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Sports patrol
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Sports patrol

How athletes-turned-policemen are playing their part to enforce the lockdown and keep India safe

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May 17, 2020
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Syllabus for survival

Educational institutions plan to checkmate the threat of Covid-19 by reinventing the academic culture and deploying innovative technology

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May 17, 2020
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PAY AND WIN

THE CHALLENGE BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT IS TO REVIVE SMALL AND BIG BUSINESSES BY INDUCING INDIANS TO SPEND, THEREBY CREATING A NEW INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEM. IT WILL ATTRACT GLOBAL GIANTS FEELING JITTERY ABOUT CHINA AND JUMPSTART INDIA’S ECONOMIC RESURGENCE

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May 17, 2020
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Coaches have become lackeys

INTERVIEW/Glenn Turner, former captain, New Zealand

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May 17, 2020
Loud And Clear
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Loud And Clear

Stalin is making himself heard, but that might not be enough to dethrone Palaniswami

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May 10, 2020
Rural Self-Rule
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Rural Self-Rule

Many villages in Telangana are overriding the official guidelines and enforcing their own lockdowns

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May 10, 2020
Many Indian Americans In Essential Services Are Leading The Fighting Covid-19
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Many Indian Americans In Essential Services Are Leading The Fighting Covid-19

Indian Americans are in the forefront of the battle against Covid-19 in the US, especially in New York, which has become an empty city where the silence is broken only by ambulance sirens

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May 10, 2020
Friends With Benefits
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Friends With Benefits

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

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May 10, 2020
Widening gulf
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Widening gulf

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

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May 10, 2020
On WHO's side
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On WHO's side

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

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May 10, 2020
I fear for Hindus, even in Europe and  America
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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.

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May 10, 2020
ALL ILL, NO WILL
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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

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May 10, 2020
Disease and unease
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Disease and unease

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

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May 10, 2020
Stepping up
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Stepping up

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

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May 10, 2020
IPL Without Foreign Players Should Not Happen
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IPL Without Foreign Players Should Not Happen

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

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May 03, 2020
THE INVISIBLE KILLER
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THE INVISIBLE KILLER

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

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May 03, 2020
How Maximum City Is Dealing With The Pandemic
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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

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May 03, 2020
The terminal
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The terminal

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

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May 03, 2020
Tenuous peace
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Tenuous peace

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

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May 03, 2020
Right click
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Right click

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

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May 03, 2020
One step ahead
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One step ahead

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

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May 03, 2020
Fact and friction
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Fact and friction

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

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May 03, 2020
Dragon's dreams
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Dragon's dreams

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

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May 03, 2020
Distance yearnings
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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

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May 03, 2020
Jammu & Kashmir: Violence Returns
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Jammu & Kashmir: Violence Returns

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

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April 26, 2020
Economic Cost Of Lockdown: The Pain, The Loss And The Way Out
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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

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April 26, 2020
THE BHILWARA MODEL
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THE BHILWARA MODEL

How we contained coronavirus in Rajasthan’s biggest hotspot

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April 26, 2020
The state government is not taking speedy decisions
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The state government is not taking speedy decisions

The state government is not taking speedy decisions

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April 26, 2020
THE ART OF SOLITUDE
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THE ART OF SOLITUDE

How a clutch of artists down the ages has depicted isolation

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April 26, 2020
Harmony during hardship
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Harmony during hardship

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

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April 26, 2020