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Doctors examines people during a free medical camp in Dharavi, one of Asias largest slums in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Manish Tewari | India's bankruptcy of infra, ideas on display

After the lockdown was announced it is indeed intriguing why the health minister Harshvardhan was not briefing the...

10 Jun 2020 2:19 AM IST

Volunteers wearing protective suits conduct thermal tests at Dharavi, during the fifth phase of the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Covid paranoia, and some cogitations

Frankly, seeing everyone in almost same type and colour of masks is just making this lockdown phase more uninteresting

7 Jun 2020 5:52 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

Guest workers look out from the window of their train in Prayagraj, India as they return to their villages.AP Photo

AA Edit | Heroes of Covid-19

Where the government faltered, citizens tried, if limitedly

3 Jun 2020 6:06 PM IST

: A farmer carries bunches of paddy saplings for plantation in a field, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, on the outskirts of Srinagar. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Only bold moves can bail out Covid economy

The government has failed miserably by window-dressing old proposals to hoodwink people into believing that they are the...

3 Jun 2020 5:54 PM IST

Women along with wearing face shields leave the Birsa Munda International Airport after they were brought by a special flight from Mumbai. PTI Photo

Lockdown reinforced gender roles, more women abused

The lockdown has proved to be challenging for all women professional or homemakers , with all family at home, demanding...

3 Jun 2020 5:28 PM IST

An elderly Indian reacts as a staff member checks his body temperature before allowing him into an eatery in Bengaluru. AP Photo

Karnataka worries about the Mumbai link to rising Covid19 cases

What made the contagion worse was that the government cut short the 14-day institutional quarantine mandatory for the...

2 Jun 2020 6:28 PM IST

Migrants arriving from Mumbai undergo screening at Danapur Railway Station, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Patna. PTI Photo

Aakar Patel | Seven things India must do to save itself from disaster

All parties and the government acknowledge we are in trouble, and more trouble lies ahead

2 Jun 2020 4:59 PM IST

A health official wearing a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit collects a swab sample from a man to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a temporary testing facility in New Delhi. AP Photo

Scientists now documenting a growing list of symptoms for COVID-19,...

Dr Y. Gopi Krishna, Senior Interventional Pulmonologist, Yashoda Hospitals, shares atypical symptoms of coronavirus...

28 July 2020 6:41 PM IST

An artist makes a clay idol of Goddess Durga for puja festivities, at Krishna Nagar in Nadia District. PTI Photo

Pavan K. Varma | Support the arts during pandemic, keep India's...

Governments, which are responsible for the support and nurturing of artistes, have always treated culture as a priority...

27 July 2020 12:30 AM IST

There are numerous cases of persons themselves not being aware that they have mild symptoms. PTI Photo

Nilofar Suhrawardy | COVID-19, the new excuse to other' your neighbour

Covid-19 has exposed the harsher face of another reality, the anti-poor bias and the invisibilising of the poor

26 July 2020 6:05 PM IST

A medic collects a sample from a woman for COVID-19 test at Civil Hospital, during Unlock 2.0, in Amritsar. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Responsiveness and will key to pushing back pandemic in...

India's preparedness is going to be tested in the coming days, especially in the villages

25 July 2020 6:54 PM IST