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Burning pyres of victims who lost their lives due to the Covid-19 coronavirus are seen at a cremation ground in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Aakar Patel | India's health calamity has exposed flaws in Gujarat...

There is no example of a developed nation that had a Third World education and healthcare system

27 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

A fitting farewell for Prince Philip; Cameron, Carrie graft entertains

The big event of the past fortnight has, of course, been the Royal funeral

26 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at a crematorium as coronavirus cases surge, in New Delhi, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | An AWOL government

Downright negligence, coupled with hubris, made the governments, both at the Centre and some in the states, let their...

25 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

It's a national health emergency, says Supreme Court

SC has sought Centre's response on supply of oxygen, essential drugs, method and manner of vaccination and the power to...

23 April 2021 12:59 AM IST

India now has the worlds fastest-growing Covid-19 caseload, adding more than 250,000 new infections every day for the past week or so. (Photo: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Lessons not learnt after a year of battling...

Once again, we are locked down. And migrant workers are leaving out of fear of being abandoned. How did we get here?

22 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has, written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting five ways on how to tackle the present pandemic situation. (Photo: PTI)

Manmohan offers Modi tips on Covid fight as cases touch 2.61L

Dr Singh said the Centre must support vaccine producers to expand their manufacturing facilities by providing funds and...

19 April 2021 1:10 AM IST

The Modi government likes the label of a decisive government, but its actions are quite to the contrary. (Photo: AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Second wave gives the lie to Modi's decisive' image

The second Covid wave has vividly shown the glaring gulf between image and delivery of the Modi Sarkar

18 April 2021 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the nation followed the mantra of sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas and that India now moves ahead not under the pressure of other countries but with its own convictions. (Photo: PTI)

Modi 2.0 is 2: Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas followed for seven years, PM...

The opposition parties claimed the Narendra Modi government had proved to be the weakest government in the country in...

31 May 2021 7:01 AM IST

A health worker collects a sample f)r Covid-19 test during lockdown, in New Delhi, Monday, May 24, 2021. (PTI)

Daily COVID-19 cases in India fall below 2-lakh mark after over one...

The country also reported the lowest death toll in 21 days with 3,511 fresh fatalities

25 May 2021 11:26 AM IST

PM Modi was speaking at the release of the eighth installment of financial benefits under the PM-Kisan scheme via video conferencing. (Photo: PTI)

COVID-19 spreading to rural India: PM Modi

The Centre, he said, was working on a war footing to check the second wave of infections

15 May 2021 8:33 AM IST

This is the second time the gap between the two doses of COVISHIELD is increased after it was earlier permitted for 4-8 weeks of spacing. (Photo: AFP)

Gap for Covishield extended to 16 weeks

The decision for higher spacing between two shots comes amid speculation that it has been done in view of shortage of...

14 May 2021 1:17 AM IST

Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Parwati Ghat as coronavirus cases surge in Jamshedpur, Monday, May 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Don't fudge Covid data, that'll make crisis worse

The first reason why the government should come clean and say that its numbers are an undercount is public safety

11 May 2021 12:00 AM IST