Writer and educator Manoj Das (1934-2021) will be remembered, most of all, as a narrator and storyteller par excellence who belonged to, and reclaimed

Pandit Rajan Mishra (1951-2021) carried the rich tradition of the Banaras Gharana of Hindustani classical music to great heights.

The denial of the right to a passport and travel outside the country amounts to a denial of the fundamental rights of the citizen enshrined in the Con

A sudden surge in infections, coupled with the Centre’s alleged bias in oxygen and vaccine supply, worsens the situation in the State, but the TRS gov

As the number of fresh daily cases starts climbing in Odisha, the State government swings into action by announcing a slew of measures to combat the p

Mutant variants are likely to cause a surge in the number of cases in the State in the coming weeks, but in nearly a year of well-planned initiatives

Overwhelmed by a sudden spate of infections, the government ramps up hospital facilities and augments tele-consultation in a bid to optimise bed usage

Karnataka faces a severe challenge with shortage of hospital beds and vaccines as the infection spreads and cases surge.

An exponential growth in the number of new infections in all the districts prompts the government to double up pandemic management measures even as a

As Gujarat struggles with the increasing number of cases, many activists and noted members of civil society have suggested that the crisis could be ha

Unscrupulous politicians and a callous public exacerbate the COVID crisis in West Bengal.

Even as people fall dead “like flies” in the State, the Yogi Adityanath administration is bent on punishing those who expose its shortcomings in deali

As Maharashtra renews efforts to fight COVID-19, hidden truths start emerging.

Interview with Ramanan Laxminarayan, economist and epidemiologist.

The government has few constructive leads to offer as the second wave of the pandemic develops into a crisis of an unprecedented scale.

Even as health care facilities are overwhelmed by the massive surge in infections and crematoriums are fast running out of space and firewood, the Sta

The Modi government’s decision to deregulate vaccine procurement and deliveries, just as the vaccine rollout runs into a supply constraint, threatens

The fact that India does not know the names of the 21 members of its National Task Force for COVID-19 is emblematic of the colossal failure of both th

The annual Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank note the sharp divergence in the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic globally and also p

The BJP succeeds in projecting the Congress-led alliance as protectors of Bangladeshi infiltrators and polarising voters on religious lines.

The BJP comes to power in Puducherry riding on the back of the N.R. Congress, but there is trouble brewing in the alliance as the tussle for chief min

The DMK storms back to power in Tamil Nadu after a gap of 10 years by registering a comfortable victory, while the AIADMK succeeds in preventing a whi

The Trinamool Congress beats anti-incumbency to win its third consecutive Assembly election as the people of West Bengal vote to keep out the Bharatiy

In a historic verdict, Kerala returns the Left Democratic Front to power for the positive impact its government made on people’s lives, efficient gove

The massive victory of the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu and the LDF in Kerala, overturns the BJP’s grand plan

A committee set up by the government to improve India’s ranking in the World Press Freedom Index covers the blemishes and disregards the dissent note

Interview with Abdul Basit, former High Commissioner of Pakistan to India, on his newly published Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan-India Rela