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China accuses India of crossing boundary line in Galwan Valley. (AFP Photo)Opinion
AA Edit: Soothe dragon's feathers

The Chinese may be making things just a bit more difficult for India when Nepal is revving up a territorial dispute with...

20 May 2020 8:08 PM IST

Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has grandly announced about Rs 20 lakh crores worth stimulus package to support a wavering economy, the analysis of announcements made finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman showed that it was a mere jugglery to hog the limelight. PTI PhotoOpinion
AA Edit: Cash relief is crucial, finance minister didn't acknowledge...

Instead of supporting the economy when it needed the most, Ms Sitharaman focused on medium and long term reforms

20 May 2020 7:51 PM IST

Punjab Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh. Image source- punjab.gov.inOpinion
Dilli Ka Babu: As mantris, babus slug it out, chief secretary is the...

The chief secretary of Punjab has earned the ire of the ministers for his alleged rude behaviour

20 May 2020 7:40 PM IST

Vigorously defending his governments record over the pandemic, Mr Xi claimed in Geneva on Monday that China acted with openness, transparency and responsibility\. AP PhotoOpinion
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: Global role eludes India

This could be India's chance of helping to shape a new world order and for Mr Modi to seize the spotlight that was once...

20 May 2020 7:06 PM IST

Post-Covid, it wont be a kinder India even if it is a kinder world. PTI PhotoOpinion
AA Edit: The gaslighting of government critics

Saturday's attack on a Vizag doctor, who red-flagged the shortage of N-95 masks and PPE kits for nurses and doctors, is...

19 May 2020 7:39 PM IST

We can try to put ourselves in the position of those who are destitute, jobless, hungry and far from home. PTI PhotoOpinion
Aakar Patel: Break down of trust between state and the poor

We are mistreating millions of Indians but we are also expecting that all of them cooperate for the greater good

19 May 2020 6:40 PM IST

Doctors and medical staff attend residents at a COVID-19 coronavirus community clinic during a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai. PTI PhotoOpinion
AA Edit: India in luckdown 4.0

The government has not come up with a gameplan to tackle the virus neither in the first three editions of the lockdown...

19 May 2020 6:01 PM IST

Migrants climb onto a truck to reach to their native place in Bihar, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Vijayawada. PTI PhotoOpinion
Pavan Varma: Will Covid-19 make us a more caring society?

If the government did not anticipate such a consequence, then it must be accused of unpardonable incompetence

19 May 2020 5:28 PM IST

Migrants carrying their luggage walk to board buses after arriving from Kanpur via Shramik Special train at Hatia Railway Station, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Ranchi. PTI PhotoOpinion
Mohan Guruswamy: Will migrants' misery lead to a revolution?

The working class is nothing without the unorganised workers. In 2019, there were around 510 million workers in India

18 May 2020 7:37 PM IST

Bayern Munichs French defender Benjamin Pavard (hidden) scores their second goal during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Union Berlin v FC Bayern Munich on May 17, 2020 in Berlin. AFP PhotoOpinion
AA Edit: Sport ushers in brave new era

In-arena spectators are no more the lifeline of sport, which these days television audiences with their purchasing...

18 May 2020 7:17 PM IST

A stranded student from northeast holds a leafy branch to protect himself from scorching heat. PTI PhotoOpinion
AA Edit: Kudos for self-reliance, but priority is handing out cash

Sadly, the efforts the government has made to manage the headlines do not seem to square with the horrors seen on the...

18 May 2020 7:04 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday clarified over his alleged statement that BJP made tall promises in 2014 elections. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)Opinion
Anita Katyla: Nitin Gadkari has a new role

The Union minister is suddenly being seen and heard more often these days, signalling the end of his self-isolation

18 May 2020 6:44 PM IST

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