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A staffer of the Supreme Court tested positive for coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit: The wheels of e-justice

The Indian courts - High Courts as well as the Supreme Court - have proved adept at holding virtual hearings and...

6 May 2020 8:18 PM IST

Senior officers carry the coffin of the slain CRPF Constable C Chandra Shekhar, who was killed in a militant attack in Kupwara district, during a wreath laying ceremony at Humhama on the outskirts of Srinagar. PTI Photo

AA Edit: J-K attacks give the lie to govt's Art. 370 narrative

Pakistan-driven militancy tends to gain force when the rapport between the government and the people dissipates

6 May 2020 8:08 PM IST

Indias GDP, or the total value of goods and services produced by our country, is derived primarily from formal sector data. PTI Photo

Aakar Patel: First time in a generation, India is staring at a...

The Economic Survey 2018-19 said over nine out of every 10 Indian workers are in this informal sector

6 May 2020 7:31 PM IST

A security personnel patrols near the site of a gunbattle that occurred between security forces and a separatist group in Srinagar. AFP Photo

DC Edit: Why can't we curb J&K attacks?

As in every preceding summer, as the Himalayan snows melt, there is a resurgence in infiltration attempts across the...

6 May 2020 7:18 PM IST

The Gymkhana has produced national squash champions. Bhubaneshwari Kumari, an Arjuna awardee and Padma Shri, remained national champion for 12 years and Bunker Roy who gave up an elitist education to start the Barefoot Movement was national champion for three years. Photo source: Dehi Gymkhana Club

A.S. Dulat: Steeped in lore, Gymkhana adds purpose to one's golden...

In the heart of Lutyens' Delhi, adjoining the Prime Minister's residence, Gymkhana has become a home to the who's who of...

6 May 2020 7:00 PM IST

There were the penniless but luckier migrant workers in their thousands travelling on the Shramik special trains paying the normal ticket fair and an extra Rs 50 for the ride which will take them home. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Flower showers as newly jobless pay to go home

While the Union government was busy arranging the aircraft and the petal shower, the nation was witnessing certain...

6 May 2020 6:59 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: What Modi can learn from Mrs Gandhi

She handled 10 million refugees from East Pakistan while this govt is huffing and puffing over a far smaller number of...

6 May 2020 5:58 PM IST

Intriguingly, not much importance has been given to linking phobia with an issue that is being elaborated upon across the world, regarding of course Covid-19. AP Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy: Lockdown and coronaphobia

Lockdown-phobia is gradually witnessing protests against it in USA, but there, Islamophobia and corona-phobia bear no...

6 May 2020 5:11 PM IST

Time to take a coffee break from work at home.

Confessions from corona containment

Sometimes it takes a deadly pandemic to show you the good, bad and ugly side of life

6 May 2020 7:11 AM IST

Representational image (PTI)

The Great Unwashed

A major portion of India's migrant population is the underprivileged migrant labor who do distress migration in search...

5 May 2020 8:31 PM IST

An Indian Navy helicopter showers flower petals on medics to applaud them at INHS Asvini in Mumbai on Sunday (PTI)

India's military: Standing up to or standing with the government

In support of these frontline Covid warriors, the warriors in uniform are expressing their gratitude

5 May 2020 8:05 PM IST

To expect the Chinese to pay up for the loss of life and other losses on their own is to expect miracles to happen

Suing China: Wishful thinking or could it be a dream come true?

Many countries in the world feel that China deliberately lied and tried its best to coverup the whole issue

5 May 2020 7:45 PM IST