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Any negligence in the long battle against covid-19 could prove fatal

5 min read . Updated: 12 Apr 2021

In Kashmir, I saw a few signs of a promising future

4 min read . Updated: 05 Apr 2021

We need to stay alert amid fears of a second wave

4 min read . Updated: 21 Mar 2021

The second news was from Assam. More than ₹18 crore in cash, alcohol, drugs and other banned substances were recovered in just 11 days

Worrying figures that expose the disparity in our democracy

4 min read . Updated: 15 Mar 2021

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (C-R) along with supporters of All India Trinamool Congress take part in a protest rally against the rise in prices of petroleum products, in Siliguri on March 7, 2021 ahead of the upcoming legislative assembly elections. (AFP)

Real issues have taken a back seat in high-pitched poll battle

4 min read . Updated: 08 Mar 2021

Voters display their voter’s ID card at a polling booth for Phulpur bypoll elections in Allahabad on Sunday. Photo: PTI

Female voters have a big role to play in deciding Bengal’s future

4 min read . Updated: 28 Feb 2021

Farmers raise slogans during their ongoing agitation against Centre's farm laws at Singhu border in New Delhi. (PTI)

Farmers’ stir makes big political splash, but is the movement over?

4 min read . Updated: 21 Feb 2021

Voters show their inked fingers (AFP)

All eyes on five key electoral battles this year

4 min read . Updated: 15 Feb 2021

75 days of farmers’ agitation: lessons learnt and way ahead

4 min read . Updated: 07 Feb 2021

Will the finance minister address the issue of rising inequality in India?

4 min read . Updated: 31 Jan 2021

The costs of a prolonged stand-off

3 min read . Updated: 24 Jan 2021

Farmers’ stir: A question of who would blink first

4 min read . Updated: 18 Jan 2021

Trump will leave the White House, but Trumpism will not go away quite so quickly. (Photo: AP)

Time has come for all democrats to unite globally

3 min read . Updated: 10 Jan 2021

For over a month, farmers seeking repeal of three farm laws are camped around Delhi under the open sky (ANI Photo )

A crucial decade for democracy and capitalism

3 min read . Updated: 05 Jan 2021

The gap of trust between the government and the farmers is increasing, day by day

2020: The year of bias, discontent and isolation

4 min read . Updated: 29 Dec 2020

A prolonged deadlock with farmers could lead to chaos

4 min read . Updated: 22 Dec 2020

Farmers protest at Singhu border during their sit-in protest against the Centre's farm reform laws, in New Delhi, Monday. (PTI)

The need to find a middle ground on farm protests

3 min read . Updated: 15 Dec 2020

Farmers at the ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi. (PTI)

The centre must make inclusive changes in the agrarian sector

4 min read . Updated: 08 Dec 2020

Representational image (AFP)

Covid-19 has become a tale of devastation, disruption

4 min read . Updated: 01 Dec 2020

To challenge BJP, Congress needs a massive surgery

3 min read . Updated: 24 Nov 2020

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