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Friday, August 15, 2025

PoV

Shut bars don’t mean you start throwing house parties, and being host to coronavirus

Teens partying in Germany or those gallivanting at a spring break in the US have acted nothing less than bio hazards, probably infecting hundreds of people.

JSTOR’s paywall is still alive, but it’s trying to score brownie points during a pandemic

To show solidarity during the coronavirus crisis, JSTOR has announced free access to over 6,000 books and 150 journals. Great news, right? Except it’s not.

From Ola to Zomato to social media, I now hide my Muslim identity everywhere

Dear liberal Indians, I consciously try not to sound or look like a Muslim around you because of your Islamophobia.

Shahid Kapoor, your muscles can wait. Let coronavirus pass before you hit the gym

Bollywood celebrities are living it up during the times of corona. While Shahid Kapoor and his wife Mira Kapoor went to a gym, Shah Rukh Khan went partying at Karan Johar’s place.

Final wish, last meal – Why remaining hours of Dec 2012 convicts will ride an emotional wave

All four convicts in December 2012 gang rape case will be hanged Friday morning. For Asha Devi, who has spent 7 years waiting for this moment, will it bring closure?

Dark coronavirus humour can lighten the mood in isolation. But avoid ‘wife jokes’ please

People are finding refuge in jokes during the social distancing enforced by the coronavirus pandemic. But humour can be dark, not insensitive.

Don’t look down on TikTok. The ‘timepass’ app now has COVID-19 experts and Bollywood celebs

Many look down on TikTok as the app for India’s unemployed youth but it has evolved to become a unique space for all.

Coronavirus disparity: No work from home for India’s poor

As the coronavirus crisis worsens in the country, the lower income class Indians can either save their jobs or lives.

UP to AP, what’s stopping India’s temples and mosques from closing down due to COVID-19

Ignoring the advice of Ayodhya chief medical officer, the UP govt has given VHP the go ahead to place lord Ram’s idols or photos in 2.75 lakh villages.

Kajol’s comment on ‘true survivors’ of sexual abuse shows she has let down her own film Devi

Kajol, who was in Devi, a film on rape survivors, said not every ‘triviality’ should be screamed and cried about because it’s not ‘gruesome as rape’.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

Yudh Seva Medal for Major General SS Sharda, who led Indian Army’s info war during Op Sindoor

Independence Day honours for ADG Strat Comm team behind Op Sindoor’s strategic messaging, including the logo designer, for real-time narrative control & countering misinfo.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.