By Kaushik Basu NEW DELHI—During the seven years I served as chief economic adviser to the government of India and as chief economist at the World Bank, I came to appreciate what a strange discipline economics is. Parts of it amount to little more than organized common sense, which is …

Kelly Stonelake SEATTLE—When I joined Facebook in 2009, I believed in the mission that founder Mark Zuckerberg espoused: to connect and empower people around the world. We all know how that turned out. Meta, now the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is focused on generating as much engagement …

The survey by the Ministry of Education and Skills Development on student wellbeing is an important step in the right direction. Policymaking should be guided by evidence, and understanding what students are experiencing inside and outside the classroom is essential if schools are to become safer and more supportive places. …

For one and a half years, Sonam Tobgay has remained in detention in Shigatshe with little information reaching either his family or the Bhutanese government. During this time, his wife has struggled to raise two young children, his elderly mother has lived with unbearable anxiety, and a family has watched …

By Arvind Subramanian WASHINGTON, DC—In the long sweep of history, China’s economic performance over the past 50 years will obviously stand out for the sheer scale and pace of quality-of-life improvements within that country. But China’s impact on the rest of the world has still been underappreciated. True, if the …

It has been a year and a half since Sonam Tobgay (43 at the time) was arrested by border guards at the Bhutan-Tibet (China) border on 17th December 2024. The latest update shared with the Bhutanese government is that Sonam is alive and in detention in Shigatshe. Family members and …

Opinion By Dr Pem Namgyal We know that Bhutanese love their near and dear ones, especially when they are ill and in the hospital. They come in droves, bearing baskets of goodies and all sorts of cooked food to have a picnic in the hospital. But that very love could …

The Annual Incident Report Analysis of the JDWNRH deserves appreciation because a hospital cannot improve if it first refuses to acknowledge its own shortcomings. The report paints a picture of a hospital under immense strain. Patients absconding, aggression against staff, fights between patients, self-harm attempts, verbal abuse, and even a …

By Thompson Ayodele LAGOS—In Nigeria, a cancer diagnosis is often a death sentence. Nearly 130,000 Nigerians receive one each year, and nearly 80,000 die of the disease. An average of 33 women per day in Nigeria are infected with cervical cancer, and 22 women per day die from it. The …