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Health workers and relatives carry the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in Jammu, India. India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday, April 28, 2021 of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse. (AP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Hubris, narcissim and moment of hamartia'

The sin of hubris has been a continuing theme that has captured the imagination of historians, philosophers and...

25 May 2021 9:24 PM IST

$Twitter is also considering allowing users to join communities devoted to topics via a feature seemingly similar to Facebooks \groups.\ (AP/Matt Rourke, File)$ Opinion

Aakar Patel | Why Twitter's action on BJP manipulation' is rattling...

India is going the way of China, where the social media has to be in full compliance with the government's desire to...

25 May 2021 7:34 AM IST

Palestinian children hold candles during a rally amid the ruins of houses destroyed by Israeli strikes, in Gaza City on May 24, 2021. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)

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Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Israel & Gaza: Use truce to find a lasting...

Although both adversaries accomplished their immediate political goals, the fragile peace can collapse any moment

25 May 2021 7:23 AM IST

Diana, the Princess of Wales who died in 1997, continues to rule the front pages.

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Kishwar Desai | BBC on the mat for Di interview... Is Shakespeare...

Undoubtedly, these kinds of seminars create a fresh understanding

24 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Modi government likes the label of a decisive government, but its actions are quite to the contrary. (Photo: AFP)

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Ram Madhav | Two years of Modi 2.0: Challenges & response

Two qualities that distinguished Mr Modi's government in its first term were 'decisive' and 'hands on'

24 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The Shaksgam valley alone is home to 242 glaciers that can serve as the grand reservoir of fresh water for Chinese chip manufacturing. It, therefore, becomes imperative to view the Sino-Indian standoff through this technological lens also. (Photo: PTI)

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Manish Tewari | War of the chips

The semiconductor industry requires two key resources sand and freshwater. They are the basic raw materials

23 May 2021 12:40 AM IST

Girija Devi singing in the intimate baithak style at Sankat Mochan temple, Banaras. RAKESH SINHA

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Shailaja Khanna | Old-world musicians need a helping hand

The passing away of several senior musicians due to the virus is another cause of depression in the community

23 May 2021 12:05 AM IST

Palestinians pray by the bodies of members of the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas movement, who died in Israeli bombardment of a tunnel, during their funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 21, 2021. (Photo:AP)

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Gautam Moorthy | An out of the box solution to end Israel, Palestine...

The situation today is that the Palestinians remain hopeful of regaining the West Bank without Israeli settlements

23 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Shoppers in central Manchester, England, as coronavirus restrictions are eased in England. Thanks to an efficient vaccine roll out program and high uptake rates, Britain is finally saying goodbye to months of tough lockdown restrictions. (AP/Jon Super, File)

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In BoJo's UK, it's okay to hug now. But if cases spurt, fresh ban...

One doesn't have to hug every person one passes in the street, but it now permits grandparents to embrace their...

22 May 2021 1:45 AM IST

People perform Suryanamaskar after applying cow dung on their body during cow dung therapy, believing it will boost immunity to fight against the coronavirus disease. (PTI)

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Patralekha Chatterjee | The rise of anti-science as Covid-19 cases...

Experts have noted that the rise of populism and the emergence of anti-science politics are occurring simultaneously in...

22 May 2021 1:30 AM IST

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Anand K. Sahay | RSS & BJP: Is there a shift in the equation?

The RSS can obfuscate speak assertively, but also as a ventriloquist, when needed

21 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

The second wave of the epidemic has caught Indias creaking health infrastructure on the wrong foot again. (PTI /Kamal Kishore)

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Dilip Cherian | Grassroots gap: Doctors intensify call for all-India...

FORDA has renewed the demand and written to PM Modi asking him to expedite the creation of a national medical service

20 May 2021 7:43 AM IST