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The countrys transportation system has been idle for over three weeks now. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Aakar Patel: India could not build medical capacity while on lockdown

This points to a lack of planning, strategy and execution. This is bad governance by definition.

15 April 2020 2:22 AM IST

A view of the New Delhi railway station showing services at a standstill. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Mohan Guruswamy: Where's the money? Just shake the tree and pick the...

The 1.7 lakh crore economic revival plan is just not enough. The government needs to be bolder than that

13 April 2020 10:15 PM IST

Handout image released by 10 Downing Street shows Britains prime minister Boris Johnson as he delivers a television address after returning to 10 Downing Street after being discharged from St Thomas Hospital, in central London on April 12, 2020. Johnson was discharged from hospital on Sunday, a week after being admitted for treatment for coronavirus and spending three days in intensive care. (AFP)

London Diary: Boastful Boris and the not-so-flat sombrero

During his fortnight away, the PM left behind a real vacuum: who''ll do the press conference!

13 April 2020 10:11 PM IST

A homeless man eats his lunch in front of a wall painting extolling the glory of India. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Sujatha Surepally: What be charity but an old feudal measure to...

Free lunches won't keep the migrant worker from wanting to go home and start over

12 April 2020 10:17 PM IST

Bags containing essential supplies kept ready for distribution to people at te Uttarahalli Government School in Bengaluru on Saturday. (DC Photo: Satish. B)

AA Edit: Recession is upon us; cash transfers are the way forward

When there is a risk of demand dying, the government must put the economy on a ventilator

11 April 2020 4:44 PM IST

This is Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath following social distancing while holding a meeting with his staff but before that he was all set to disregard national directives on avoiding mass meetings. (PTI)

Anand K. Sahay: Divisiveness, impunity hurts anti-Covid battle

Instead of uniting in the face of peril, we have bowed to pseudo religion and its accomplice pseudo-science

10 April 2020 11:50 PM IST

A boy grimaces as a nasal swab is taken to check for Covid-19 infection in Ahmedabad on April 10, 2020. (AP)

AA Edit: The lockdown is fine, but step up the testing

The examples of Bhilwara and Kerala indicate that aggressive testing is the key to defeating the coronavirus

10 April 2020 5:12 PM IST

Gypsy women prepare lunch in their hut in New Delhi on April 4, 2020. (PTI)

What social distancing is possible in a hut?

37% of Indians live in a one-room dwelling, and 32% in a two-room house/dwelling

9 April 2020 12:31 AM IST

Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao argued for extending the lockdown by at least two more weeks.

AA Edit: Yes, a lockdown for as long as it takes

Till there are no new Covid-19 cases, India must stay at home

8 April 2020 5:56 PM IST

A family plays football on the roof of their apartment during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in Kolkata, on April 2, 2020. (AP)

Shashi Warrier: The power of levity in the time of lockdown

Laughter kept us sane during wars and strikes

6 April 2020 10:07 PM IST

This image posted on prime minister Narendra Modis Twitter account shows him lighting an oil lamp to mark the countrys fight against the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday, April 5, 2020.(AP/Twitter)

Pavan K Varma: Why didn't the PM focus on steps to help the needy?

It is sobering to remember that many migrant workers were not at home to light a lamp

6 April 2020 3:22 PM IST

Former ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair.

India learnt to live without politics and religion during lockdown: G...

The former chairman of ISRO said that Indians have demonstrated their unity in the battle against coronavirus

6 April 2020 1:14 PM IST