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Why fifty years after the split the Beatles still are the original rock stars
From expression of protest against racism to songs stitched up from news reports, and invoking common people in their music by talking about their names, hopes and hopelessness -- their songs have the ability to speak to Everyman
Sun, Jul 05, 2020
Explained: Why dropping the ‘Fair’ from Fair & Lovely matters – or does it?
Fair & Lovely, in its decades of existence, had regularly advertised an association of fairness with a marriage, a job as an airhostess, and even as a doctor.
Mon, Jun 29, 2020
A historic crime thriller focuses on the underbelly of the British empire’s slave trade
Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s Blood and Sugar confronts the darkness on which colonial prosperity was built.
Sun, Jun 21, 2020
Explained: How many migrant workers displaced? A range of estimates
Among the states, UP has said 21.69 lakh workers had returned. Bihar has said 10 lakh had returned; Maharashtra has said 11 lakh have left the state. Gujarat said 20.5 lakh had gone back home.
Fri, Dec 25, 2020
‘The anti-love agenda is basically an anti-liberty agenda’
Her most recent book before this, Prelude to a Riot, deals with the more bitter and violent facets of identities clashing or finding themselves at dangerous odds with each other.
Sun, Jun 07, 2020
‘Despite Covid, our timelines for Genome India project won’t be affected’
Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, neurologist and Professor of the Centre for Neuroscience at the IISc, and a key person in the Genome India Project, speaks to The Indian Express on how lockdown has impacted the ambitious project.
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Scientists at Genome India propose study of Covid’s genetic dimension
The ambitious Genome India Project, the government of India-project tasked with mapping India’s genetic diversity, had just got off the ground this year when the pandemic shut the country down.
Thu, Jun 04, 2020
Explained: Now online, a map tracking migrants, real time
The map matches “time and spatial data, on administrative facilities in the area, transportation and healthcare facilities of an area and summaries, on the fly, in real time of people passing by,” said Jagdeesh Rao, CEO of FES.
Wed, May 27, 2020
8-hour work days, and how we got there
Over 150 years later, amid a pandemic and an economic crisis that has rendered several jobless, as state governments such as Gujarat, UP, Madhya Pradesh and others bring in ‘labour reforms’ that, in some cases, have suspended almost all existing labour laws, the historical background of some of these laws provide a useful context.
Sun, May 24, 2020
New Research: How lockdown has impacted Indian farmers, their yields
The survey has found a “very strong association between food insecurity & farm size, with landless farmers 10 times more likely to skip a meal in the past month compared to large farmers”.
Fri, May 22, 2020
New Research: How lockdown has impacted non-migrant poor in Delhi
The study covered 1,392 individuals in Delhi, in slums and unauthorised colonies, and found 9 out of 10 people reporting that their weekly incomes had fallen to zero.
Wed, May 20, 2020
Courts today: virtual hearings, written submissions, arguments over phone
How has Covid-19 impacted the functioning of courts worldwide? The Indian Express takes stock.
Sat, May 16, 2020
116 benches of Supreme Court heard 835 matters during lockdown
The apex court under CJI Bobde has been keen to be seen as a court that wishes to adopt modern methods made possible by electronic communication.
Mon, May 04, 2020
Justice can be done without robes or congregation: CJI Bobde on lockdown lesson
Chief Justice of India Justice S A Bobde spoke to The Indian Express on his vision for the Court in the post-COVID world.
Tue, Apr 28, 2020
‘COVID has set example of how govt is looking at science, its role of facilitation’
The Department of Biotechnology, under the Ministry of Health, is the nodal point for all the science-based solutions India is looking for in the battle against COVID-19. Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, speaks to The Indian Express on the road ahead.
Sun, Apr 26, 2020
From taxes to prisoners, testing to migrants: Before the Supreme Court, a range of cases related to Covid-19
Here is a compilation of all the cases heard by the Supreme Court, relating to questions on the implementation of COVID-19-related government policies/orders
Wed, Apr 22, 2020
References to death and disease in Hindi literature
In this pandemic season, a look at how deaths and diseases have been central to several narratives in Hindi literature.
Sun, Apr 12, 2020
Urban joblessness up 22%, experts fear gains against poverty to be wiped out
An estimated 50 million people are believed to have lost their jobs in just two weeks of the lockdown.
Wed, Apr 08, 2020
Survey shows 42% have no ration left for the day, let alone duration of lockdown
The immediate relief that migrant workers wanted was rations, then a promise of monthly support. About 83 per cent of them worried that they would not be able to find work at the end of the shutdown.
Mon, Apr 06, 2020
NSO, Israeli firm that built spyware Pegasus, testing corona tracker
“The use of technology in a medical context to monitor the spread of the coronavirus raises concerns about privacy. But using it properly and proportionately will not compromise privacy and can really save lives,” said Shalev Hulio, founder and CEO of the NSO Group.
Mon, Apr 06, 2020
Hunger a constant companion for those left without work or income
The grimmest question that faces them is the availability of the next meal, which is often assured courtesy a government centre, good Samaritans, charity groups or NGOs.
Thu, Apr 02, 2020
Chinmay Tumbe interview: ‘Before announcing lockdown, assuring migrant workers would have helped’
The migrants' health takes a huge beating in this process. The already-malnourished will suffer immensely, says Chinmay Tumbe, economist and Assistant Professor at IIM (Ahmedabad).
Mon, Apr 06, 2020
An Expert Explains: ‘WHO’s underfunding hits global disease response’
Robert Yates is an internationally recognised expert on universal health coverage and progressive health financing, who has previously worked as a senior health economist with the WHO. He speaks to The Indian Express.
Sat, Mar 28, 2020
‘One doesn’t play music just for the hours to pass’
Remembering jazz great, saxophonist, keyboard-man and arranger, Manu Dibango
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
Coping with coronavirus: Big challenge for India’s 37%— ‘internal migrants’
Jagdish (22), from Madhya Pradesh, does a mason’s work and is worried that even if the contractor gives money, that would be a loan, not relief.
Fri, Mar 27, 2020