In 2020, the year of the pandemic, lives took priority over livelihood. Both stand compromised in 2021, which promises to be more grim.
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With three more phases to go, complex equations of gains and losses draw Bengal elections towards a photo finish
Swapan Dasgupta, a key member of the BJP’s Bengal think-tank since 2016-17, talks about his party’s prospects and plans for West Bengal...
In Kashmir, even tourism is political—an uptick is touted as evidence of the benefits of abrogation of Article 370
State faces a crunch as Centre tweaks funding for foodgrain procurement
The central poll panel’s legacy as a guarantor of democratic tenets in the conduct of elections is taking hit after damaging hit
An unprepared government and under-prepared education boards push millions of Class 10 and 12 students into anxiety and hopelessness
Tuberculosis kills 1,200 a day in India, but there’s no urgency to eradicate this contagious disease that plagues poor nations
With US and NATO troops slated to depart in September, the future of Afghanistan is at stake. India needs to secure its interests by engaging...
Headlines from around the world last week
The Minneapolis cop who killed George Floyd gets his due, in a rare conviction against police. The Black community and anti-race people ‘breathe again’. America redeems itself.
The Centre shifts to DBT as a mode of payment at mandis. Punjab retaliates by stopping farmers from other ...
All of 2.6 lakh village volunteers, fanning out across Andhra. Result? An India record of 6.28 lakh jabs in...
Raul bows out, deadpan as ever, but with a resonant adios: “As long as I live, I will be ready with a foot in...
In case you missed it: News and newsmakers from India over the past week
Who is an Assamese Muslim? A survey teases open deep-rooted questions...
How Gokulam Kerala FC’s I-League win has started restoring the state’s reputation as a football powerhouse
I.M. Vijayan remains a top brand ambassador of Kerala and Indian football. In an exclusive interview with Soumitra Bose, Vijayan speaks about the...
The name Sheela Ambalal Patel ring any bells? It’s Ma Anand Sheela, she of Rajneesh/Osho fame—come out of her eclipse via two Netflix docus. An exclusive interview.
A Tamil comedian and a young director hold the mirror to our democratic exercise
A panoramic survey of the subcontinent’s shakti peethas, soaked in myth and tradition.
A superstar, a campaign, a pandemic…everyone wants her to take off the mask! A new role, in a new terrain that she made her own by covering 80 per cent of it on foot.
