India’s Covid battle exposes GDP growth as an ineffective measure of economic success India is in the throws of a double-headed infrastructure threat: a medical breakdown and a drastic water shortage. The latter has been obscured and worsened by the focus on the former. Even with these fierce crises, India continues to have one of the highest GDP growth rates in the world. It sits sixth in the [...]
Averting a dental disaster: Don’t let the pandemic take our smiles The first lockdown had a crippling effect on dentists, with two thirds of the practices I work with experiencing financial difficulty, and many even considering shutting down altogether. There was almost no clear guidance while dentists were closed — for practitioners or for patients — and confusion abounded. And thanks to gaps in the financial [...]
Covid-19 is not slowing climate change – businesses still have to do their bit Covid-19 is not slowing climate change – businesses must do their bit Much has been made of the so-called global reset brought about by the pandemic, and many have subscribed to the Instagram-ready notion that the earth is healing due to lockdowns. This is despite the effect of Covid-19 on the environment being either negligible or harmful. For policy makers, the immediate and tangible threat to life [...]
