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The lockdown is beginning to splinter with the cabinet issuing confusing instructions to citizens. AFP PhotoOpinion
Kishwar Desai | Boris Johnson loses clout in Parliament

Having survived Covid, the Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going through an annihilation by politics

8 Jun 2020 6:18 PM IST

Volunteers wearing protective suits conduct thermal tests at Dharavi, during the fifth phase of the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Mumbai. PTI PhotoOpinion
Nilofar Suhrawardy | Covid paranoia, and some cogitations

Frankly, seeing everyone in almost same type and colour of masks is just making this lockdown phase more uninteresting

7 Jun 2020 5:52 PM IST

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Waqyanawis | What got Sharad's tongue when it came to PM-Cares?

Opposition parties constantly attack the opacity of PM-Cares fund but the joint Opposition meeting didn't have any...

7 Jun 2020 5:13 PM IST

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Ghosts of pandemics present and past

Lockdown hasn't brought any more ghosting into my life than I was already subjected to as a freelance writer

6 Jun 2020 7:16 PM IST

A bomb disposal squad member of the Indian Army prepares to defuse two IEDs recovered from ULFA(I) cadres, at Polo Ground, near Paltan Bazar in Dibrugarh. PTI PhotoOpinion
Claude Arpi | India vs China: Time to open some new fronts

This history shouldn't be forgotten when one looks at the present events in Ladakh, though establishment , says that...

6 Jun 2020 6:43 PM IST

US Marshals are restraining a protestor near the White House on June 1, 2020 as demonstrations against George Floyds death continue. AP PhotoOpinion
Farrukh Dhondy | Is Trump destined to fail true test of democracy?

The most telling test of democracy in our world is the treatment by nations of their minorities

5 Jun 2020 7:21 PM IST

In this Thursday Jan. 24, 2019 file photo visitors walk through the cemetery of the former Nazi concentration camp in Terezin, Czech Republic. AP PhotoOpinion
Saeed Naqvi | Engaging with rest of world: Will BBC give a better...

There has been worldwide condemnation for anti-Semitism officially and in the media, but our disinterest disturbs me for...

5 Jun 2020 4:44 PM IST

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Mohan Guruswamy | The small stimulus and the fiscal deficit fetish

Keynesians believe consumer demand is the primary driving force in an economy

4 Jun 2020 5:04 PM IST

Migrants from Jaipur arrive by Shramik Special train at Danapur junction, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus (PTI)Opinion
Dilli Ka Babu | Shramik Special disgrace: Can it be traced to crisis...

Even within the organisation, there are reports of a brewing discontent among the officials

4 Jun 2020 4:34 PM IST

Women along with wearing face shields leave the Birsa Munda International Airport after they were brought by a special flight from Mumbai. PTI PhotoOpinion
Lockdown reinforced gender roles, more women abused

The lockdown has proved to be challenging for all women professional or homemakers , with all family at home, demanding...

3 Jun 2020 5:28 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the CII Annual Session-2020 via video conferencing, in New Delhi. PTI PhotoOpinion
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | A bad start to 2.0: Modi's bravado fails...

When Modi and the BJP came back to power in the summer of 2019, the euphoria was confined mainly to the party

3 Jun 2020 5:09 PM IST

In this file photo taken on August 29, 2019, a Changpa nomad shepherd pastures pashmina goats near Korzok village, in the Leh district of Ladakh. AP PhotoOpinion
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India can take on China only if the economy is...

China has pumped more than $4 billion into Indian startups and Chinese investors participated in 54 rounds of funding in...

2 Jun 2020 5:17 PM IST

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