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Amid siege outside, love finds a way in

Finally I have been able to accomplish the two basic human needs without having to fret or fight: to love and be loved...

22 March 2020 6:10 AM IST

The experience of citizenship is not democratic for all citizens.

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What caste are you, Corona?

For the middle class the care of the self that social distancing requires does not include taking care for their own...

22 March 2020 12:31 AM IST

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As we battle corona, let's not forget the vulnerable

Invisible Indians cannot be forsaken like they were during the catastrophe of demonetisation

21 March 2020 1:02 AM IST

The scene outside the Tihar jail at dawn when the rape convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case were hanged.

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AA Edit: Nirbhaya hangings were nothing to gloat about

Reactions from either side of the ideological divide were bereft of sobriety

21 March 2020 12:35 AM IST

Modi speaks and a huge majority of over a billion follow.

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AA Edit: Shot off the citizen's shoulder, PM's salvo finds the target

When Modi appeals, citizens listen, as they did when they stood patiently in queues outside ATMs

21 March 2020 12:26 AM IST

This is a breach of the right to privacy.

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AA Edit: Why does the government need cell phone data now?

The directive to telecom operators to provide CDRs of all mobile phone users in the country raises suspicions of...

20 March 2020 2:31 PM IST

People wearing protective masks in to protect against the coronavirus pandemic walk along the Ramlala market in Ayodhya on March 14, 2020. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath is planning to hold a massive congregation of religious seers on the occasion of Ram Navami at Ayodhya from March 25 to April 2 despite the threat of the coronavirus (Covid-19). (PTI)

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AA Edit: Ram Navami meeting at Ayodhya is an invitation to disaster

And Narendra Modi is having to choose between the holy men at the core of his constituency and his responsibilities as...

20 March 2020 12:42 PM IST

A man covers his face with a handkerchief as municipal workers spray disinfectant as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 outside at the Government Medical College in Jammu on March 19, 2020. (AP)

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India must bridge huge gaps to tackle Covid-19

India has a law on epidemics that dates back to 1897

20 March 2020 8:53 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures as he arrives at his office in Tokyo on March 18, 2020. Abe said the country will expand quarantine measures and a ban on entry from parts of countries including Italy and Spain affected by the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)

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Inadequacies in corona combat threaten Tokyo Olympics

Inadequacies in fighting coronavirus raise questions over Tokyo Olympics

19 March 2020 10:13 AM IST

A volunteer distributes masks outside a government hospital as a precaution against COVID-19 in Jammu on March 16, 2020. (AP)

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Dev 360: Navigating uncertainty in the time of coronavirus

Let's not be fixated on daily 'numbers'; let's look at preparedness

19 March 2020 8:33 AM IST

$In this Feb. 10, 2020 photo released by Xinhua, Chinese president Xi Jinping gestures near a heart shaped sign and the slogan Race against time, Fight the Virus during an inspection of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Chaoyang District in Beijing. As the rest of the world grapples with a burgeoning virus outbreak, Chinas ruling Communist Party has turned to its propaganda playbook to portray its leader as firmly in charge, leading an army of health workers in a \peoples war\ against the disease. (AP)$ Opinion

The corona lesson: Cozying up to Xi's China has a heavy cost

Let us stand with the Chinese people, but not the men in black who have kept them in bondage for over 70 years

19 March 2020 12:37 AM IST

In American troops in Afghanistan. The US is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. (AFP)

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In post-US Afghanistan, what are India's options?

New Delhi has to move beyond its wait and watch policy

18 March 2020 11:55 PM IST