Arun Kumar: Articles and discussions on COVID and impact, Global Corporate taxation and Academic Autonomy

  1. Article on the US proposal for a common minimum tax on corporations and its likely benefits for India in The Hindu on April 27. It is attached here https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/an-idea-on-taxation-that-is-worth-a-try/article34417756.ece 
  2. Panel discussion on reverse migration of workers during second coronavirus wave in India, organized by IMPRI on April 26. https://youtub.e/xopvAKaivV4  
  3. Article on fighting the second wave of coronavirus. Why vaccination is not the immediate solution and lockdown is the need of the hour April 25. https://thewire.in/government/to-fight-the-deadly-second-wave-a-lockdown-is-the-only-available-strategy 
  4. Panel discussion on `Free Trade Post Pandemic – Rationale vs National’ organized by MMA on April 17, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7LHlSGd3bM  
  5. Academic autonomy as a societal issue and why it is weak in Institutions of Higher Learning in India. This is the lesson of recent cases in institutions of higher learning in India. It is from the Mainstream and is at: http://mainstreamweekly.net/article10753.html 
  6. Article in Hindi in Hindustan on what needs to be done immediately https://www.livehindustan.com/blog/story-hindustan-opinion-column-15-april-2021-3976919.html 
  7. Interview in Hindi on the current situation and need for lockdown on Janjwar Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnVVZEhxhaw 
  8. Six unlearnt lessons of COVID-19 in the last one year in the Wire on April 8, 2021. It is at: https://thewire.in/government/covid-19-resurgence-india-lessons 

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