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24-04-202023 STORIES

FL24INTDavid-Quammen

Interview: David Quammen

David Quammen: Pandemics are inevitable and costly

An interview with David Quammen, author of “Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic”.

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Prejudice against north-eastern region of India

Virus of racism

Racist prejudices against people from the north-eastern region in India come to the surface in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.

FL24THERMALSCREENING

Government failure

Test not, find not

The government’s failure to detect, trace and isolate infected persons in the nearly two-month-long window of opportunity it had to protect people fro

FL24ECONOMYTRUCKS

Economic impact

Economy in deep freeze

The Indian government has failed not only to address the health emergency posed by the virus but address the cataclysmic impact it would have on lives

FL24Lead

Chasing the virus

While COVID-19’s onslaught has laid low the mighty United States and much of the developed world, in India there are differing perceptions on the 21-d

FL24CUBAITALY1

Cuba to the rescue

Cuba, which dispatched expert medical teams to over 59 COVID-19 affected countries, has come in for praise from the world over for its timely act of i

FL24CPC1

Economic policy: Conservatism rules

The inadequate “relief” package and the emphasis on monetary policy to mitigate the effects of the virus-induced shock indicate that making the necess

FL24MENTALHEALTH2

Enforced isolation and mental health

Mental health concerns

“Social distancing” is the antithesis of all that is considered therapeutic in mental health. Enforced isolation deprives human beings of social conta

FL24MIGRANTS

Legislative framework

Abdicating responsibilty

The Centre seeks to acquire disproportionate powers by using a PIL petition in order to silence criticism of the way it has handled the crisis.

FL24TKR

Interview: Dr Naman Shah

‘Regional lockdowns would have been better’

Interview with Dr Naman Shah, infectious disease epidemiologist.

FL24PROTEST

Inadequacy of public health system

Stung by scarcity

As the Indian health-care system is up against many odds in its struggle against COVID-19 with shortage of health care professionals, protective gear

FL24BKBANGALORE

Glimpses of past glory

A comprehensive book with a set of guided walks, vintage photographs, old maps and generous trivia on Bengaluru’s heritage.

FL24bkeconomy

Economic responses to COVID-19

The two collections of articles represent a leftward shift of economic orthodoxy, with a recognition of the need for state expenditure on public healt

FL24COVID19LOCKDOWN2

Impact on the marginalised

Double distress

The Central government announced the lockdown abruptly and with apparently no thought for how India’s millions of vulnerable and socially excluded peo

FL24-MIGRANTEXODUS3

Unorganised sector

Left high and dry

The nationwide lockdown dealt a death blow to the livelihoods of lakhs of already beleaguered workers in the unorganised sector. Even as an exodus of

FL24MIGRANTLABOURS

Plight of migrant workers

Marooned in the city

The lockdown has only exposed the existing problem of the devalued and invisibilised labour of 100 million internal migrant workers and an economy tha

FL24MODILAMP

Government's response to the pandemic

Symbolism vs substance

The Prime Minister’s histrionics do not make up for his government’s failure to respond effectively and in time to the COVID-19 crisis.

FL24CORONAIRAN

Global response

Differing approaches

COVID-19 is stretching health care systems across the world, but the international community has not been able to get its act together so far to come

FLGOGOISWEARING

CJI Ranjan Gogoi's nomination to the Rajya Sabha: More than a sinecure

The nomination of former CJI Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha within four months of his superannuation from the Supreme Court smacks of an unabashed bo

FL24KASHMIRFAROOQ

Chastened rivals

The release of Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah after prolonged detention points to a rethink and modified strategy on the part of the government and

FL24MPCHOUHANKAMALNATH

Questionable verdicts by the SC in judgments over defection

The Supreme Court’s inconsistency in judgments over defections in many States erodes the credibility of the judiciary.

Announcement

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Shaheen Bagh protesters: Showing the way

The Shaheen Bagh protesters departed from their now iconic sit-in site in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, but not before they overturned several ster

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