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Traffic police personnel block a road during an intensified lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus disease, in Chennai, Sunday. (PTI)

AA Edit | Hindsight disfavours lockdowns

Science may have delayed reopening to 2022 when it could have been done a year earlier without causing such economic and...

27 Aug 2022 12:05 AM IST

According to sources in the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency, under the Department of Space, delivery of hardware by the industry was hit due to the lockdown imposed in several States. (Representational image: PTI)

First uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan programme not possible in...

As part of the mandate of Gaganyaan, two uncrewed flights are planned to test the end-to-end capacity for the manned...

26 July 2021 12:52 PM IST

A COVID-19 patient receives free oxygen, provided by a Sikh organization at Indirapuram Gurudwara, in Ghaziabad. (Photo: PTI)

Sucheta Dasgupta | Hope in the time of sorrow and C-virus

Despite its no-pussyfooting bravado and stupendous majority, the govt did not declare a lockdown on Holi. The Kumbh...

25 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Force majeure' can't be fig leaf for naked greed

It will be interesting to know if the government has been told by Reliance or Airtel of their inability to pay the...

9 April 2021 4:13 AM IST

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Bedroom in Arles, 1888

Shreya Sen-Handley | Ode to sleep, and sleepless spirits

Lack of sleep not only fuels fatigue, however, and bodily dissonance, it could also introduce a psychological kink

28 Feb 2021 4:42 AM IST

Pinderpal Singh Madan, of the Sri Guru Singh Sabha, distributes packets of food (Photo: By arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | Thailand's Indians give back

The Thai-Indian community came out in full strength, to make a mega-contribution to their adopted homeland, during the...

28 Feb 2021 4:02 AM IST

Its not all sapsuckers and sappy stories. There are those harsh realities of the countryside. Of the lack of basic amenities. Health, education, migration for work. Of environmental destruction and the resultant devastation. (Photo: PTI)

Ranjona Banerji | Concrete threat, but there's bignonia, and birdsong

Dehradun has no buzz. It has higgledy-piggledy growth. Almost none of it is organic

21 Feb 2021 4:37 AM IST

Raj Mohan Tella | Are smart words keeping you company?

Words, narratives and the meanings associated with them all are important to brand messaging

30 Dec 2020 7:36 AM IST

New office space supply down 93pc, demand falls 73pc during Jan-Jun due to COVID-19. (Representative Image)

Demand for office space leasing falls 73% in first six months amid...

Vacancy levels rose to 20 per cent during the first half of 2020

1 Sept 2020 5:34 PM IST

Indias general government debt-to-GDP ratio is likely to be at 80 per cent of GDP by FY30. (Representative Image)

Government debt-to GDP ratio to be at 80% by FY30: Report

The report also finds that the government support to real GDP growth in the 2020s decade would be lower than in the past...

27 Aug 2020 12:52 PM IST

Jewellers in the traditionally lucrative Indian gold market are struggling even while the metals value skyrockets. (AFP Photo)

Gold sales in India hit an all-time low

Gold prices hitting record highs after soaring around 30% this year, there is little incentive for customers to splash...

16 Aug 2020 10:05 AM IST