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Doctors and medical staff attend residents at a COVID-19 coronavirus community clinic during a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

AA Edit: India in luckdown 4.0

The government has not come up with a gameplan to tackle the virus neither in the first three editions of the lockdown nor in the fourth

19 May 2020 6:01 PM

Migrants climb onto a truck to reach to their native place in Bihar, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Vijayawada. PTI Photo

Pavan Varma: Will Covid-19 make us a more caring society?

If the government did not anticipate such a consequence, then it must be accused of unpardonable incompetence

19 May 2020 5:28 PM

Migrants carrying their luggage walk to board buses after arriving from Kanpur via 'Shramik Special' train at Hatia Railway Station, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Ranchi. PTI Photo

Mohan Guruswamy: Will migrants’ misery lead to a revolution?

The working class is nothing without the unorganised workers. In 2019, there were around 510 million workers in India

18 May 2020 7:37 PM

Bayern Munich's French defender Benjamin Pavard (hidden) scores their second goal during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Union Berlin v FC Bayern Munich on May 17, 2020 in Berlin. AFP Photo

AA Edit: Sport ushers in brave new era

In-arena spectators are no more the lifeline of sport, which these days television audiences with their purchasing power are

18 May 2020 7:17 PM

Anita Katyla: Nitin Gadkari has a new role

The Union minister is suddenly being seen and heard more often these days, signalling the end of his self-isolation

18 May 2020 6:44 PM

Migrants take rest along the national highway, during their journey towards their native place, amid the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, at Devanahalli near Bengaluru. PTI Photo

Can India’s rural property card be capitalised to propel post-Covid revival?

Ironically, for India’s millions of poor, informal workers and farmers, informality around land tenure is an inevitable reality

18 May 2020 6:21 PM

Daily absence from home including going to work, visiting friends and relatives, working out at the gym, and other activities, help people with poor personal boundaries to get along together.

How to survive self-isolation and not get divorced

We are all going through a difficult period now, feeling a lot of stress, pressure, and fear, but how to overcome it?

15 May 2020 6:56 PM

Migrants queue up for thermal screening on their arrival at Amethi railway station from Gujarat by a special train, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Amethi. PTI Photo

Dev 360: Can gutting labour laws spell advantage to India?

The key assumption is that labour rights are a major roadblock to business growth

15 May 2020 5:17 PM

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 sustainable

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

13 May 2020 6:16 PM

Oil prices fell in early Asian trading on Wednesday . (AFP Photo)

Oil falls amid concerns about second wave of virus, rise in inventories

Traders shrugged off a further call by Saudi Arabia for larger production cuts to balance the market following a virus-induced demand slump

13 May 2020 8:29 AM

Stranded migrants board a truck to reach their native places in Uttar Pradesh, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, at Bakania bypass in Bhopa. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Stop states from trampling over labour rights

The government must realise that it is illogical, undemocratic, immoral and inhuman to put the workers at the receiving end at

11 May 2020 5:52 PM

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

Migrants with their belongings walk along ISBT and Seelampur road to reach their native places, during the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Congress demands setting up of multimodal agency to resolve migrant crisis

Interestingly it was the Congress almost 38 days back that demanded that migrant labourers who wanted to go home should be allowed

10 May 2020 7:43 PM

: 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

Stranded migrant labourers queue to board a special train to hom. (AFP)

Unable to return home, migrant labourer from Bengal ends life in Kerala

The 22 year-old labourer was unable to book ticket in the ‘Shramik Special’ train recently from Kerala as he did not have money

10 May 2020 11:04 AM

According to a report published by the World Economic Forum, another dating app, OkCupid, has recorded a 26 per cent increase in conversations

Love amidst the lockdown

The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown has changed the way people date

09 May 2020 8:40 PM

Excise duty — a levy required to be shared with states — has traditionally been a cash cow for successive governments in New Delhi.

AA Edit: Rallying with fuel

The Centre's decision to levy an excise duty of Rs 10 on a litre of petrol and Rs 13 on diesel would help in collecting additional revenue

09 May 2020 7:44 PM

Migrants from Madhya Pradesh walk along a road towards their native places during the nationwide lockdown, imposed in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in Surat. PTI Photo

AA Edit: Centre must come with lockdown exit plan now

None questioned the wisdom of shutting the nation down when Mr Modi took the unprecedented decision, as the objective was clear

09 May 2020 7:24 PM

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 as usual’

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

09 May 2020 7:10 PM

The grandeur of courtroom drama has been the subject of great stories, serials and films but that takes a backseat now

AA Edit: The wheels of e-justice

The Indian courts - High Courts as well as the Supreme Court - have proved adept at holding virtual hearings and pronouncing orders

06 May 2020 8:18 PM

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