Online university exams a ‘remote possibility’ as UGC officials highlight host of concerns
Online examinations across universities in India seem to be a remote possibility amid the Covid-19 lockdown, as the University Grants Commission (UGC) thinks India doesn’t have the required wherewithal to conduct them, reports Kritika Sharma.
Indian media is waging a holy war against Muslims. It acts like hyenas
Indian media is not doing journalism. Channels from Zee News, Aaj Tak to Network18 add ‘jihad’ to everything, which bigots on social media then use to target individual Muslims, writes Zainab Sikandar.
Modi had trapped himself in a corner, then coronavirus arrived to save the day for him
Anti-CAA protesters have dispersed, and economic problems can be blamed on Covid-19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is too smart a politician to miss the opportunity in a crisis, writes T.N. Ninan.
Centre says Mamata govt not enforcing lockdown in some pockets and lists ‘Muslim areas’
The Modi government has written to the Mamata Banerjee administration in West Bengal reiterating the need to strictly enforce the lockdown in the state. The central government has listed a number of places in Kolkata where it claims there “are no regulations”, reports Madhuparna Das.
WHO and China covered Tedros’ past — but what is worrying is how India fell for it
US President Donald Trump has been questioning WHO chief Tedros’ credentials to handle the coronavirus pandemic. It’s time others do too, including India, writes Abhijit Iyer-Mitra.
This is how HD Kumaraswamy’s hosting a Covid-proof wedding for his son Nikhil today
How do two souls come together in the times of social distancing? Former Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s family will show the way when his actor-son Nikhil gets married Friday smack in the middle of the Covid-19 lockdown. Spoiler: Guests will have to wear masks, reports Rohini Swamy.
Covid hasn’t gone viral in India yet, but some in the world & at home can’t accept the truth
India isn’t going through a picnic. But our drains aren’t filled with bodies, hospitals haven’t run out of beds, crematoriums and graveyards not out of wood or space. That good news, or absence of expected bad news, is the truth that so many in the international community, and also within India, seem unable to handle, writes Shekhar Gupta in National Interest.