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Publishers are doing everything to keep the book reading culture alive during this pandemic time. AFP Photo

Rachna Chhabria | Will printed word comfort and inform post-Covid?

Book sales in India aren't usually very high and the lockdown further plummeted these sales

14 Jun 2020 4:45 PM IST

Protesters march and hold signs near the Minneapolis 1st Police precinct during a demonstration against police brutality and racism on June 13, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. AFP Photo

Farrukh Dhondy | Collective subconscious demands redress, but fair...

The Black Lives Matter movement of the US demanded an end to the powers that allow American police to discriminate...

14 Jun 2020 4:20 PM IST

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Patralekha | Why Covid-19 pandemic is now personal

The lack of trust between the Centre and Opposition-ruled states is a huge stumbling block

13 Jun 2020 6:09 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi (AFP)

Shobhaa De | Plug and play, says PM: Enter political gaming!

The sort of administrative negligence one comes across is mind-numbing, to say the least

13 Jun 2020 5:42 PM IST

Capitalism, in other words, kept a wary eye on all transitions away from its stranglehold

Saeed Naqvi | Can US riots be compared with India's millions walking...

The vigour and success of a free society covered up an undercurrent of flaws like racism from the start

12 Jun 2020 6:55 PM IST

Supreme Court issued a notice to government and others on PIL against lay-offs and salary cuts in media industry. (PTI Photo)

Abdul Khaliq | Dismantling quotas, bit by inseparable bit

Dalits have been assaulted for daring to ride a horse; killed for sitting cross-legged; and thrashed for wearing mojris

12 Jun 2020 6:02 PM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | India vs China: Is give and take still possible?

At Galwan, the PLA found an unguarded but very strategic spot on the LAC and occupied it

10 Jun 2020 7:01 PM IST

Senior IPS officer V.K. Singh

Dilli Ka Babu: Senior cop disgruntled by delayed promotion

Turns out that at least six states have witnessed a rather quick turnover of principal health secretaries during the...

10 Jun 2020 6:31 PM IST

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrives during her visit to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Taipei. (AFP)

Skand Tayal | Heed Sardar: Rethink China line, ramp up Taiwan links

The subtle messages being sent by the Sangh Parivar on Tibet and Taiwan should be examined very seriously by Beijing

10 Jun 2020 2:57 AM IST

Doctors examines people during a free medical camp in Dharavi, one of Asias largest slums in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Manish Tewari | India's bankruptcy of infra, ideas on display

After the lockdown was announced it is indeed intriguing why the health minister Harshvardhan was not briefing the...

10 Jun 2020 2:19 AM IST

In this file photo taken on August 29, 2019 a Changpa nomad shepherd puts pashmina goats out to pasture near Korzok village in the Leh district of Ladakh. AP Photo

Aakar Patel | China's long-term game: What does it really want?

From May, China has physically stopped Indian patrols from proceeding beyond Finger 4, effectively giving China full...

9 Jun 2020 4:57 PM IST

Cities across Europe and elsewhere in the world filled with demonstrations decrying racism in America. AFP Photp

Maura Moynihan | US in turmoil: Is China instigating the violence?

The rapid escalation of violence in recent days has the American media focused mainly on the militarisation of the...

8 Jun 2020 6:35 PM IST