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A Hero's Dilemma
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A Hero's Dilemma

Rajinikanth’s new moves indicate that he may be looking for a graceful exit from politics

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March 29, 2020
Recreating a virus
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Recreating a virus

How a team of researchers in Canada, including Indian-origin Dr Arinjay Banerjee, isolated the virus responsible for Covid-19

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March 29, 2020
Lotus focused
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Lotus focused

How the BJP plans on winning West Bengal, and why the governor might be a crucial factor in that pursuit

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March 29, 2020
Justice not delayed
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Justice not delayed

Ranjan Gogoi’s swift entry into the Rajya Sabha further diminishes his dubious legacy in judiciary

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March 29, 2020
Hanging on to hope
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Hanging on to hope

Italians are reacting to fear in the most natural way—with optimism, the quality for which the world admires them the most

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March 29, 2020
Control keys
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Control keys

While India has not reached the community transmission stage of Covid-19 yet, it needs to bolster its public health system, improve lab facilities and ensure individual compliance to safety measures in order to curb its spread

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March 29, 2020
Covid-19 Vaccine Will Be The First Of Its Kind To Be Made In India
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Covid-19 Vaccine Will Be The First Of Its Kind To Be Made In India

We are likely to get the animal trials data in the next few months. All these will take a year and a half, if not two, until the vaccine is developed.

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March 29, 2020
India Not Prepared For Coronavirus
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India Not Prepared For Coronavirus

India seems quite blasé about the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), even as it spreads alarmingly through China, with more than 75,000 people being infected and the number of fatalities climbing upwards.

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March 08, 2020
Investing In The Time Of Corona
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Investing In The Time Of Corona

In the fear of the downside, investors may miss out on the upside

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March 15, 2020
DISTANT DIPLOMACY
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DISTANT DIPLOMACY

Namaste is the flavour of the season, especially in Delhi’s diplomatic circles. The reason: Covid-19. Handshakes are avoided and diplomatic missions have issued guidelines to employees to avoid cheek kissing and to stay at home in case of a flu. At the International Womens’ Day celebration at the Dutch embassy, the deputy chief of mission, Anneke Adema, had the namaste down pat— each guest was greeted with one. Just for good measure, the embassy gave gifts to the attendees tiny wooden clogs and a small bottle of sanitiser.

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March 22, 2020
At least a year until a vaccine is ready, but no guarantee
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At least a year until a vaccine is ready, but no guarantee

Dr Tom Frieden is former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and former commissioner of the New York City Health Department. He is currently president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, a global nonprofit working on preventing epidemics and cardiovascular diseases. On March 10, he wrote about the worst case scenario in Covid-19—it could kill up to 10 lakh people in the US. In an exclusive interview to THE WEEK, Frieden discussed how little experts know about the virus, the uncertainty of drug treatments and vaccines and how vulnerable the world is to such epidemics.

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March 22, 2020
Like Nipah, Coronavirus, Too, Has Taught Us Lessons
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Like Nipah, Coronavirus, Too, Has Taught Us Lessons

January 30, 2.30am. It was an odd hour for a media briefing. But, only a few hours earlier, Kerala had confirmed the first-ever case of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in India. After a two-hour-long meeting of the rapid response team, Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja told the media that the state was all set to tackle the disease that had caught the world unawares.

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4 mins  |
March 08, 2020
State of apathy
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State of apathy

With promises made to Nirbhaya’s family unkept, her ancestral village lies neglected

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5 mins  |
March 22, 2020
Rebel prince
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Rebel prince

Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh and the high command are equally responsible for Scindia’s exit

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March 22, 2020
Tale of two heads
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Tale of two heads

Two Lingayat mutts set the stage for a social revolution by naming a Muslim man and an OBC woman as pontiffs

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March 22, 2020
Leadership vacuum, not crisis
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Leadership vacuum, not crisis

Democratically electing a full-time party president could help change public perception of the Congress

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4 mins  |
March 22, 2020
Taking Gwalior
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Taking Gwalior

How a former banker and a royal relative persuaded Jyotiraditya Scindia to jump ship

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4 mins  |
March 22, 2020
Eat, pray, dance
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Eat, pray, dance

Author Elizabeth Gilbert on how to love and groove in these uncertain times

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7 mins  |
March 22, 2020
EXIT WOUND
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EXIT WOUND

MORE THAN THE POWER TUSSLE IN MADHYA PRADESH, IT WAS THE BREAKDOWN OF TRUST BETWEEN HIM AND RAHUL GANDHI THAT LED TO JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA’S EXIT. WITH THE OLD GUARD STILL CALLING THE SHOTS AND RAHUL BEING “UNRESPONSIVE”, A FEW MORE CONGRESS LEADERS MIGHT FOLLOW IN SCINDIA’S FOOTSTEPS.

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7 mins  |
March 22, 2020
Distilliing heritage
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Distilliing heritage

Meet the Goa-based entrepreneur who is reimagining everything from tequila to mahua

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4 mins  |
March 22, 2020
Caught in a loop
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Caught in a loop

A mother awaits justice for her gang-raped daughter; two others pray for relief for their convicted sons... the prolonged wait of three families bound by a heinous crime.

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March 22, 2020
Rebalancing act
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Rebalancing act

How to strategise your debt portfolio in the current economic scenario

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March 22, 2020
Coronavirus - The Economic Impact
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Coronavirus - The Economic Impact

The economic impact of the coronavirus on India is likely to be restricted to the current financial year

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4 mins  |
March 15, 2020
Wary peace
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Wary peace

The US-Taliban truce poses strategic and diplomatic challenges for India

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March 15, 2020
UNCHARTED TERRITORY
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UNCHARTED TERRITORY

Angrezi Medium is quite a departure from Homi Adajania’s previous films. And, that is what lured him to make it, he says

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March 15, 2020
Rajnath Singh- DEFENCE MINISTER
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Rajnath Singh- DEFENCE MINISTER

Pakistan knows what will happen if it tries another Pulwama

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7 mins  |
March 15, 2020
Capital wounds
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Capital wounds

How communal fissures, intelligence lapses and police incompetence stoked the Delhi fire

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6 mins  |
March 15, 2020
My father said no to Bapu
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My father said no to Bapu

A son writes about an adamant dairy specialist, the only Christian among the Dandi marchers

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6 mins  |
March 15, 2020
ALL TO ARMS
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ALL TO ARMS

Though there has been relative calm in the subcontinent post-Balakot, intelligence reports accessed by THE WEEK reveal how major terrorist groups are building a second rung of leadership to lead operations, and how dormant groups in Kashmir are being revived to plan attacks on India

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March 15, 2020
ASCEND 2020
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ASCEND 2020

A platform for investors

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March 15, 2020