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covid-19 pandemic
Anup Anvikar | End to malaria in sight: India edging close to the finish line
Malaria has been a major public health concern in the country for decades, with high numbers of cases and deaths reported each year
26 Apr 2023 12:00 AM
Aakar Patel | ‘Fact-checking’ by govt & the truth: Sweeping powers to curb dissent?
Visible action by the State, especially harsh and intimidatory action, against critics and dissenters acts as a deterrent
11 Apr 2023 12:05 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Food or warmth? Tough choices on Hedgie’s watch as Christmas nears
The inflation crisis is called the cost-of-living (CoL) crisis as the price of everything is going up by leaps and bounds
24 Dec 2022 12:00 AM
Chandrakant Lahariya | Covid virus hasn’t gone, but risk now is very low
A key question remains — whether Covid-19 is still a cause of worry or not? The short answer is “no”
11 Nov 2022 12:00 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | Are days already numbered for Hedgie Sunak? Third cheer soon
Already the unions, railway workers and medical staff, including 80,000 nurses, have declared that they will go on strike. Apocalypse soon?
05 Nov 2022 12:05 AM
K.C. Singh | As world is realigning, India sits on the fence
The world has entered a phase of partial or floating alignments, popularly described as a multi-polar world
01 Nov 2022 12:00 AM
AA Edit | Rishi or Boris? UK’s next PM to need eco wisdom
It is clear as crystal that the Tories need to put on their thinking cap and choose a new leader, regardless of race and migrant background
22 Oct 2022 12:10 AM
Patralekha Chatterjee | Festivals need to celebrate inclusion, not just diversity
In a fractured and increasingly polarised society, festivals offer a fantastic opportunity to be inclusive in its broadest sense
07 Oct 2022 12:00 AM
Chandrakant Lahariya | Some heart attacks can be prevented with a few steps
As we grow old, with every passing year in life, the accumulation of fat in the arteries of the heart reduces the blood circulation to heart
29 Sep 2022 12:00 AM
K.C. Singh | Mend Pak ties, keep China in check to raise India heft
As the only democracy in SCO, besides a dysfunctional Pak, India must ensure the group is not hijacked by China to forge an anti-West front
20 Sep 2022 12:00 AM
Chandrakant Lahariya | As ‘tomato fever’ emerges, misinformation challenge
It has become clear that what has been reported is not a new virus but rather a form of the “hand, foot and mouth diseases” (HFMD)
08 Sep 2022 12:00 AM
Chandrakant Lahariya | At 75, time to focus on a healthier India@100
While health has got a lot of attention in the pandemic period there is a need for health to continue to be a sustained government priority
16 Aug 2022 12:15 AM
Farrukh Dhondy | New UK crisis: Chicken tikka masala at risk as prices rise!
Of course, one should be concerned about the thousands of jobs that will be lost if a sizeable number of restaurants close
18 Feb 2022 11:40 PM
Patralekha Chatterjee | Don’t let hopes fall: Make jobs Budget’s top priority
In the pandemic’s third year, jobs must be the top priority. It’s not enough to depend on any trickle-down theory
28 Jan 2022 11:05 PM
Centre likely to issue advisory on reopening schools soon: Sources
Ever since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have remained by and large shut
28 Jan 2022 8:26 AM
K.C. Singh | How absolutist policy can make a nation less secure
Taking the cue from Jia, one needs to ask whether viewing the region through the prism of 'absolute national security' is any longer useful?
24 Jan 2022 11:47 PM
COVID-19 cases rose by more than 50%, deaths stable, says WHO
Last week, WHO noted a pandemic record high of 9.5 million new infections in a single week
12 Jan 2022 4:40 PM
Shashi Warrier | How I made peace with my scooter and my life
I tried lots of popular scooters, and they all seemed the same: small and light and cramped, with my knees hitting the apron if braked hard
02 Jan 2022 2:25 AM
Facebook executive blames society, not social networks for COVID-19 misinformation
Facebook's Andrew Bosworth noted that free speech can sometimes be dangerous, but democracy must be able to tolerate it
13 Dec 2021 2:52 PM
COVID-19 pandemic pushed over half a billion into extreme poverty: UN report
The pandemic also triggered the worst economic crisis since the 1930s
13 Dec 2021 9:31 AM
Columns
The delimitation exercise now underway will reduce the weightage in Parliament of the states that did better
Assad’s arrival in Jeddah was no tepid entry.
Ms Raje knows the high command needs her more than the other way around.
South Asia requires statespersons who can look beyond the horizon to the future that beckons rather than remain stuck in the history