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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicPandemic

Topic: Pandemic

Sona Mohapatra’s docu-film is her saying she won’t shut up, about her clothes, art, activism

Shut Up Sona will be the only Indian film to be screened as part of Hot Docs, the largest docu-film festival in the world.

ArtChainIndia, a peer-support movement helping artists tide over the Covid crisis

The social media initiative encourages artists to sell their work directly on Instagram & support fellow artists by buying their work.

Modi, Trump had walked away from them. Now mega trade deals will make a comeback after Covid

International trade is set to get a new lease of life as Covid-hit countries learn the value of global supply chains in the fight against the pandemic.

Pratap Bhanu Mehta on labour reform & Vivek Katju on India’s Islamophobic image

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Pratap Bhanu Mehta, C. Raja Mohan, Brinda Karat and more.

In UP’s Bareilly, district officials bank on MGNREGA to ensure jobs for returning migrants

Around 47,000 workers are currently employed under MNREGA, which also includes migrant labourers who have returned to their native villages.

Walk, play, train — how dog parents are keeping pets happy, engaged and safe in lockdown

Lockdown is offering great bonding time but dog behaviourists caution that unhealthy attachments might be counter-productive later on.

Simple iftar, no community prayers: How Muslims are spending holy month of Ramzan in lockdown

Ramzan this year has spelt more individual introspection, simple rituals, digital charity and prayers.

2 of Assam’s biggest hospitals shut after teenager dies of Covid, doctor tests positive

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

WHO to launch coronavirus app targeting ‘under-resourced’ countries

The app will assess if a user has coronavirus symptoms, but WHO is undecided about contact-tracing due to privacy concerns.

Modi reviving NAM won’t be enough in post-Covid world. India must reconsider joining RCEP

There is no doubt that once the world has conquered the coronavirus pandemic, there will be a tectonic shift in the global balance of power. India cannot be a lone crusader.

On Camera

SIR drive isn’t NRC-CAA—it can exclude millions of genuine voters, not just Muslims

India is a country where access to documents and digital systems is still uneven. Election Commission's SIR must not turn into a hostile exercise.

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

‘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.