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A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a Hospital in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the worlds largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway. (AP)

Probal DasGupta | India can vaccinate swiftly by using mohalla method'

A swifter pace of vaccinations is the antidote to arrest fatality numbers, build confidence and encourage a quicker...

19 May 2021 6:54 AM IST

Earlier, in his monthly Mann ki Baat radio address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a powerful positivity message needs to go out. (PTI)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Positivity effect: Govt has to do things...

Rather than viewing criticism negatively, the criticism-averse govt can also help transform public perceptions by...

18 May 2021 7:27 AM IST

A medical worker inoculates a policeman with a Covishield Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination camp, in Chennai. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Govt needed to have grip' over Covid: That is what PM...

The reason we don't have enough vaccines is that we did not order them at the right time because we didn't think we...

18 May 2021 7:14 AM IST

An Indian hawker arranges mangoes at a roadside shop in the southern city of Chennai. (Photo: Reuters)

Sanjaya Baru | The mango as a metaphor: The pluralism of our palate &...

India's mango exports to the US were the fruit of prolonged negotiations

17 May 2021 8:36 AM IST

Israeli forces flares light up the sky in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 16, 2021. (Photo: AFP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Israel's brutality in Gaza has dented heroic image

The founding of the State of Israel held out the promise of a new nation

17 May 2021 8:16 AM IST

Childrens literature, if you can call Tolkien that, has been a go-to from whenever I stopped being a child, if that ever happens either. (By arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | Freedom, as understood by escapists and readers

Those fables and fairy tales told to children follow similar patterns: that adults can be evil, you have to look out for...

16 May 2021 8:02 AM IST

Stating that this communication had broken down after Patels death, Mr Tiwari requested that the Congress president fill this spot with the appointment of a senior party leader who has administrative experience and a good working relationship with party workers. (Image credit: Youtube)

Anita Katyal | Damage control keeps ministers busy; will Diggi replace...

The plight of Bharatiya Janata Party legislators in Uttar Pradesh today is similar to that of their counterparts in...

16 May 2021 7:46 AM IST

Devotees gather to offer prayers during the third Shahi Snan of the Kumbh Mela 2021, at Har ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar. (Photo: PTI)

Pavan Varma | How govt's own credo of accountability got violated

The permission given to hold the Kumbh Mela is a classic example of doing what pleases oneself but is not for the good...

16 May 2021 7:19 AM IST

Construction work underway as part of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, at Rajpath in New Delhi, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | What'll it take for Modi to stop playing ostrich?

Central Vista construction in New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi's pet project

15 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Britains opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn waves to supporters at a launch event for the Labour partys general election campaign in London, Britain. Photograph:(Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Why is Labour, once a force in British politics, on...

Subsequent Labour governments did very little to make the economic revival of these towns and cities their priority

15 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Parwati Ghat as coronavirus cases surge in Jamshedpur, Monday, May 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Karan Thapar | Why did Centre fail to act despite a surge warning?

The government had been effectively forewarned to expect a possible exponential rise in cases but did virtually nothing

14 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Parwati Ghat as coronavirus cases surge in Jamshedpur, Monday, May 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Ashwani Kumar | Amid grief as Covid surges, India needs divine mercy!

Wailing mothers, grieving children and the helplessness of marginalised people mock our politics

13 May 2021 12:00 AM IST