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Armed forces spearhead India’s Covid response as crisis deepens
The military has swiftly marshalled enormous resources to help manage -- in some measure -- what is being dubbed the world’s biggest health crisis
Updated on May 07, 2021 05:02 PM IST
A political and policy blow to the Centre
The management of Covid-19 has generated questions about the PM’s governance. The Bengal defeat has weakened the home minister’s image as an election winner
Updated on May 06, 2021 06:06 PM IST
India’s judiciary and the rights of refugees
At the core of international refugee law is the principle of non-refoulement — that is, refugees fleeing persecution on racial, ethnic, religious, or other grounds, may not be deported back to their country of origin, where their lives will be in danger
Updated on May 06, 2021 05:57 PM IST
Gautam Bhatia
The suspension of IPL and idea of decency
The “bio-security bubble”, as the quasi-airtight logistics of the event are labelled, gave way. A number of players and staff, supposedly insulated from the grimy, pandemic-ravaged world outside, tested positive for Covid-19
Updated on May 06, 2021 05:42 PM IST
Paritosh Joshi
BJP in damage control mode after Uttar Pradesh rural polls setback
Panchayat poll results have caused an alarm within the ruling BJP that the handling of the Covid-19 crisis could have an adverse impact on its prospects in the 2022 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh
Updated on May 06, 2021 10:43 AM IST
India’s farm sector to sustain momentum, but that’s not enough
India’s farm sector is forecast to maintain its remarkable expansion in 2021-22 on the back of robust output and prices despite the coronavirus pandemic
Now we can dive into accepting our hard reality: Snehal Pradhan
'But it’s not just the IPL’s glitz and scale that drew ire. It was also the uncomfortable silences in the first few weeks. And the inequalities which became even more glaring as the IPL’s schedule aligned with peaks in India’s worst-affected cities,' writes Snehal Pradhan.
Updated on May 21, 2021 06:42 PM IST
Snehal Pradhan
After IPL sunset, stars head back
David Miller, last player to exit RR camp, describes the behind the scenes post IPL’s suspension.
Updated on May 07, 2021 06:50 AM IST
Future uncertain as postponed IPL seeks a window
IPL 2021: There are practical problems in staging and completing the league, halted due to Covid, before or after the T20 World Cup.
Updated on May 07, 2021 06:49 AM IST
Rasesh Mandani
A self-destructive consensus explains the CPI(M)’s West Bengal disaster
The party-led Left Front (LF) ruled the state from 1977-2011. For an established political party within a democratic set-up to atrophy within a decade, is a rare, if not an unprecedented, political event
Updated on May 05, 2021 03:16 PM IST
In state elections, when incumbents had a high success ratio
In this article, we use an original dataset, derived from Election Commission data and the results of the 2021 state elections, to explore the performance of incumbent candidates and turncoats
Updated on May 05, 2021 10:39 AM IST
Basim-U-Nissa, Ananay Agarwal and Gilles Verniers
IPL: Ex-India keeper Surinder Khanna says BCCI should have stuck to the UAE
Hosting IPL in India was fraught with risk and the worst fears have come true with the event “postponed” midway after players and squad members from at least three teams tested positive
Updated on May 14, 2021 12:15 PM IST
Sanjjeev K Samyal, New Delhi
Budget FY22 brings big cheer to markets
The BSE benchmark Sensex skyrocketed 2,315 points on Monday, propelled by gains in financial stocks, as market participants cheered a growth-oriented Union budget.
Updated on Feb 02, 2023 12:55 PM IST
hindustantimes.com
Stronger research ties: University of Birmingham launches India Institute
UBII will focus on academic research and scholarship, teaching and postgraduate research, policy analysis and debate, among other things
Updated on Jun 17, 2023 06:35 PM IST
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