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A scooterist tries to pass under an uprooted tree lying across a road, in the aftermath of the extremely severe cyclone Amphan, in Kolkata (PTI)

Dev 360 | Cascading crises force periphery into the core

Kolkata's devastation feels personal because it is, but it's not the only place that has been hit hard

28 May 2020 6:30 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Aakar Patel | Kerala a role model in war against Covid, let's all...

Remember, there is no cure for Covid-19, If you catch the infection, you can only wait for it to pass through you safely

28 May 2020 5:52 PM IST

Arogya Setu app (Twitter)

AA Edit: Centre's Aarogya' climbdown

Launched in April, Aarogya Setu now has 110 million subscribers

27 May 2020 7:56 PM IST

D.V. Sadananda Gowda (PTI)

AA Edit: More elite than thou: Gowda impunity reeks

It's time the Union government got its act together

27 May 2020 7:39 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | History is ignored: The march of folly

There are dangers when the system leaves all decision-making to one individual, Others stop thinking

27 May 2020 7:24 PM IST

People wear protective face masks as they walk down Whitehall in the Spring sunshine in central London. (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Everybody needs a Whitsun holiday while UK ponders...

As the weeks have gone by, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks less and less in charge

27 May 2020 7:04 PM IST

Boats anchored on the shores of the Ganga in Varanasi. The pilgrimage town has witnessed dwindling of tourism in the past two months due to the coronavirus pandemic. (PTI)

A wish list from Varanasi's craftsmen and artistes

The PM's relief package does not pay any special attention to the thousands of families dependent on local industries

26 May 2020 10:16 PM IST

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