In Retrospect - Page 26
Rat-hole mining: A litany of corruption & greed
11 July 2020 10:45 PM ISTDespite numerous efforts by the public, the press and responsible officials, the illegal and dangerous practice of rat-hole mining persists in Assam,...
Chaos ensues
4 July 2020 10:58 PM ISTIncidents of overcharging by private hospitals and general lack of necessary equipment and supplies reveal how underprepared India’s healthcare...
Discomfitng truth
28 Jun 2020 1:16 AM ISTTo those nestled at home, COVID-19 deaths are just a number, an inconvenient fact — but to those living through its dismal reality, there is no such...
An extraordinary show of will
20 Jun 2020 11:37 PM ISTA month after Cyclone Amphan cut a swathe through West Bengal, the State is already well on its way to recovery with coordinated efforts of...
Indian agriculture post-COVID
13 Jun 2020 11:08 PM ISTAt a time when the Indian economy is faltering and welfare systems are buckling under crushing pressure, reforms in the agriculture sector can help...
No Black No White
6 Jun 2020 11:32 PM ISTThe outrage in the US is not a first. The nation has a long lineage of tumult. But each time, the country has got up, dusted itself off and learnt to...
Left out in the storm
30 May 2020 10:48 PM ISTWith the Centre vehemently refusing to acknowledge the scale of devastation left behind by Cyclone Amphan on a pandemic struck and cash strapped West...
False promises & hope anew
23 May 2020 11:56 PM ISTCOVID-19 has laid bare for all to see, the plight of the informal sector and the migrant workers who sustain it. Vinay Kumar & Sunita Narain reflect...
How dare we
16 May 2020 11:27 PM ISTAfter having starved themselves to death; after putting their lives at risk to reach home; after blistering their feet to see their families and after...
The new India: Have Bottle, Will Drink
9 May 2020 11:40 PM ISTQueues outside liquor shops stretch as far as the eye can see, with hundreds lined up exhibiting a shameless disregard for physical distancing....
A changed globe
2 May 2020 8:42 PM ISTAfter the world manages to pull itself out of what can easily be considered as this century’s defining moment of crisis, the human species will have...
We failed them
25 April 2020 10:57 PM ISTWe as a civilised society must take stock of the shameful incidences of healthcare workers and doctors being ostracised and assaulted by those they...
Of Wounds and Inheritance
22 March 2026 12:24 AM ISTSimulating a Changing Planet
22 March 2026 12:23 AM ISTLegacy Lost in Uniform?
22 March 2026 12:20 AM ISTTheatre on Wheels
22 March 2026 12:19 AM ISTPolls That Matter
22 March 2026 12:17 AM IST
Over half of countries have banned phones in schools: UNESCO
22 March 2026 1:42 PM ISTTrinamool announces 2nd candidates list for Assam; withdraws state...
22 March 2026 1:05 PM ISTSC directs states, UTs to furnish updated details on prisons,...
22 March 2026 12:48 PM ISTLPG hoarders nabbed with 74 cylinders in Delhi's Mahipalpur
22 March 2026 12:45 PM ISTCM Adityanath hands over job letters to nurses, stresses their heavy...
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