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Coronavirus outbreak in India
In this issue
10-04-2020
33 STORIES
Medicine
New bile acids discovered
Books
State of labs in India
The book gives an insight into the state of laboratories in India and scientific research and innovation done in them.
Profile
Syed Ahmed Esar: Rumi’s translator
With the publication of his Urdu translation of Rumi’s Masnavi, 97-year-old poet and translator Syed Ahmed Esar feels that he has accomplished everyth
Communalism
After the riots: Hindutva apartheid
After the violence, it is economic and social boycott that faces Muslims who are trying to pick up the fallen pieces of their lives.
Communalism
The aftermath of the Delhi riots
Lives and livelihoods in North East Delhi remain shattered as riot survivors struggle to reconstruct burnt homes and rebuild shops and other businesse
Biochemistry
Microbes deep beneath the ocean floor
Materials Science
High demand for Li-ion batteries can affect cobalt supply
Books
Biting the bullet
A book of explosive revelations by the former Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria.
Saudi Arabia
Crude wars
The downturn in the global economy precipitated by the coronavirus is made worse as Saudi Arabia and Russia fall out over crude oil production levels
Agriculture
Bt cotton no match for Indian pests
Datacard
Shining sector
India is the world’s second-largest steel producer. While the country’s consumption is on the rise, exports are erratic.
Banking
Rescue act, again
By forcing SBI to take over Yes Bank, the government and the Reserve Bank of India appear to have abdicated their responsibility to ensure the systemi
Books
Relevance of Akbar
The author chooses events in history to give a lesson about the present times that will find favour with people who believe in peaceful coexistence.
Politics
Chaos at the top
Interview: Yanis Varoufakis
For a global movement with a radical agenda
Interview with Marxist economist and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh: Losing trust
The Bharatiya Janata Party is about to recapture power in Madhya Pradesh as an elected government falls, once again, to political machinations.
Syria
Retaking Idlib
The Syrian army makes a concerted effort to liberate every inch of Idlib province from Turkish army-backed jehadi forces.
Communalism
Targeted harassment
Muslims are made to suffer and are being blamed for the violence that had been unleashed in a targeted manner.
Communalism
Uttar Pradesh: Dog-whistle politics
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has resorted to naming and shaming activists in the State in order to further its plan to delegitimise
Essay
From Adolf Hitler to Indira Gandhi: leaders who succumbed to evils of power
Tales of bad emperors of past ages show how the acquisition of power allow our own worst qualities to slide out and harm us.
C.P. Chandrasekhar
Oil shock in reverse
The steep fall in oil prices improves India’s manoeuvrability to address an economic recession. However, the government’s decision to increase the exc
Italian lessons
Lessons from Italy
For a variety of reasons, Italy failed to contain the initial surge of the pandemic. Its advanced health care network is its only solace; the focus is
COVID-19 in the U.S.
Corona in Trumpland
Donald Trump’s buffoonery in the face of the pandemic is not an individual failing but a symptom of a country where the state has been emptied out and
Health Infrastructure
Deficient system
India’s ill-prepared public health system faces its toughest test yet as the number of coronavirus cases continue to increase, putting pressure on the
Maharashtra
State of vigil in Maharashtra
COVID-19 Vector
Bat connection
Basic research into the epidemiology of coronavirus needs to be taken up on a war footing.
Interview: Dr P. Kuganantham
‘We cannot be obsessed with hiding numbers’
Interview with Dr P. Kuganantham, former Director, Communicable Diseases Hospital, Chennai.
Impact on the economy
Economic burden
As the global economy heads towards an unprecedented collapse in demand, India under Narendra Modi sticks to fiscal fundamentalism when even diehard r
Coronavirus infection
Surge in Iran
Iran, its health care system crippled by U.S. sanctions, appeals for a global effort to curtail the spike in coronavirus infection as the death toll a
Kerala
Kerala model
Kerala’s social investments in rural health care, universal education, decentralisation of powers and resources and women empowerment are standing it
Odisha
Proactive Odisha
The Odisha government declares coranavirus infection a disaster and prepares its administration to manage and limit the transmission of the disease ef
Coronavirus challenge
Virus challenge
The deceptively small number of COVID-19 cases (and deaths) in India should not drive the nation into complacency: it needs to be prepared for a massi
The China experience
The Chinese way
China has pooled all its resources to fight the coronavirus and is not only helping other countries with medical supplies and expert teams but also sh
Archive
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Rise of ‘Hindutva’ cinema
Editor’s Note: When cinema becomes a tool for propaganda
Movie trailers: The unofficial manifestos of our time
Of Magadh, Manjhi and Musahars
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Tastes of the earth
Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?
‘Enlightenment’: A Marathi story in translation
Close encounters with the third kind
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05-04-2024
Is India truly the voice of the Global South at WTO?
SBI’s reluctance to reveal electoral bond data raises concerns about its independence and reliability
Essays by Prabir Purkayastha: Defending reason with passion
How homogenisation can flatten knowledge systems
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22-03-2024
Why the tiger-human conflict rages in Bandipur and Nagarahole
Minimum Support Price: A question of how, not why
Fali S. Nariman (1929-2024): A life dedicated to the Constitution’s promise
Farmers’ protest: It’s a battle against servitude
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