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Decentralise Covid fight, don’t bury head in sand like ostrich. Be like a peacock

The time now is for a coherent and concerted response. ‘What went wrong’ and ‘why’ is an investigation that can be taken up later.

Judges need to focus on cases, not HR, procurement and finance. The NJIC is good idea

Imagine you were accused of a crime. What would you rather have the judge focus on — your case, or the agenda for the committee meeting on constructions?

India’s Covid numbers are alarming, and there is a lesson in them for the world

The new variant, B.1.617, has features associated with higher infection rates and lower antibody resistance. It's turning up in more than half of viral samples taken in India.

Time to depoliticise Indian police. It can be Modi’s Sudarshan Chakra

Indian citizens lost trust in the State over the years, but not in PM Narendra Modi. Can he privilege India over the BJP?

12% slum households in India still without LPG connection. Five ways to improve access

In a rapidly urbanising India, the exclusion of urban poor from energy access will have severe long-term implications on their health and economic development.

News hunters or ad-getters? The insecure world of rural stringers in media

Despite their indispensable contributions to print media, the small-town/rural stringers remain invisible and their day-to-day struggles for livelihood go unnoticed.

Real vaccine crisis isn’t about AstraZeneca or J&J. It’s about distribution

Every drug maker wants to sell to rich countries, where profit margins are highest. But what of lower middle-income nations, where largest slice of the world’s population lives?

Quran’s verses need to be reviewed. But by Islamic scholars, not Supreme Court of India

The Quran has 6,236 verses. Muslims can read down those that no longer apply in a modern world.

Modi govt got blinded by first wave success praise as corona waited to strike

When the world began to bedazzle by India’s defiance of dooms-day predictions, it made Modi swell with pride.

Tehreek-e-Labbaik violence shows Pakistan is at war, can’t play peacemaker in Afghanistan

Within Pakistan, the rise of TLP is the result of securitisation of internal politics, with the military backing its favourite group of the moment.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.