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Covid-19: Abhinav Kumar on police cooperation & Vir Sanghvi says liberals wrong on Jamaat

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from L.S. Sathiyamurthy, Aakar Patel, Vir Saghvi, Rohini Nilekani and many others.

Yamini Aiyar suggests Centre-state solidarity on Covid-19, Jahangir Aziz wants tax & GST cuts

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Dhiraj Nayyar, Sukanta Chaudhuri, and many others.

Covid-19: Suhas Palshikar sees end of old politics and Najeeb Jung on a Muslim rethink

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, Sanjay Kirloskar, Harsh Mander, and many others.

Raja Mohan on China’s Covid propaganda, Ruchir Sharma says loosen restrictions post lockdown

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Mahesh Vyas, Ruchir Sharma, John B Taylor, and many others.

Covid-19: Jaffrelot says welfare state needed, Sajjid Chinoy wants income support

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Sajid Chinoy, Manu Joseph, Rahul Mazumdar, and many others.

Covid-19: Kaushik Basu on police cooperation, Harsh Mander calls lockdown ‘anti-poor’

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Kaushik Basu, Harsh Mander, Guy Ryder & many others.

Covid-19: Devi Shetty says MCI can give India 1 lakh doctors, Katju wants PM-Opposition unity

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Devi Shetty, Arun Maira, Jean Dreze, Vivek Katju & many others.

Covid-19: Sanjaya Baru says little impact on globalisation, Jagannathan on better tech

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Sanjaya Baru, Sujan R. Chinoy, Maitreesh Ghatak & many others.

COVID-19: Jehangir Aziz, Mahesh Vyas, Renu Kohli, Ajay Ranade on tackling economic costs

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Suman Berry, Jehangiz Aziz, Mahesh Vyas & many others.

Mani Aiyar says Congress weak, Drèze on cost of COVID-19 lockdown & telcos to the rescue

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Yamini Aiyar, K. Srinath Reddy, Sandipan Deb, Sunita Narain & many others.

On Camera

Azad, Antony, Geetha—6 candidates to watch in 2024. Their win can reshape politics in states

While Chandra Shekhar Azad is a streetfighter who has caught the fancy of Dalit youth, Anil Antony is the face of the BJP’s fresh social engineering attempt.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.