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A devotee puts a mask on the face of a Goddess Durga idol to aware people against COVID-19, at a community puja pandal, in Prayagraj. (PTI)

Kushal Gulab | A woke Navratri, and a Happy Dussehra

So far, dear reader, this whole puja season I have not had to use my ear plugs at all

26 Oct 2020 6:06 AM

An artist makes a coronavirus themed idol for Puja festivities at a workshop at Kumartuli, during ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in Kolkata. PTI photo

AA Edit | Rein in festive cheer

Experts have been warning for quite some time about the festivals torpedoing the efforts to contain the pandemic

21 Oct 2020 4:24 AM

With the news of pandemic echoing in every household and the statistics of people dying every day, the citizens are widely realizing the need for efficient healthcare

COVID makes us realize why we need easy and efficient access to...

According to a recent survey by the Asian Development Bank, the outbreak can cost up to $29.9 billion to the Indian...

2 Oct 2020 11:37 AM

A health worker wearing PPE kit collects sample from a girl for COVID-19 test, at a Childrens Home in New Delhi, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Get priorities straight in time of a pandemic

Amid the deaths, disease, debt and despair, guess what some state governments in India are concerned about?

21 Nov 2020 6:30 PM

Children wave from a tram during a joy ride in Kolkata, Nov. 14, 2020. (PTI)

Devi Kar | Prepare kids for future as worries rise amidst COVID

It is such a difficult time for school-leavers that the past seems unnaturally alluring while the future looks pretty...

20 Nov 2020 5:36 AM

Nongthombam Biren Singh started political career with Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party in 2002.

Manipur CM Biren Singh tests positive for COVID-19

The chief minister requested all who came in close contact with him in the last few days to get themselves tested

15 Nov 2020 11:32 AM

Abdul Qadir

Social Worker from UP Abdul Qadir becomes the saviour during COVID...

Qadir distributed ration (rice, pulses, sugar. oil, salt etc.) to over 1500 families in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic...

6 Nov 2020 1:02 PM

Britains Prince William, Duke of Cambridge wears a face mask as he visits St. Bartholomews Hospital in London. - Prince William tested positive for coronavirus in April according to media reports on November 2, 2020. (AFP)

Prince William's COVID-19 positive kept secret in first wave of UK...

Around the same time in April, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital after testing positive for the...

2 Nov 2020 1:13 PM

Young neurodivergents, like you, are the real X-Men (representational image)

Shreya Sen-Handley | 2020, the year I learn I am neurodivergent

Mutants with a mission to change the world for the better, you are superheroes, not villains

27 Dec 2020 1:21 AM

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pay heed to shadow pandemic of hunger

Patralekha Chatterjee | Pay heed to shadow pandemic of hunger

Globally, there is a red alert about the shadow pandemic of hunger in the time of COVID-19

3 Dec 2020 4:26 AM

It is unclear why Microsoft is removing the smart digital assistant out of its Windows built-in form.

COVID-19: Microsoft Windows OEM, Surface segment to miss revenue...

The company's guidance for all other components for Q3, 2020 remains unchanged.

29 Feb 2020 3:09 AM

New Zealand confirms first COVID 19 case

One person from Iran, who travelled to Auckland via Bali was tested positive

28 Feb 2020 8:14 AM