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Forensic officials arrive at Nizamuddin Markaz to conduct an investigation into the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus at a congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat in mid-March. (PTI)

Covid's TJ factor: Shun prejudice, stick to facts

The vilification of the Tablighi Jamaat is nothing but transparent majoritarian prejudice in full display

9 April 2020 3:40 PM IST

Sonia Gandhi has suggested a blanket 30 per cent cut in expenditure. (File photo: PTI)

AA Edit: Sonia Gandhi's suggestions are welcome but not bold enough

Congress president recommends austerity when in fact the government needs to spend more not less

9 April 2020 2:19 AM IST

Hydroxychloroquine is an anti-malarial drug that has been anecdotally, but not scientifically, linked to treatment of Covid-19. (AP)

AA Edit: India's export of HCQ is humanitarian

Indo-US strategic ties are based on much more than the optics of one drug deal

9 April 2020 1:42 AM IST

Gypsy women prepare lunch in their hut in New Delhi on April 4, 2020. (PTI)

What social distancing is possible in a hut?

37% of Indians live in a one-room dwelling, and 32% in a two-room house/dwelling

9 April 2020 12:31 AM IST

Anupam Mishra, sub-collector of Kollam, Kerala. (Photo: lbsnaa.gov.in)

Dilli Ka Babu: Quarantine fugitive IAS officer booked for going AWOL

The young officer was ordered to remain in isolation after he returned from Singapore

8 April 2020 9:36 PM IST

Police personnel keep vigil as workers transport medical supplies in New Delhi on April 08, 2020. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

AA Edit: Stop sending messages, send Covid test kits

The government's decision to suspend the MPLAD scheme and cut MPs' salaries is rich in symbolism and poor in substance

8 April 2020 8:30 PM IST

Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao argued for extending the lockdown by at least two more weeks.

AA Edit: Yes, a lockdown for as long as it takes

Till there are no new Covid-19 cases, India must stay at home

8 April 2020 5:56 PM IST

File photo of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) workers distributing food to people in Ahmedabad on March 29, 2020. (PTI)

Anita Katyal: This meal, brought to you by you-know-who

Not just Modi and RSS, even Pinarayi Vijayan wants it known he's been doing good work

7 April 2020 10:33 AM IST

Patients discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi ,and their attendants take refuge amidst unhygienic conditions in a subway near the hospital as the nationwide lockdown left them no means of transport to go back home. (PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray: Only doctors and nurses can save India now

Suddenly, Donald Trump wants Indian drugs and Indian doctors

7 April 2020 10:01 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi interacts with Union ministers on the COVID-19 crisis via video conference, in New Delhi, Monday, April 6, 2020. (PIB/PTI Photo) (PTI06-04-2020_000194A)

AA Edit: Meet PM Narendra Modi, suddenly a consensus builder

Even if it is Covid-19 that's driving him towards a bipartisan approach, some good would have come even out of...

7 April 2020 3:07 AM IST

People light candles and switch on torches as instructed by prime minister Narendra Modi at 9 pm on Sunday, April 5, 2020 to mark the countrys fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. (AP)

AA Edit: PM's mini-Diwali not just premature, but dangerously...

While Indians were lighting lamps, China registered an uptick in Covid-19 positive cases, after a period of declining...

7 April 2020 2:48 AM IST

A family plays football on the roof of their apartment during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in Kolkata, on April 2, 2020. (AP)

Shashi Warrier: The power of levity in the time of lockdown

Laughter kept us sane during wars and strikes

6 April 2020 10:07 PM IST