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COVID-19 pandemic makes world re-examine interconnection between man and nature




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Sovereignty is back. Solidarity is under stress, will need to be reinvented




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Lockdown trade-offs in a young country call for wide public deliberation




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Religious congregations and beliefs need a relook in times of coronavirus




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Excess stocks of the Food Corporation of India must be released to the poor




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Notes from a recovery: Let us fear, let us be careful, but let us not panic




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Need to strike right balance between public health and individual’s right to privacy




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If government runs huge deficit to tackle crisis and asks RBI to monetise part of it, so be it




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With global institutions in turmoil, India needs to be pragmatic and fleet-footed




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Now that there is talk that lockdown will be extended, new fears have begun to spread




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Any decision on extending coronavirus lockdown must be based on extreme circumspection, realistic cost-benefit analysis




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A moment of rebuilding is on us. Best minds must contribute




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It will take a cillage: Covid-19 crisis can help us rework relationship between city and village




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Life after pandemic: 10 examples from everyday life that will become part of the new normal




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Ambedkar saw J&K’s special status as detrimental to national unity




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With PM Modi leading from front, India’s response to coronavirus crisis has been exceptional




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Private sector must be a wholehearted partner of government in fight against COVID-19




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Memories of hunger, fear of dying without care, lie behind migrants’ long trudge home




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Insolvency code should be suspended for six months to help companies recover




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India, Pakistan, Turkey are going back to religion. There is a better way




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Beyond solidarity: The migrant labour and the unemployed will be demanding their rights, not our mercy




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Demonetisation, Delhi pollution, I-Day, JNU protests: Best of Express photographers in 2016




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Bengaluru: Toxic froth spills over from lakes to state highway




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Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray’s statue set to be installed




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Can old tyres, beer cans and wine bottles help build a home?




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Queen Elizabeth II marks her Sapphire Jubilee with 65-year reign




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Bekal kite festival: When crouching tiger soared above Pallikkare




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Luxurious Mumbai-Goa Tejas Express all set to be flagged off from May 22




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A look at what is happening around the globe: 10 defining pictures of the day




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Ram Nath Kovind becomes President: List of achievements of previous Raisina Hill occupants




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Vladimir Putin goes fishing! Photos of Russian President taking a dip in southern Siberia




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Chandigarh ‘stalking’ case: City holds ‘Bekhauf Azaadi March’ to raise awareness on women’s safety




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Experience life behind bars in Bangkok’s Sook Station hostel




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Mercedes-Benz’s AMG GT R, GT Roadster launched at over Rs 2 crore; see photos




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Bullet train in India: PM Modi, Japan’s Shinzo Abe launch historic project




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Meet Frida the Labrador who has been saving lives in disasters across the world




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Mukul Roy addresses first BJP rally, accuses TMC of being a ‘private limited company’




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From hero to villain, Robert Mugabe’s 37-year-old governance ends




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Cyclone Ockhi: Mumbai witnesses highest December rainfall in 142 years




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Lockdown period not to be counted for determining residency status of NRIs, foreign nationals: CBDT

India has allowed discounting of prolonged stay period for determining the residency status in relief for NRIs.




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Raghuram Rajan explains how best to stimulate the economy

Rajan says ‘monetisation’ is a good option in the short-term and within reasonable limits.




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View: The unbearable lightness of these labour reforms

Labour laws in India are part of the façade of democracy that middle-class India confuses for the real thing. In reality, nine out of ten of India’s 500 million workers are in the informal sector, which does not admit labour laws, minimum wages, social security and such other symbols of civilised existence even as figments of the imagination.




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Bengal Governor: 'I was stunned by Mamata's response'

'Does it mean that till the COVID-19 fight is over, the governor should be non-functional, in sleep mode, and fiddling in the Raj Bhavan while the state is burning?'




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Why West Bengal's coronavirus mortality rate is high

Social stigma and low testing are the key reasons for the high mortality rate among COVID-19 patients in West Bengal, where the disease, like elsewhere in the country, is still an urban phenomenon, experts say. The state's Trinamool Congress government has been drawing consistent criticism from the Centre and opposition parties over the way it has tackled the pandemic, and has been accused of under-reporting data about the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.




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Don't risk your life, be patient: Maha CM to migrants

Thackeray said he was in constant touch with the Centre over the issue of running more trains to ferry migrant labourers, stranded due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, to their native places.




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Class 10, 12 CBSE exams to be held from July 1-15

While class 12 exams will be conducted across the country, the class 10 exams are only pending in North East Delhi where they were affected due to the law and order situation.




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'Numbers will continue to rise in Mumbai till May end'

'In Mumbai the mortality rate was reaching a percentage of almost 8 plus in about April.' 'But now over last one month, we have come down.' 'We have drastically controlled mortality.' 'We are now about 3.9.'




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Vande Bharat Mission to be expanded to Russia, Spain

They said stranded Indians in central Asia as well as in various European countries will be brought back home in the second phase of evacuation beginning May 15.




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Bengal not allowing trains with migrants: Shah

Shah said not allowing trains to reach West Bengal is "injustice" to the migrant workers from the state.




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The Best Rishi Kapoor Performances

Sukanya Verma raises a toast (he'd like that very much) to the magnificent Rishi Kapoor and his 25 essential performances.