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Couples can now organise a videoconference between them, the town clerk who approves marriage licences and the person solemnising the marriage.(Photo | AFP)

Yin & Yang | To marry or not

There is a fair amount of evidence to show that men actually get a better deal in a marriage than women do

19 Jun 2020 9:45 PM IST

With co-opted Congress icons as well as inhouse idols under its belt, the Aatmanirbar Bharat initiative provides BJP the opportunity to leave a lasting impact on the economy. PTI Photo

Aatmanirbhar Bharat : Will Mookerjee, Upadhyaya and Gandhi come to...

The pitch for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat sits perfectly well with the BJP's repulsion for Nehru's ideas in this case,...

14 Jun 2020 6:36 PM IST

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The Age Conundrum

They say age is just a number, but many middle-aged people face ageism and sexism at work and in social settings

10 Jun 2020 8:30 PM IST

Migrants stand in a queue at Central Railway Station to board a Shramik Special train for West Bengal, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, in Chennai. PTI Photo

Charity alone is not enough to save informal sector workers

Collaboration with the authorities, has been difficult, and sporadic, primarily because the government's attitude has...

6 Jun 2020 4:24 PM IST

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AP)

AA Edit | Reality bites Trump's alternate universe

Trump's work is clearly cut out on his home front

30 May 2020 7:50 PM IST

What is intriguing is that while anti-CAA protests are regularly been denied permission, those supporting the legislation get permission, the latest being the one to be addressed by Union home minister Amit Shah. In Uttar Pradesh, the police face allegations of shooting and killing protesters, though the chief minister denies wrongdoing on the part of the police. (Photo: P. Surendra)

So who's afraid of Pinjra Tod?

To this government, peaceful protests by women are unlawful

25 May 2020 4:40 PM IST

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...

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

18 May 2020 6:21 PM IST

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Shashi Warrier: My friend Murthy and the corona conspiracies

To these guys it's easy to tell who's good and who's not If you're alive at the end of the pandemic you're good, and...

16 May 2020 8:18 PM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Twitter)

AA Edit: Has PM Modi grown highly cautious about the economy?

The biggest announcement was the government's decision to extend sovereign guarantee to Rs 3 lakh crores worth working...

14 May 2020 6:29 PM IST

Baseball fans enter the Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City, Taiwan, Friday, May 8, 2020. Up to 1,000 spectators are now allowed in the stands for baseball in Taiwan on Friday, albeit spaced far apart as a safeguard against the spread of the coronavirus, but they are still barred from bringing in food and concession stands are still closed. (Photo | AP)

How Taiwan kept COVID-19 cases down to a mere 440, despite close ties...

The country's speedy, efficient and expert-led action, despite not having WHO membership, becomes a blueprint for...

13 May 2020 10:44 PM IST

Sir Ronald Ross (Twitter)

Hyderabad's Ronald Ross: Remembered but also forgotten

Later, in 1898, in Kolkata, Dr Ross worked out the life history of the malaria parasite in birds

13 May 2020 6:14 PM IST

A man carries a child to an ambulance afDisaster response personnel and volunteers rush the victims of Gopalapatnam gas tragedy to the safest place after a Gas leak incident from LG Polymers Company near Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.

What makes Vizag the hazardous industry capital of India? Bribes!

There have been no less than 40 industrial mishaps in and around Visakhapatnam in the past six years, claiming at least...

8 May 2020 12:42 PM IST