Reign of Uncertainty
TODAY WE LIVE IN UNCERTAIN times. It is well-nigh impossible to plan for the future, what with the global population facing one calamity after another. The world was under the COVID-19 cloud for the last two years and, just as we were getting out of that dreadful situation, Russia waged a war on Ukraine. To make matters worse, now there are reports of a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases again. Thus, one does not know what the situation will be next week. Crude oil prices were at an all-time low during the pandemic. In India, however, we did not see the price of petrol and diesel come down. Now, due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, crude oil prices have gone up and we are paying Rs 120…