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Ranjona Banerji | How I tweeted away my pandemic summer

I say this to sound like I have an all-round life, but I mean Twitter

21 Nov 2020 12:00 AM IST

An illustration picture taken on November 19, 2020, shows a vial with Covid-19 Vaccine sticker, a syringe and an earth globe. (AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Vaccines on the way amid talk of conspiracies, Bill...

When the vaccine was announced, instead lining up for a shot, I read all manner of lunatic anti-vaccine propaganda

21 Nov 2020 12:00 AM IST

Children wave from a tram during a joy ride in Kolkata, Nov. 14, 2020. (PTI)

Devi Kar | Prepare kids for future as worries rise amidst COVID

It is such a difficult time for school-leavers that the past seems unnaturally alluring while the future looks pretty...

20 Nov 2020 11:06 AM IST

Workers prepare a campaign vehicle for the BJP, ahead of the GHMC elections, in Hyderabad, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. (PTI)

Sriram Karri | Can KCR's gameplan stop Modi juggernaut?

BJP has already pushed TRS into a spot by making GHMC elections about nationalist Hindutva, a template it has not really...

20 Nov 2020 10:56 AM IST

Janata Dal (United) President and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar arrives at party office, in Patna, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (PTI)

Anand K Sahay | BJP's hopes for its own CM in Patna get dashed

Bihar is the only state in north India, besides Jammu and Kashmir (now a UT) and Punjab, where the BJP has not had its...

19 Nov 2020 5:50 PM IST

Border Security Force Personnel (BSF) stand guard in a motor launch. (PTI)

Dilip Cherian | MHA hard put to find officers ready to serve in...

A year after the change in the status of J&K and Ladakh, there is an acute shortage of IAS, IPS and other all-India...

19 Nov 2020 5:42 PM IST

Work from home is taking a toll on the mind and body.

Beyond Covid: Towards a new normal' at work

The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing these very companies to reredefine their offices as post-Covid workplaces

18 Nov 2020 1:44 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi

Everything is looking bleak: Can Modi still bring change?

It is the personal attractiveness and credibility of the Prime Minister that has yet again taken the BJP through in...

18 Nov 2020 1:34 AM IST

The leaders of the representating nations of RCEP attending the ASEAN summit in Hanoi. (AFP)

RCEP shifts Indo-Pacific dynamics, blow to Delhi

The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership has significantly altered the Indo-Pacific strategic...

17 Nov 2020 11:46 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Why Shah held back in Bihar; hunt for unhappy Trinamul...

The BJP had decided that it would play down the communal card in Bihar as identity politics usually takes precedence...

16 Nov 2020 11:25 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

Pavan K Varma | Will apex court protect liberty for all citizens?

The administering of justice should never be selective, or so lacking in humanity that it revolts the human conscience

16 Nov 2020 10:31 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Shobhaa De | How to be a good loser Don needs crash course

It is said true character gets revealed not when you win big but when you lose even bigger

13 Nov 2020 10:14 PM IST