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COVER STORY
07-05-2021
Mounting Challenges (May 7, 2021)
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Briefing
WORLD AFFAIRS: Myanmar
People of Myanmar resist army rule
World Affairs
Confronting ever more deadly military repression, and with little support from outside, the people of Myanmar are somehow finding ways to fight back.
WORLD AFFAIRS: Myanmar
Rebels vs rulers after military coup in Myanmar
World Affairs
The spectre of civil war looms large in Myanmar as opposition parties persist in a nationwide civil unrest even as 10 of the country’s major rebel gro
Tribute
V. Anaimuthu (1925-2021): Crusader for social justice
Obituary
V. Anaimuthu (1925-2021), who strove to combine Periyarism with Marxism, will be remembered for his marathon labour of editing E.V. Ramasamy Periyar’s
Controversy
Mumbai bomb scare case has shifted to one about allegations of corruption against politicians and police officers
India
What started out as a probe into a bomb scare incident near the Ambanis’ residence in Mumbai has spiralled into an investigation into allegations of c
COVID-19 Update
Telangana feeling the strain of rising cases, vaccine shortage
Lead Story
Non-availability of doses is hampering the State’s vaccination drive even as the sudden increase in cases, attributed to a new strain of the virus, ha
COVID-19 Update
COVID-19: Families vulnerable in Andhra Pradesh
Lead Story
In Andhra Pradesh, entire families are getting the infection owing to asymptomatic cases and patients are slipping into distress within days, leaving
Communalism
Targeting Gyanvapi mosque: Sangh Parivar starts campaign to 'liberate' Kashi Vishwanath temple
Communalism
A Varanasi court order seeking an ASI survey of the Gyanvapi mosque emboldens Sangh Parivar outfits to start campaigns for ‘liberating’ the Kashi Vish
Interview: Dr Shashank Joshi
Dr Shashank Joshi: ‘Vaccination will not impact surge’
Lead Story
Interview with Dr Shashank Joshi, member of the Maharashtra COVID Task Force and a consultant endocrinologist at Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital.
COVID-19 Update: KARNATAKA
Rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru
Lead Story
Bengaluru has more than 65 per cent of all active cases recorded in Karnataka in a virulent second wave where the test positivity rate in the State is
COVID-19 Update: Kerala
Kerala’s two-pronged strategy to ‘crush the curve’
Lead Story
The Kerala government intensifies its containment and prevention strategies to bring down the test positivity rate during the second wave of infection
COVER STORY: Chhattisgarh
Sharp spike in COVID cases in Chhattisgarh
Lead Story
Chhattisgarh’s public health structure is on the verge of breakdown as it faces a deadly second wave.
COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS
Lessons from the ‘first wave’
Lead Story
An attempt to understand India’s paradox of high COVID infection rate but low case rate and low case fatality rate and their implications for controll
COVER STORY: Gujarat
Gujarat may soon overtake Maharashtra in COVID numbers
Lead Story
COVID numbers in Gujarat are rising dangerously, straining the State’s poor public health infrastructure. But the government is in denial.
Interview: Sachin Sawant
Sachin Sawant: ‘Democracy under threat’
Lead Story
Interview with Sachin Sawant, spokesperson for the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
Cover story: COVID-19 Update
In second COVID wave, Asia and Latin America suffer acute shortage of vaccines, health sectors overwhelmed
Lead Story
As the pandemic rages across the world and nations of the global South continue to face several hurdles, billionaires add to their wealth and military
COVID-19 Update: UTTAR PRADESH
Yogi regime takes refuge in hype amid corona surge
Lead Story
A sudden surge in COVID cases in Uttar Pradesh exposes the State government’s unpreparedness in handling the crisis.
Vaccine
What are the criteria to compare vaccines?
Lead Story
India had a golden opportunity to evaluate every serious ‘adverse events following immunisation’, but in the absence of trained public health officers
Covid update
Maharashtra government opts for cooperation over coercion in its new COVID control policy
Lead Story
Opting for cooperation over coercion in its new COVID control policy, Maharashtra struggles with a truculent public and politicking by the Centre.
Interview: Romila Thapar
‘Hindutva is not the same as Hinduism’
India
Interview with the historian Romila Thapar.
Covid Update
COVID-19 vaccines: Trials & errors
Lead Story
As foreign-made vaccines are cleared for emergency use and post-approval parallel bridging clinical trials are waiting to be done, it becomes imperati
Assembly Election
The elections in West Bengal and Assam have been marked by violations of the Model Code of Conduct
Politics
The elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam, have been marked by vituperative campaigns and communally polarising statements in violation of th
West Bengal Assembly Election
West Bengal: Trinamool and BJP in a close race
Politics
In the final three phases of the Assembly election in West Bengal, the BJP and the Trinamool are locked in tough contests in several of the 114 consti
Cover story
COVID second wave: Clueless Centre cannot hold
Lead Story
As the second wave of COVID-19 rages across the nation overwhelming the public health system, the Central government remains clueless and ill-prepared
Historiography
Book Review: ‘The Making of Regions in Indian History’ reconstructs the evolution of premodern Odisha
Books
A remarkable collection of 13 essays, written over three decades in the best traditions of Indian historiography, on the making of Odisha as a region.
Economic Perspectives
Biden’s global corporate tax plans send mixed signals
C.P. Chandrasekhar
The Joe Biden administration may have ambitions of restoring U.S. economic competitiveness and dominance, but its position on digital services taxes s
Covid update
Tamil Nadu: Post-election curbs
India
Infections rise in Tamil Nadu as a rudderless State government struggles to contain new COVID cases, while Puducherry fears a lockdown disrupting tour
Spotlight
World-class cancer hospital in Odisha to be set up with a substantial donation from Subroto and Susmita Bagchi
India
Entrepreneurs Subroto and Susmita Bagchi pledge to donate a total of Rs. 340 crore towards the establishment of a world-class cancer hospital and pall
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Feb 10, 2023
Hills of Hassan district plagued by perennial human-animal conflict
Tiger man, burning bright
Supreme Court stay on Haldwani evictions draws attention to need to codify housing laws
P. Sainath: ‘I wrote this book for the people in it’
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Jan 13, 2023
Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus seek India’s support as Sinhala government targets temples
Aggressive Koreas leave peninsula tense
Sex, lies, and chicken curry
A chat over tikki
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Jan 27, 2023
The Great Land Grab in Jammu and Kashmir
Great Nicobar development projects disregard risk in earthquake-prone area
How the Serendipity Arts Festival celebrated the spirit of community
Pele (1940-2022): At his feet, football transformed into poetry
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