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COVID-19 has laid bare the state’s weak public health system, systemic flaws, structural deficiencies and gaps in implementing welfare measures

PM Imran Khan’s visit to Afghanistan has drawn attention to the challenges still to be met to remove mistrust, bring stability.

By casting AIMIM as saboteur, non-BJP parties seek to avoid looking in mirror — and acknowledging limits of their politics.

For Mishima, suicide was both an aesthetic and a heroic action. He considered true beauty as an erotic and sensual expression of death.

High levels of safety and efficacy in a large and diverse volunteer population are still based on short-term analyses, without having gone through either a longer follow-up or the scrutiny of peer review.

Turkmenistan’s leader unveils a golden statue of a beloved dog breed. He is not the first leader to use animals for political ends.

Joe Biden’s key to success may lie in the way his campaign has framed climate change — not as a stand-alone environmental issue, but one that is linked to the creation of millions of planet-friendly

No institution is perfect, the Supreme Court is no different. Criticism is the hallmark of a thriving democracy, but unfounded and unrestrained armchair criticism is detrimental rather than contributive.

The Indian establishment must discard outdated perceptions and seize the new strategic possibilities in the region.

Digital tools help in better management of COVID-19 patients, enhance our knowledge of the virus and ensure continuity in treatment of other patients

Politicisation of NRC over decades obscured the issue of immigration in Assam. CAA, which seeks to help those who have suffered terribly, must not meet the same fate

The irony of agricultural pollution is that taxpayers are essentially paying for it through a system of subsidies that actually motivates the very behaviours that drive the agricultural emissions that they breathe.

RBI panel proposal to allow large NBFCs to convert to banks is welcome. Need for better supervision mechanisms is urgent.

Kerala government must withdraw social media ordinance. It violates Constitution, arms police with a chilling new weapon.

All indications show that an economic revival will take some time — support is required during this period to at least prevent starvation.

Whatever transpires on the ground during the coming weeks, the aerospace segment of deterrence, intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance must act as the strategic establishment’s eyes and first responder in any future responses along the

Building a decentralised network of check dams, rain-capturing lakes and using traditional means of water capture have shown effective results in restoring the ecological balance while supporting the populations of the regions in a sustainable

The time has come to rally around a new idea for the world — a democratic global government that will not be held hostage to war and narrow national sovereignty.

DRIP will ensure a critical aspect of national security and sovereignty — the safety of dams and protection of water sources

The overemphasis on building toilets without water supply is putting sanitation workers at great risk.

As language became more politicised and more opaque, new or unfamiliar phrases and figures of speech became easier to understand not with a dictionary, but by association.

In August, the government applied for a three-month extension, but the rules under CAA are yet to be declared.

Who delivered most reforms? According to Dr Panagariya, the champions were P V Narasimha Rao and A B Vajpayee, and Mr Narendra Modi belongs to that league of two while Dr Manmohan Singh does not.

"Football is a contact sport. So, on the pitch, it isn’t possible to maintain distance like you can in an office job. However, once off it, we wear our masks all the time, space ourselves

When it comes to dog whistles it is true to say that both Hindu and Muslim ‘leaders’ are guilty. But, it is those who hold high office in Modi’s government who have the highest platforms