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Taslimbano Harun Pathan, the school principal of Aasha Marathi Vidyalay, points to a writing from textbooks of various subjects painted on the wall of a house to teach students who are unable to carry smartphones to attend online school classes amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Solapur. AFP Photo

S.B. Shashank | Early childhood education the worst hit during COVID...

On the education front, countries across the globe are grappling with back-to-school plans.

5 Sept 2020 5:33 PM IST

A security personnel stands guard along the Srinagar-Ladakh Highway, at Gagangir in Ganderbal District of Central Kashmir. PTI Photo

Delimitation next stop in Modi government's Kashmir project

There is no plan underway to talk to Pakistan or to the dissenting political and militant groups in J&K to arrive at a...

2 Sept 2020 6:59 PM IST

A rikshaw puller rests near a deserted road during a day-long state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Siliguri. PTI Photo

'Act of God': As coronavirus rises, India's economy falls to all-time...

Given the less-than-ideal economic scenario, a nationwide complete lockdown was bound to have a considerable impact on...

1 Sept 2020 6:40 PM IST

Women must get out of the self-pitying mode and change their weaknesses into their strengths.

Ayesha Khaliq | Legal marriageable age tweak won't meet gender, health...

The opponents hold the view that the proposed law is not likely to succeed in changing the socio-cultural realities at...

29 Aug 2020 4:59 PM IST

There is a need to shift focus from who investigates to how suicides are investigated . Representational Image

Sudhanshu Sarangi | Suicide probe: Not the who' but the how' of it is...

For a variety of reasons, investigative findings of the Indian police have suffered from trust deficit historically

28 Aug 2020 6:51 PM IST

With frequent hikes in the pollution levels of the capital, both government and private schools have been shut down for a couple of days twice. An effective deterrent or an unnecessary hindrance? Parents around the city weigh in.

Challenges for gender equity when schools reopen: Early warning signs

These past few months have brought unthinkable disruption to education systems all over the world

28 Aug 2020 6:19 PM IST

Dr Matee Chanjaruporn

Unsung Heroes' of Thailand's victory over COVID-19: Lessons for...

An exclusive interview with the doctor who founded Thailand's little-known but all-powerful brigade of Village Health...

26 Aug 2020 5:22 PM IST

Going forward, how this embargo would be operationalised is the question rightly asked. PTI Photo

Gautam Moorthy | MoD embargoes: Private sector has to play a key role

With this announcement closing the tap on imports, India's ranking as the second largest defence importer in the world

17 Aug 2020 6:17 PM IST

Equity benchmark Sensex tumbled over 200 points in early trade on Thursday. (PTI Photo)

Don't celebrate India's surprise trade surplus

The downward revision of 8.2 percentage points from its January 2020 projection is a major revision over a short period...

15 Aug 2020 6:51 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

N.V. Subramanian | Afghans face turmoil: Back to a dark future

Afghanistan has an excess of local and foreign actors compounding its misery

12 Aug 2020 5:14 PM IST

By performing bhoomipujan for Ram Mandir, PM Modi junked his constitutional oath of office that makes it mandatory for him to discharge all duties faithfully and conscientiously . AP Photo

Progressives must unite to expose government's Ram' narrative

Despite efforts to hide and manipulate data, the ground realities show the deep crises India has been sucked into

8 Aug 2020 6:17 PM IST

BJP leader LK Advani leading Ram Rath yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya during 1990. (File Photo)

Down memory lane: The mood in Ayodhya back in December 1992

One day a car-load of infiltrators had been reportedly intercepted by kar sevaks beaten up and handed over to the UP...

6 Aug 2020 11:56 AM IST