Ash Paul

1. Baba Ramdev is pushing his Patanjali products using communal messages. While he indulges in this shameful tactic in public, he and his associates indulge in many dubious businesses hidden from public glare. the reporters' collective investigated some of his shady businesses.

A stunning reversal of roles: the US, the greatest free-trade champion, is today erecting tariff barriers. China, once highly protectionist, is today an ardent defender of globalization. I write in the The Hindu :

Pleased to share the publication of my first work for the World Bank, co-authored with Edson C. Araujo. This report examines the health tax landscape for tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages in India. You can read the full report here. documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099…

Pleased to share my first co-authored paper in NEJM. Honoured to contribute as an economist to this IARC-led study evaluating policy effectiveness in reducing alcohol consumption. Check the full paper here: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

The primary job of Members of Parliament is to represent their Constituents in Parliament. The primary role of Parliament is to hold the Executive (the Council of Ministers led by the Prime Minister) to account. MPs are NOT the country's ambassadors to represent their country's

#COVID19 excess deaths in #India Data doesn't lie 19.7L excess deaths in 2021 ~ 6x the official COVID19 deaths. The scale of underreporting 😳 Guj: 33x (highest) 👏 Kerala: 1.5x (lowest)

Shocking, this arrest of Prof Ali Kahn Mehbubabad, Ashoka University. Please read this post by him and ask yourself: What is anti women about this? How does this spread religious hatred or strife? And how on earth does it constitute an “Act endangering sovereignty, unity and

Must read: A scathing critique of the SC’s observations & order in the Professor Mahmudabad case by Pratap Bhanu Mehta “The SC has undermined its own authority as a guardian of Civil Liberties. It’s order ought to send a chill down the spine of those who care for constitutional values”