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Friends With Benefits

There is more to the friendship between Jio and Facebook than meets the eye

Widening gulf

Anti-Muslim hate speech by a few Indian expats threatens to unravel Modi’s diplomatic gains in West Asia

On WHO's side

India wants reforms in the WHO, and is looking for a greater role in the organisation

I fear for Hindus, even in Europe and America

Princess Hend Al Qassimi has become the woman of the moment by taking on Indian entrepreneur Saurabh Upadhyay for his anti-Muslim comments on social media.

ALL ILL, NO WILL

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S SLOW AND PROBLEMATIC RESPONSE TO COVID-19 HAS REVEALED ITS TWO MAJOR WEAKNESSES— LACK OF AUTONOMY AND A SKEWED FUNDING SYSTEM

Disease and unease

Chouhan may have to deal with discord in his party before byelections to the assembly

Stepping up

The time may be right for India to take on a leadership role and influence global health policies

IPL Without Foreign Players Should Not Happen

It is hard to imagine cricket without spectators, says cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar

THE INVISIBLE KILLER

THERE IS STILL TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY OVER WHETHER A VACCINE WOULD WORK AGAINST COVID-19

How Maximum City Is Dealing With The Pandemic

How Mumbai, which leads Indian cities in Covid-19 cases, is dealing with the virus and lockdown

The terminal

How 19 Indians stranded in the Dubai airport are coping with the Covid-19 gloom

Tenuous peace

There is an uneasy collaboration between the states and the Centre, but politics is not far behind

Right click

The lockdown has catalysed the growth of online education from a trot into a full gallop

One step ahead

A proactive system developed after the 2003 SARS outbreak helped Taiwan prepare for Covid-19

Fact and friction

The pandemic aside, disinformation is a major battle that India has to fight

Dragon's dreams

China aspires to become the leader of the post-pandemic world

Distance yearnings

For a country like India, accustomed to close contact, the loss of a connection with the outside world amid the lockdown has been unsettling

Jammu & Kashmir: Violence Returns

The recent infiltration bid has raised fears of militancy rearing its head again in Kashmir

Economic Cost Of Lockdown: The Pain, The Loss And The Way Out

As India is still counting the cost of the lockdown, things are unlikely to go back to normal even after its removal

THE BHILWARA MODEL

How we contained coronavirus in Rajasthan’s biggest hotspot

The state government is not taking speedy decisions

The state government is not taking speedy decisions

THE ART OF SOLITUDE

How a clutch of artists down the ages has depicted isolation

Harmony during hardship

Kerala is containing the Tablighi Jamaat-linked cases of Covid-19 without communal castigation

Frontier resistance

Despite sharing borders with four countries, five northeastern states have controlled Covid-19 better than most of India

Firefight mode

Officials are scrambling to make up for lost time as Madhya Pradesh reports the highest Covid-19 death rate in India

Evolution of EPS

Once an unlikely chief minister, Edappadi Palaniswami seems to have consolidated his spot at the top of the political pecking order

Booster shot

How the Covid-19 crisis has helped revitalise India’s first pharma company

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Reveals The Strategy To Contain The Pandemic

In an exclusive interview with THE WEEK, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan outlines the preparations to ramp up the health care system to tackle Covid-19, the risk assessment for India, its testing strategy and the long battle ahead

Healing And Homecoming

India’s oldest COVID-19 survivor couple is back home after a month-long fight with the coronavirus

The Mysuru mystery

A 35-year-old man with no travel or contact history has caught Covid-19. Authorities are struggling to find out how