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Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan. (AP)

AA Edit: Will the world call out Pakistan for airbrushing terror?

The removal of 3,800 names from the terror list confirms Pakistan's ambivalence on the matter

26 April 2020 4:09 AM IST

Kerala policemen conduct a march to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown in Kochi. The Kerala government has been forced by the Centre to step back on relaxations it had planned to give. (PTI)

AA Edit: Stop micro-managing Covid action in the states

The Union government failed to act when its intervention was needed but chose to act when the job should have been left...

26 April 2020 3:56 AM IST

Air India CMD Rajiv Bansal (ANI)

Dilli ka Babu: Will Air India get a new CMD?

Rajiv Bansal has been elevated to secretary level at the Centre

26 April 2020 3:39 AM IST

The whole nation is aswirl with heart-rending stories. (AA Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

A Revanth Reddy: The common man has paid the price of Covid-19

Millions of unorganised sector workers are now facing an unprecedented but very real threat of death by starvation

25 April 2020 2:38 AM IST

A physically disabled man walks outside a deserted railway station in Guwahati on April 19, 2020. (AP)

Customise model of social distancing for the disabled

Home to 21 million disabled people, India has a daunting challenge ahead

25 April 2020 2:04 AM IST

Over 700,000 Indian students are studying abroad.

Amid corona crisis, what are the options for Indian students seeking...

While the world is gripped in the panic of the coronavirus, it is important to keep in mind that this too shall pass

25 April 2020 1:36 AM IST

People line up to get tested for the novel coronavirus at Sadar Bazar Idgah Road in New Delhi the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, on Friday, April 24, 2020. (Asian Age Photo)

After corona: Upgrade India's healthcare fast

Clearly, the size of India's health budget is far from satisfactory

25 April 2020 1:28 AM IST

An Indian Finance Ministry employee walks carrying files outside the ministry building on April 20, 2020. An increasing number of officers are opting to work from home amid concerns over the coronavirus epidemic in New Delhi. (AP)

Virtual working is just an option for post-corona times

What Covid-19 may indeed accelerate is a world that offers the option between physical and virtual ways of functioning

24 April 2020 8:31 PM IST

Donald Trump has been talking of consequences if Xi Jinpings government was knowingly responsible for the Covid-19 outbreak. (AFP)

Sunanda K Datta Ray: US, China on the brink of a new global cold war

And India is caught uneasily between the contending giants

23 April 2020 3:58 AM IST

This is a good time to say goodbye to alcohol. (AP)

This is the right time to ban alcohol forever

A country that claims Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation should relinquish liquor in toto.

21 April 2020 11:44 PM IST

Oil and gas company employees model for the Aarogya Setu app. (Photo: Twitter)

Aarogya Setu not a magic tool; it breaches privacy

It is universally recognised that crises like pandemics enable governments to increase surveillance.

21 April 2020 12:10 PM IST

India is a mob, Salman Rushdie said. (DC Photo: Deepak Deshpande)

Aakar Patel: It won't be back to normal on May 4; it will be a...

How many parents will take a chance with the lives of their children by sending them to school on May 4?

21 April 2020 11:11 AM IST