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A COVID-19 patient receives free oxygen, provided by a Sikh organization at Indirapuram Gurudwara, in Ghaziabad. (Photo: PTI)

Sucheta Dasgupta | Hope in the time of sorrow and C-virus

Despite its no-pussyfooting bravado and stupendous majority, the govt did not declare a lockdown on Holi. The Kumbh...

25 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium as coronavirus cases surge, in New Delhi, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | An AWOL government

Downright negligence, coupled with hubris, made the governments, both at the Centre and some in the states, let their...

25 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Haryana government recently enacted the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act 2020, which requires private establishments that employ 10 or more workers to reserve 75 per cent of new jobs with a monthly salary of less than Rs 50,000 for domiciles of Haryana. (Photo: PTI)

Haryana law a bad example: Populism won't create new jobs

While enacting this law, the Haryana government failed to do adequate pre-legislative exercises to test its economic...

25 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind administers the oath of office to Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, after he was appointed as the 48th Chief Justice of India (CJI) at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (PTI)

Justice Ramana sworn in as the 48th Chief Justice of India

Ramana will hold the post for about 16 months, until August 26, 2022

24 April 2021 11:32 PM IST

People inspect an ICU ward after a fire broke out in Vijay Vallabh COVID-19 hospital at Virar, near Mumbai, India, Friday, April 23, 2021. (AP)

14 Covid patients dead in Maharashtra hospital ICU fire

TV visuals showed the smoke-filled ICU in a disarray after the blaze, with the ceiling falling off in some places

24 April 2021 9:00 AM IST

For all his continued popularity, at least as shown in the opinion polls, the fact is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been at the head of an incompetent administrative response to the pandemic. (Photo: PTI)

Modi asks states to act against hoarding

PM asks states to prevent panic drug buying

24 April 2021 8:58 AM IST

Covid-19 patients are being treated with oxygen at the Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa. (AP)

Armed Forces to import 23 mobile O2 generation plants from Germany

Each mobile oxygen plant has a capacity to produce 40 litres of oxygen per minute and 2,400 litres an hour

24 April 2021 8:57 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Transgenders' rights must be respected; they need...

Prof. Dawkins had tweeted messages denying that people could choose their gender

24 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | The God business is good business all across India

Religion is now, not just increasingly a part of our politics, but also, and even more so, of our economics

24 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

A relative of a Covid-19 victim (2L) pays his respect before a cremation at Nigambodh Ghat Crematorium on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi in the early hour of April 22, 2021. (AFP)

COVID-19: Over 3.32 lakh fresh cases in India in single day, record...

Country's total tally surge to 1,62,63,695, while active cases cross the 24-lakh mark

23 April 2021 11:33 AM IST

Modi said the nation is looking to build a natural gas pipeline grid to boost usage of the environment-friendly fuel that would help cut carbon emissions. (Photo:PTI)

Modi calls for quick action to save world

Modi said that humanity is battling a pandemic and tht it is a timely reminder that the grave threat of climate change...

23 April 2021 8:03 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

It's a national health emergency, says Supreme Court

SC has sought Centre's response on supply of oxygen, essential drugs, method and manner of vaccination and the power to...

23 April 2021 12:59 AM IST