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Thursday, November 6, 2025
TopicPandemic

Topic: Pandemic

PM Modi, Amit Shah’s airtime declines with the worsening pandemic

Govt stayed away from TV news. There were some tough questions waiting.

Armed forces can turn Delhi’s Covid situation around in 48 hours. Time to call them in

The full potential of the armed forces is not being utilised. They are not in the decision-making loop and military representatives have not been consulted.

Western press critical of Modi, so why is G-7 inviting him to UK summit?

Despite Modi’s hubris in declaring victory on the virus, the world recognises that the prime minister remains the tallest leader on the national landscape.

India’s hope is ebbing. It needs a leader who focuses on health, not victory

A crisis is the biggest test of leadership. The last 12 months show that there was clearly a leadership deficit.

Acquittal of Priya Ramani in defamation case will encourage women to speak up, caution powerful men

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Modi is right: Government deserves no credit for bringing Covid under control in India

It is not government action or even the people’s resolve that brought Covid under control in India. It’s just luck, and herd immunity.

How a captain’s mid-ocean detour tipped off investors to a Covid crisis at sea

Investors discovered that strict Covid protocols had left hundreds of seafarers stranded on cargo ships, turning them from engines of global commerce into floating prisons.

What Nirmala Sitharaman can do to rescue millions of silent victims of the pandemic

Millions of people slipped back into poverty, lost their jobs or slipped from salaried to part-time ones. Some relief has been given, but more has to be done.

Questions were raised over 2021 Republic Day parade. But there’s no better timing

Parades send out a statement to the world about a country’s security capability and the role it can play as a dependable participant in the global community.

The world has become a more equal place during Covid

Many scholars and organisations worry that the world has become a less equal place because of Covid & the ensuing economic crisis. But the opposite has happened on a global level.

On Camera

Nehru is suddenly back in the news. This time, the BJP could not criticise him

The BJP often names him as the architect of India’s many shortcomings and failures, which are amplified on TV news. However, this week, Nehru’s words echoed across television after two very different victories.

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.