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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

Britains home secretary Priti Patel. (AFP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy: Will Priti Patel's bill to bar lowly-paid outsiders...

In a massive irony, Britain has been forced to acknowledge the heroic role of hospital staff, bus drivers, transport...

23 May 2020 7:52 AM IST

In this Monday, May 11, 2020, file photo, Nepalese students shout slogans during a protest against the Indian government inaugurating a new road through a disputed territory between India and Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal

AA Edit: Reach out, mend Nepal ties

India's relationship with South Asian countries is largely an unequal one, and it's really up to the bigger country to...

22 May 2020 8:28 PM IST

Migrant workers wait in a queue while being lodged at a camp by the Uttar Pradesh government, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Dadri. PTI Photo

AA Edit: To snub Priyanka, Yogi denies relief to thousands

All India Congress Committee general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made an offer earlier this week to make 1,000 buses...

22 May 2020 8:05 PM IST

In this handout photograph taken on May 17, 2020 and released by Afghanistans Office of Chief Executive, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (R) and his rival Abdullah Abdullah (L) exchange documents after signing a power-sharing deal agreement at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. AFP Photo

Kamal Davar: A glimmer of hope in Kabul

With Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his chief rival Abdullah Abdullah having, sunk their differences there is a...

22 May 2020 7:49 PM IST

Protesters throw stones at Indian government forces following a gun battle between militants and government forces in Srinagar. AFP Photo

Anand K. Sahay: An ill-wind blows in J&K after UT status

As the year turned, however, it became evident that the local terrorists who had stayed under the radar began to find...

22 May 2020 7:28 PM IST