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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 Photo

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 Photo

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 Photo

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)

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

Migrants take rest along the national highway, during their journey towards their native place, amid the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, at Devanahalli near Bengaluru. PTI Photo

Can India's rural property card be capitalised to propel post-Covid...

Ironically, for India's millions of poor, informal workers and farmers, informality around land tenure is an inevitable...

18 May 2020 6:21 PM IST

Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar (PTI file photo)

WaqyaNawis: Bihar electors gear up to punish MPs who abandoned them

The Bihar Assembly poll is scheduled later this year

16 May 2020 8:33 PM IST

Representational image (PTI)

Shashi Warrier: My friend Murthy and the corona conspiracies

To these guys it's easy to tell who's good and who's not If you're alive at the end of the pandemic you're good, and...

16 May 2020 8:18 PM IST

A health worker conducts thermal screening of migrants travelling from Mumbai to their native places, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lcockdown, in Nadia district. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Don't dilute labour laws

The attack on the labour laws was initiated in Uttar Pradesh where the government has cleared an ordinance suspending 35...

16 May 2020 7:57 PM IST

Stranded migrant labourers in Chennai, in southeastern India, prepare to board a special train to take them home after the government eased lockdown measures (AFP)

Coronavirus exposes our democracy's fault lines

Indian economy is certainly facing a crisis. This, however, does not justify use of violence against migrant labourers

16 May 2020 7:52 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the fourth part of her press conference on the economic stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the National Media Centre, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Instead of booster shot, FM hints at future relief

Deflation was something that India has never witnessed and is considered worse than benign inflation for the growth of...

16 May 2020 7:32 PM IST

Attendants wearing protective gear walk as the first special train from New Delhi after train services were partially resumed arrives at the railway station in Jammu, India. AP Photo

Shobhaa De: Thank God Indians still have a sense of humour!

In itself and on paper, the stimulus package looked good -- at least in the way it was marketed . But did it make much...

16 May 2020 7:16 PM IST

Cyclists ride along The Mall next to a police car near Buckingham Palace in central London on May 16, 2020, following an easing of lockdown rules in England during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. AP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy: In UK, it is rich who exit cities as Covid blurs...

In Britain the only movements one can compare to the exodus from Indian cities is the movement of rich from, London, to...

16 May 2020 6:59 PM IST