Best of BS Opinion: Need for pragmatism, tackling urban poverty & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

The unanimous rejection by the Supreme Court of the right for same-sex couples to marry has squarely pushed the ball into Parliament’s court. This decision has raised concerns among the LGBTQIA+ community since Parliament is dominated by a party vocally opposed to LGBTQIA+ rights and heightens the criticality of the high-powered committee that the government has agreed to set up under the Cabinet secretary to examine the “human concerns” of same-sex couples without legally recognising their relationship as marriage. It is critical that the government creates a pragmatic enabling framework for LGTBQIA+ rights, the second edit argues. Read it here

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The top edit says the Prime Minister’s inauguration of maritime projects worth over Rs 23,000 crore needs robust policy support. Read it here

Poonam Gupta shows how Economics Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin's insights pave the way for bridging the gender gap in India's workforce. Read it here

Amit Kapoor and Bibek Debroy analyse urban poverty reduction policies that are making Indian cities fairer and more prosperous. Read it here

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‘Based on what I’ve seen it appears as though it was done by the other team’

 

Joe Biden on the hospital blast in Gaza