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The solution is to work together, and think on our feet, as is required during a pandemic. (Photo: PTI)

Samiran Panda | What we need to do to make Covid-19 vaccination...

We need a concerted effort from the government, experts, thought leaders as well as community groups urging people to...

8 Feb 2021 1:01 AM IST

A copy of the petition, seen by Reuters, said Whatsapp was jeopardizing national security by sharing, transmitting and storing user data in another country with the information thus governed by foreign laws. (Representative Photo:AFP)

Shashi Warrier | The WhatsApp riddle: What's the big secret?

I was unable to decide whether to change from WhatsApp to some other app, and people were giving me conflicting bits of...

7 Feb 2021 7:45 AM IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (ANI photo)

Anita Katyal | Farm stir: Snap ties, says JJP to chief; Yogi gags his...

Faced with a revolt by farmers in western UP, the Yogi Adityanath government has ordered a virtual gag order on its...

7 Feb 2021 7:33 AM IST

In a democracy there will be protests. Such protests, if they are allowed to linger on for so long, will attract global attention. (AP/Manish Swarup)

Pavan K. Varma | Maligning the messenger pays diminishing returns

Our government appears to be making the cardinal mistake of using the paranoia of the 'foreign hand' in today's world

7 Feb 2021 7:13 AM IST

Rajiv Gandhi, confused by a welter of opinions on the Tamils issue, may have erred in judgment in sending a peace keeping force to the island nation and paid the price. (Photo:DC/File)

AA Edit | Don't pardon Rajiv killers

No government at the Centre could be seen as weak in pardoning the killers of a Prime Minister

6 Feb 2021 3:12 AM IST

The handling of the farmers on the borders of Indias capital has become a perception battle more than a true search for corrections in basic issues. (Photo:AFP)

AA Edit | US remarks a wake-up call Delhi can't ignore

The overt attack on Twitter is illustrative of the govt and the ruling party's selective outrage because certain truths...

6 Feb 2021 2:49 AM IST

As of January 23, 39 million people in the so-called first world had received an anti-Covid vaccination. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | To ensure safety in a globalised world, all must get...

The number of people who have been vaccinated in the continent of Africa, excluding South Africa, was 29

6 Feb 2021 12:56 AM IST

If VVIP Bharatwaasis did not step up publicly and lecture us on our duty as citizens, their bag of sarkari goodies would be snatched away. (Photo:AFP)

Shobhaa De | Yeh Rihanna-Wihanna, Greta-Vreta kaun hai?

Who is Rihanna to us? Had her tweet been ignored, we would not have attracted even more global scrutiny

6 Feb 2021 12:38 AM IST

AA Edit | Bihar cops' shameful edict

It looks like the police have a weird idea about the rights of the common people and those in the executive branch of...

5 Feb 2021 7:46 AM IST

Twitter app icon. (AP)

AA Edit | Govt's anti-Twitter rage betrays own uncertainty

The opinions of celebrities may sometimes be unpalatable but only in responding is importance attached to them

5 Feb 2021 7:34 AM IST

Standup comedian Munawar Faruqui (Imag source: Instagram)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Can we really laugh our way to a stronger...

It can strike the heart of power in a good-natured way, which is why many see comedy as arguably the most democratic...

5 Feb 2021 7:18 AM IST

The Supreme Court Thursday termed as Â‘totally impermissible the demand by Department of Telecom for dues of Rs 4 lakh crore. (PTI Photo)

Karan Thapar | Sedition law being made a mockery; just scrap it

If they're not deliberately abusing the law, it can only mean one other thing -- that neither the police nor ministers...

5 Feb 2021 7:13 AM IST