Mamata writes to Modi about shortage of vaccines and essential medicines, blames outsiders for increase in COVID cases in West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh receives 6 lakh additional COVID-19 vaccine doses a day after running out of the vaccine
Election Commission shortens time for campaigning in the last three phases of Assembly election in West Bengal amid COVID surge
K.T. Jaleel, Minister in the LDF government in Kerala, resigns after the State Lok Ayukta finds him guilty of ‘abuse of power’ and ‘nepotism’
Andhra Pradesh government order makes Chief Minister the final authority on performance appraisals of All India Services Officers posted in the State
Covid update Tamil Nadu: Post-election curbs R.K. Radhakrishnan Infections rise in Tamil Nadu as a rudderless State government struggles to contain new COVID cases, while Puducherry fears a lockdown disrupting tourism.
Spotlight World-class cancer hospital in Odisha to be set up with a substantial donation from Subroto and Susmita Bagchi Prafulla Das
Reports PEW report points to how the pandemic has led to a shrinking of the middle class in South Asia T.K. Rajalakshmi
Controversy The plot thickens in the case involving Sachin Vaze and the discovery of explosives near Mukesh Ambani’s home in Mumbai Anupama Katakam
Maharashtra High-voltage drama rocks Maharashtra government following the arrest of policeman Sachin Vaze Lyla Bavadam
Temple entry ban on Muslims After temple entry ban, Dasna Muslims now suffer social apartheid Ziya Us Salam After a Muslim boy was assaulted for drinking water inside a temple in Dasna near ...
COVID-19 Update Spiralling irresponsibility behind rising number of new COVID cases in Maharashtra Lyla Bavadam Non-compliance with safety measures is causing numbers to rise in Maharashtra.
Movements Four months on, the farmers’ protest continues unabated T.K. Rajalakshmi In Ghazipur Despite the steadfast indifference of the Narendra Modi government and its refusal to hold ...
COVID-19 Update Second wave of COVID-19 in India T.K. Rajalakshmi Even as India is in the throes of a second wave, having failed to use testing as a means ...
Covid-19 Update Recent research throws light on the significance of the role T-cells play in immune response against the coronavirus R. Ramachandran Recent clinical research work carried out on COVID-19 convalescent patients has shown that ...
Citizens’ inquiries A.G. NOORANI The entire history of India’s freedom movement is studded with inquiries by citizens’ ...
COVID-19 Update Virus mutations of COVID-19 pose a challenge as latest wave of coronavirus infection in India highlights need to ramp up genome sequencing efforts R. Ramachandran The rising wave of coronavirus infection, which began in Maharashtra, and is spreading to ...
MBC reservation Exclusive reservation for Vanniyar Community in Tamil Nadu: Playing with fire Ilangovan Rajasekaran The AIADMK fast-tracks a Bill providing exclusive reservation for the Vanniyar community ...
Labour Issues NITI Aayog's draft national policy on migrant workers: A narrow vision document Anupama Katakam The NITI Aayog draft national policy on migrant workers opts for a rights-based framework ...
Agriculture ‘Negative support’ to Indian farmers: myth or reality? Sachin Kumar Sharma Paavni Mathur Raihan Akhter The argument that the Indian farmer is overburdened by “negative support” has become ...
COVID-19 Update Kerala initiates “Back to the Basics” campaign to contain the spread of coronavirus infection R. Krishnakumar The spurt in positive cases in Kerala draws criticism but the Left Front government says ...
COVID-19 Update Worrying increase in Maharashtra COVID cases Lyla Bavadam Maharashtra’s COVID count rises again, this time more in the districts, but the government ...
COVID-19 Update Promising interim Phase 3 trial data a shot in the arm for acceptance of Covaxin R. Ramachandran Following Covaxin’s promising interim Phase 3 results and the WHO’s recommendation on the ...
COVID-19 Update Is India on the verge of a second COVID wave? T.K. Rajalakshmi The steady nationwide surge in cases, even as the vaccination drive is under way, has ...
ESSAY Government's game of prosecution A.G. NOORANI The present dispensation uses prosecution as a tool to silence critics and opponents in a ...
Farmers' Movement The farmers’ protest completes a hundred days and forges new solidarities across castes and communities T.K. Rajalakshmi The ongoing farmers’ protest at the Delhi borders, which recently completed 100 days, has ...
Digital media With new rules for digital media, the noose tightens T.K. Rajalakshmi Jittery over the swelling tide of online dissent, the government issues new rules that ...
Imaginary enemies Ziya Us Salam Contrary to the vilification of Islamic rulers of the medieval era by Hindutva warriors ...
Social Issues Condition of Muslims in West Bengal: A reality check Subhanil Chowdhury Saswata Ghosh Official data available in the public domain show that the claims made against Muslims in ...
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Funds crunch cripples industrialisation in North-eastern States Sushanta Talukdar In Guwahati The Narendra Modi government’s industrialisation policy for the north-eastern States has ...
RENEWABLE ENERGY Maharashtra aims to achieve 40 per cent electricity generation through renewable sources by 2030 Lyla Bavadam The Maharashtra government pushes for solar power generation under its new unconventional ...
EDUCATION Education in the time of pandemic Rama Kant Agnihotri Online teaching cannot be a substitute for physical schools and the opportunities that ...
CONTROVERSY Bhima Koregaon case: planted evidence? ANUPAMA KATAKAM Investigations by Arsenal Consulting, a global digital forensics consulting company, have ...
Disaster Chamoli flash flood: A wake-up call T.K. Rajalakshmi Geologists and glaciologists see the recent landslide and flash flood in Uttarakhand as ...
