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Remdesivir, developed by Gilead Sciences, is the first drug approved by licensing authorities in the US to treat COVID-19. AP Photo

Centre plans crackdown on hoarding and over-pricing of essential...

Source said a team of officials has been set up in the Union home ministry, which is in constant touch with all state...

19 April 2021 1:35 AM IST

Oxygen cylinders brought from Maharashtra being unloaded from a truck. (PTI File)

Railways' 'Oxygen Express' trains to meet high demand amid surge in...

Amid spiralling coronavirus cases in the country, the demand for medical oxygen in the country has gone through the roof

19 April 2021 1:28 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has, written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting five ways on how to tackle the present pandemic situation. (Photo: PTI)

Manmohan offers Modi tips on Covid fight as cases touch 2.61L

Dr Singh said the Centre must support vaccine producers to expand their manufacturing facilities by providing funds and...

19 April 2021 1:10 AM IST

Jubilant Generics gets nod to manufacture, market anti-viral drug Remdesivir. (Representational Image)

Top Remdesivir supplier grilled in Mumbai as MVA & BJP tussle

Furious BJP leaders have accused the Maharashtra state government of harassing the Remdesivir suppliers in the state

19 April 2021 12:39 AM IST

For all his continued popularity, at least as shown in the opinion polls, the fact is that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been at the head of an incompetent administrative response to the pandemic. (Photo: PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | Ideology or competence: What do the voters want?

Politicians are voted in and voted out for a variety of reasons, but rarely have they been voted out for incompetence

19 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his principal operative, Union home minister Amit Shah, the saffron partys new sutra is to form a government in a state through any means. (Photo: PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | The idea behind capturing power in any kind of way:...

The BJP may or may not win the Assembly elections in Assam. But winning a poll fair and square is not the metric any...

19 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Among this years projects will be Hasans Shillong: First City of Indias Northeast , Jayaseelan Rajs The Egalitarian Paradox: Dalits and the State in Kerala , M. Mohsin Alam Bhats Constitutional Culture: Muslims and Popular Constitutionalism in India and Sohini Cs The Losers: A History of Women Runners, and Running, in India . (Image: newindiafoundation.org)

11 scholars given fellowships by NIF to chronicle today's India

The fellowships will support non-fiction publishing projects, covering trajectories marked by post-Independence India in...

18 April 2021 11:47 PM IST

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

Pavan K. Varma | Second wave gives the lie to Modi's decisive' image

The second Covid wave has vividly shown the glaring gulf between image and delivery of the Modi Sarkar

18 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Women leaders belonging to the TMC have also slammed the Prime Minister, saying this was not just an insult to an elected chief minister but to all women. (Photo: AFP)

Anita Katyal | Modi's Didi' jibe offends women; what AAP shares with...

Roadside Romeos have apparently been mimicking the Prime Minister, using the same catcall, when they see women on the...

18 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Old sport! The story of my fitness journey

After you reach a certain age and size, in my case at least, your thoughts turn to another age and size, largely...

18 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi (PTI file photo)

Modi reviews oxygen crisis as cases touch new high: 21.7 lakh

Union minister Prakash Javadekar and Karnataka CM B.S. Yediyurappa tested positive on Friday

17 April 2021 8:49 AM IST

Devotees gather to offer prayers during the third Shahi Snan of the Kumbh Mela 2021, at Har ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar. (Photo: PTI)

Shobhaa De | Kal Ho Na Ho: Inept govt messes up war on Covid

Dealing with Covid is a lot easier than dealing with our callous netas

17 April 2021 12:00 AM IST