Intrepid Imran; Counting Covid; Electrifying Electric
Intrepid Imran
The Indian Express in its Editorial has said that the arrest of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister was a fait accompli. The daily has opined that Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir is in the game of power and calling shots.
The Noida-based daily also stated that conviction of Khan is now just a matter of time, with the cycle repeating in the Islamic nation, as the former cricketer had arrived on the scene when his predecessor Nawaz Sharif was being booted out of the country in similar fashion. The daily claimed that Khan erred in his judgment, as he miscalculated following failed assassination bid and an arrest attempt thwarted by his supporters.
Pakistan is not called a failed state for no reason. This country is owned by military. But Army brass now is facing heat, because Pakistan is now staring at an economic disaster, which may push even half of its population to hunger, and a Sri Lanka like situation is very much imminent. Islamabad has been artificially afloat by exploiting its geostrategic heft, but that too may have a limit.
Counting Covid
The Economic Times has called a handbook on managing pandemic in the backdrop of the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring that the Covid-19 is no more a global health emergency. The business daily sought that the successes and failures be codified in a handbook that should guide the country in future.
The daily also shed spotlight on the importance of the primary health care and the role played by it in the management of the pandemic. It also sought administrative response during the pandemic be part of the manual.
India like most of the countries walked into and came out of the pandemic with the trial and error science. The people are still without the data of the clinical trials of the vaccines and the death tolls due to the pandemic. Primary health care centres in India are just glorified term, while the people even for fever go to the OPD of superspeciality hospitals. This is the cost the people have to pay when policy leans on treating healthcare as an industry.
Electrifying Electric
The Asian Age in its Editorial has said that India is set for an explosive rollout of electric vehicles. The daily claimed that a panel of the oil ministry is also toying with the idea to ban diesel vehicles by 2027 in million plus population cities.
The daily also stated that almost 40 new EV models are set for launch in the country in the course of two years. The panel has also called for all city buses by 2030 to be electric vehicles. The daily cautioned that the government should work on the charging ecosystem for such an aggressive EV rollout.
Seventy per cent of India’s electricity is sourced from coal-fired power stations. Productions of coals have steadily been rising along with imports from Russia. Objectives must be aligned end to end.
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