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India, China and fortifying the Africa outreach

Harsh V. Pant Abhishek Mishra

Burnishing their credentials as humanitarian champions is the name of the game, but their approaches differ

“We are not to get alarmed. But we are to be alert.” The Bhuj earthquake in 2001.

A new architecture in quake-prone areas

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Migrant workers who arrived from Mumbai rush to board a local train at Danapur railway station in Bihar on May 31, 2020.

Chaos and insensitivity reign

T.M. Krishna Even now, migrant workers continue to be treated as irritants

A phantom called the Line of Actual Control

V. Sudarshan The absence of a definition of the LAC allows new and surreptitious advances on the ground

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Notebook | Comment

Data-driven reporting during COVID-19

Optimism was a duty for him

Parley | Comment

Will the aviation industry recover from the pandemic?

In India’s response, a communications failure

End the harassment of farmers now

Harmonising with nature

Invasive, alien, most fearsome

With so little known about its origin and pathogen emission rate, SARS-CoV-2 is the greatest challenge to mankind

Polls during a pandemic

While some leaders are capitalising on the COVID-19 crisis, South Korea stands in stark contrast

Economic liberalisation and its faults

The virus reveals how dependence on private sector-led economic growth has proved to be disastrous

The pandemic and the contours of a health response

A measured approach with community participation will aid the fight against the virus

Getting the containment strategy in India right

An effective response must consider not only pathogen behaviour but also socioeconomic and cultural characteristics

Comment | Higher Education post-COVID-19

Online has become the default mode of education during this long lockdown period in the wake of Covid-19. What does this mean for the institutions and academic leaders, administrators and students in the long run is getting clearer.

Accessing justice online

There are many ways in which citizens can get greater access to justice while the burden on conventional courts is reduced

Ambedkar and the Poona Pact

Without the Poona Pact, the Constitution would never have been

How to cope with confinement

We need to reset our mind in order to adjust to this new situation

Re-imagining our economic choices

For decades, human beings have chosen profits over lives. The time has come to jettison this approach

COVID-19 and the crumbling world order

Globally, societies could become more self-seeking and inward-looking

Women’s safety during lockdown

Steps to protect victims of domestic violence must be made a part of the anti-COVID-19 agenda

Disingenuous and no antidote

No government should be permitted to hide behind the assertion of ‘fake news’ to abdicate responsibility for its actions

Team India and winning the pandemic battle

The ability to quell the epidemic is linked to political will and professional skill shaping a multi-sectoral response

A double whammy for India-Gulf economic ties

It is going to be a challenge to manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the oil shock

Finding a scapegoat in WHO

President Trump is blaming the global health body for the failures of his own administration

Will COVID-19 affect the course of globalisation?

Import substitution, which had once become a bad word, may be back in currency

Curating news for children during pandemic

Students remain a category not adequately acknowledged in this scenario

No lockdown for abuse

Both formal and informal means of support can be extended to women facing domestic violence now

It’s time for the Red Berets

The world needs a special UN force to fight COVID-19

Financing the pandemic rescue package

The govt. must issue GDP-linked bonds, tap the excess liquidity of PSUs, and monetise non-core assets

A key arsenal in rural India’s pandemic fight

With migrant labour back in their hometowns, gram panchayats can strengthen containment measures in the interiors

Ten questions posed by the virus

Our life after COVID-19 will be defined by questions on the prevailing organising principles of humankind

A different economic approach

How the public health versus economic health trade-off can be resolved during this pandemic

Why healthcare workers above 60 should be ‘benched’

There is a moral imperative to protect those who have already done their part all their lives

Taking a long view of the pandemic fight

It remains to be seen whether beneficial effects of the lockdown and steps to contain COVID-19 become well established

Restructuring our food system for a healthy world

Many disease outbreaks show that within the welfare of animals lies the welfare of people

Farmers are at their wits’ end

As global trade falls and supply disruptions persist, a prolonged lockdown will adversely affect food security

Preparing for SAARC 2.0

India has shown diplomatic resilience and leadership by forging unity in the neighbourhood in the war against COVID-19

Cash less Indians, the new normal, and survival

Remonetisation could save millions of the poorest Indians possibly running out of money at lockdown end and after

Charting a Common Minimum Relief Programme

The govt. should publish and execute a road map that provides forward guidance and economic clarity to the middle class, medium and small-scale enterprises and above all, to those at the very margins of society

Reducing farm distress during a pandemic

The government has an opportunity to help farmers who are battling declining demand and lower prices

Why everyone should wear masks

The pandemic can be slowed only by a lockdown as well as by ensuring universal mask use

The criticality of community engagement

It has a pivotal role in ensuring the success of India’s anti-coronavirus campaign

India coronavirus lockdown | Migrant workers and their long march to uncertainty

Blamed for leaving their homes in defiance of the lockdown, hungry, and cash-strapped, migrants struggle in packed shelters, while those who managed to reach their native places face hostility. Ajeet Mahale, Jatin Anand and Omar Rashid report on their plight

Only through the prism of science

India needs its top leader to make people realise why science has no substitute in the battle against COVID-19

Looking east to contain COVID-19

The strategies employed by S. Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and China are instructive for India

Limits to rugged individualism

By the time the U.S. adopts tough measures to fight COVID-19, it might be too late

Do OTT platforms provide more space for sociopolitical content?

With no censorship and fewer budget constraints, they provide more opportunities

Making the private sector care for public health

India needs a national policy providing for free testing and treatment of COVID-19 patients in private hospitals

Coronavirus | Opeds and editorials

Here is a collection of our key editorials and opinion pieces on the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing a range of perspectives to the fore.

Guarding against communal virus and blind faith

For both coronavirus and communal virus, complete social solidarity is the cure and prevention

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