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With sectors of the economy opening up after nearly a three-month shutdown, the overall mood across the nation remains gloomy. The daily COVID infection toll rose to the level over 8,000 and total infections are nearing the two-lakh mark – a far cry from the...

What is the role of the state in the time of an epidemic? A natural disaster has prevented large parts of the population from taking care of itself. Crores of people have lost their jobs. The Centre says over 1 crore people so far have gone...

Indian Railways is rightly under fire for messing up the return journey of fleeing migrants from the metros to their home states. It tried to save face by claiming that the delays were due to train routes being purposely diverted to avoid heavy traffic congestion...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the latest monetary measure slashed the repo rate by 40 basis points. This was on top of the 75 bps cut it had affected since India went into a battle mode against the coronavirus. The lockdown 4.0 will...

Did you know that hens sing when they are happy? In the entire lockdown period, when I was completely alone for almost two months, I made friends with a crow. The secret is persistence and exact timing. I would come out from a wretched day...

The locust swarms flying into India have already wreaked havoc on agriculture in many northern and western states. First affected was Rajasthan followed by Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. It is said that these swarms can be as large as 80 million...

The COVID-19 scenario, rather than improving, is turning worse for India. With two months of lockdown, the nation is faced with the worst health crisis in the form of the pandemic that has taken lives so far of over 4,000 people. But much more than...

India is as good as losing what was once its closest ally in the region, Nepal. The process of distancing is not new, though. Prime Minister Sharma Oli releasing a new map of Nepal – which included Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh in its fold –...

The government says we averted between 37,000 and 71,000 deaths by having the nationwide lockdown. It says that studies show that India could have had between 14 lakh and 29 lakh COVID-19 cases to date if the two lockdowns had not been ordered. The government,...

The plight of migrant workers has moved many people during this lockdown, but perhaps not the Karnataka government. In a surprise move, it transferred senior IAS officer and principal secretary of the Labour Department, P. Manivannan, without giving him a new posting, and replaced him...