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r: Farmers harvest strawberries in a field, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, in Srinagar, Wednesday. PTI photo

Chandrajit Banerjee: How to restart economy in a way that's safe and...

With companies shutting shop as a result of the lockdown, the corporate performance outlook for the current financial...

13 May 2020 6:16 PM IST

China and India agreed to end the lengthy Doklam standoff in August 2017, with Beijing reportedly abandoning plans to construct the road that had triggered the crisis. (Photo: AFP)

Claude Arpi: A long hot summer is ahead on Himalayan heights

It is a fact that in early 2017, everyone in New Delhi thought the Sikkim border was a settled issue.

13 May 2020 5:39 PM IST

Employees of German car manufacturer Porsche wear face masks as they work on power trains for the Taycan full-electric sportscar at the production site in Stuttgart, southern Germany. AFP Photo

Aakar Patel: Job security is a distant dream in lockdown times

The meaning of job security becomes especially clear in a time like this. For crores of us around the globe, that...

12 May 2020 4:36 PM IST

Migrants arriving from Andhra Pradesh undergo thermal screening after deboarding a train at Danapur railway station, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Patna. PTI Photo

Manish Tewari: India rushes headlong into summer of death

It begs an obvious question if governments are not there to help citizens in need what else are they there for?

11 May 2020 5:29 PM IST

$NHS staff members take part in a national \clap for carers\ to show thanks for the work of Britains National Health Service (NHS) workers and frontline medical staff around the country as they battle with the novel coronavirus pandemic, at Leeds General hospital in Leeds. AFP Photo$ Opinion

Kishwar Desai: So many Indians found calling in NHS, so many devoted...

Many of those who died Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis were usually working beyond retirement age

11 May 2020 5:08 PM IST

: Congress President Sonia Gandhi during a video appeal to migrants, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis: Amid Modi-Shah inertia, Congress Party makes presence felt

Slowly, the Congress Party in the coronavirus pandemic is not looking bad at all

10 May 2020 5:39 PM IST

People, sitting in marked circles to respect social distancing norms, wait to collect free ration from a government shop, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Mathura. PTI Photo

Sweta Dash: Death stalks, rations due, yet Centre sits on papers

Over the years, governments have routinely denied starvation deaths and turned a blind eye to its connection with...

10 May 2020 5:02 PM IST

A woman wearing a face mask disinfects her hands amid concern over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. AFP Photo

Neelima Mathur: Handwashing a new pandemic' in offing?

The world is stuck between a mix of existent handwashing cultures, contemplation and guilt about over-consumption

10 May 2020 4:30 PM IST

The exercise of creating the graded zones of red, orange and green on the basis of the intensity of Covid-19 in these areas seems to have been done without strategic intent. PTI Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr: Govt muddling in crisis, drift and politics...

The Central government took gratuitous decisions without consulting the chief ministers and the state governments

9 May 2020 7:10 PM IST

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Farrukh Dhondy: Some questions arise in intriguing Covid times

The population of the world asks, when can we go back to normal which poses the question, when was anything normal?

9 May 2020 6:59 PM IST

Medics carry testing kit to check COVID-19 patients who have completed mandatory 14-days of quarantine before their discharge at a hospital, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown. PTI Photo

Anita Katyal: No excuse for Gujarat crisis; crossover buzz about...

Both MP Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Vijay Rupani find themselves in the dock for their failure to contain the growing...

9 May 2020 6:32 PM IST

Migrant workers carry sacks of groceries distributed at their workplace during coronavirus lockdown (PTI)

Sanjay Kumar: As India battles Covid, class divide is growing

Brining back lakhs of migrant workers home is a herculean task, and the government must be complimented for that

7 May 2020 7:00 PM IST