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The political bureau, made up of reporters who would hang around Lutyens corridors, had a separate enclosure all to themselves

Shreevatsa Nevatia | Teamwork, the ethic essential to journalists

The lure of bylines and envy of crime reporters can make you forget that journalism is first a collective enterprise

6 July 2020 6:00 PM IST

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AA Edit | With Covid-19 vaccine, make haste slowly

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time

6 July 2020 5:41 PM IST

Maintaining respiration during chloroform delivery was vital to prevent unnecessary deaths, a technique perfected by Dr Lawrie in 20 years of practice. Representational Photo, AFP.

Chloroform & how modern medicine came to Hyderabad

In the 19th century, chloroform was being increasingly used for surgical procedures, but its safety profile was yet to...

5 July 2020 8:23 PM IST

Very early in his tenure, in 1991, he told the World Economic Forum, an assembly of wealthy investors, that economic reforms and globalisation should work for the building of a more humane and caring society

P. V. Narasimha Rao: The unsung PM who changed India's economic...

Although his five-year tenure witnessed policy reforms across most of the sectors, he chose not to be the voice of the...

5 July 2020 7:56 PM IST

Normally, public outcries over custodial deaths, which are common in India, would fizzle out after the initial anger. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Incremental progress in Jayraj and Bennix case

It was a shocked civil society that first raised the demand for booking the men in uniform for murder

5 July 2020 7:27 PM IST

Security personnel stand guard during clashes between those supporting and against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in north east Delhi. PTI photo

AA Edit | Delhi riots probe faces a crisis of credibility

The police have filed over 80 chargesheets pertaining to the riots

5 July 2020 7:05 PM IST

We can only visualize what positives would have been there in a situation like todays if the area sabhas were in existence and active. PTI Photo

Coronavirus and lessons for improving urban governance

As we get back to normalcy, it would be desirable to have area level arrangements like area sabha even as administrative...

5 July 2020 6:47 PM IST

When it comes to race issues, people of Indian origin have often been regarded an invisible band of the racial spectrum and have often readily embraced this cloak of invisibility. AP Photo

Indians and the 'R' word

The Indian diaspora is known for its merits of hardwork but is also seen as one that does not rise up and challenge the...

5 July 2020 6:06 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to a forward location in Nimu in Ladakh. PTI Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | The politics of Modi's Galwan, COVID...

It has become clear by now that Modi is uncomfortable with the nitty-gritty, and with details

4 July 2020 6:30 PM IST

Desperate times call for desperate measures. In times of national crisis, people look to their politicians for leadership and direction. Photo: Deepak Deshpande, DC.

KCR should unlock newer strategies to fight C-virus in Telangana

As the Covid-19 tally continued to climb, a desperate KCR even wished that reporters writing negative news be infected...

4 July 2020 5:59 PM IST

BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia comes out of the Raj Bhavan after attending a swearing-in ceremony for the Cabinet expansion of the Madhya Pradesh government, in Bhopal. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Scindia triumph a lesson to all

Mr Scindia's triumph in securing a dominant role in the Madhya Pradesh government should also serve as a lesson to the...

4 July 2020 5:24 PM IST

File photo of Italian marines Salvatore Girone, left, and Massimiliano Latorre, arriving at the Ciampino Rome airport from Kochi, India. AP Photo

AA Edit | Immunity of Italian marines who shot Indians questionable

It is perplexing that government of India chose to keep secret the order, which was issued on May 21 this year

4 July 2020 5:04 PM IST