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Delivering bare subsistence relief will be difficult enough, with supply chains disrupted and production halted. PTI Photo

Shikha Mukerjee: Amphan's aftermath set to test Mamata & Modi

India is yet to declare devastation caused by Amphan a national disaster; its dithering is a signal of the political...

26 May 2020 4:56 PM IST

: Passengers, wearing masks, leave from Chaudhary Charan Singh airport after arriving by a domestic flight following its resumption, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Uncertainty as flights resume

Ideally, the civil aviation ministry should have consulted the states before taking its decision, but it went ahead on...

25 May 2020 5:51 PM IST

US diplomats comments on India-China border issue nonsense, says China. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit: Ignore China triggers, caving would be costly

This confrontation comes at an unfortunate moment when the world is combating the coronavirus pandemic

25 May 2020 5:36 PM IST

Migrants stand in a queue on a hot sunny day at Lalgarh Junction to board a special train to Bihar, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Bikaner. PTI Photo

Manish Tewari: Locked down in India, a view from the ground

While the middle classes and the rich retreated under their beds the poor baulked and decided to get home to the safety...

25 May 2020 5:14 PM IST

What is intriguing is that while anti-CAA protests are regularly been denied permission, those supporting the legislation get permission, the latest being the one to be addressed by Union home minister Amit Shah. In Uttar Pradesh, the police face allegations of shooting and killing protesters, though the chief minister denies wrongdoing on the part of the police. (Photo: P. Surendra)

So who's afraid of Pinjra Tod?

To this government, peaceful protests by women are unlawful

25 May 2020 4:40 PM IST

Kerala health minister Shailaja interacts with her Karnataka counterpart on the Covid-19 situation. (DC Photo)

How Kerala flattened the curve, lowest death rates: Health minister...

Health department constituted 18 expert groups in training health care staff for detailed stock-taking of beds,...

25 May 2020 11:47 AM IST

A lab technitian works on blood samples at the Cesar Garayar support hospital in the city of Iquitos, in the Amazon basin. AP Photo

Veena Das: Corona policy must factor in scientific uncertainty

It is well known among historians of epidemics that management of crises produced by epidemics have led to vast...

24 May 2020 7:25 PM IST

Migrants, not adhering to social distancing norms, wait to board a train to their native places at Danapur railway station, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Patna. PTI Photo

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli: Let them have song

Why give them rice, dal and water, was his point, when we could give them life-affirming art and literature

24 May 2020 7:03 PM IST

: Health officials wait to collect samples for COVID-19 swab tests, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis: Covid makes cooks scarce, but at 10 Janpath, sharing is...

Apparently non-residential domestic help are not encouraged to come and go everyday by VVIPs

24 May 2020 6:33 PM IST

The pandemic led to open hostility as the US seeks a transparent inquiry and responsibility-fixing. AFP Photo

K.C. Singh: Will Covid crisis lead to major changes globally?

The domestic political consequences for poorly performing leaders aside, the pandemic is exacerbating existing...

23 May 2020 5:26 PM IST

The toll would have been higher had the authorities both in West Bengal and Odisha not evacuated over seven lakh. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Will the non-BJP' tag deny Bengal relief?

The situation calls for sustained support to the people of West Bengal, not least among them newly-returned guest...

23 May 2020 5:10 PM IST

- In this Aug. 7, 2019, file photo, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das speaks during a press conference in Mumbai. AP Photo

AA Edit: RBI cuts may be ineffectual

The overall focus of the RBI has been on boosting credit growth to drive economic growth

23 May 2020 4:29 PM IST