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Covid-19 crisis calls for universal delivery of food and cash transfers by the state




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Social distancing is antithetical to festivals, but it is the only way




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East India will require heavy investment to tide over post-COVID loss of livelihoods





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Forty Years Ago, April 27, 1980: Ganga Dialogue




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Protections for healthcare professionals must stay beyond pandemic




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India’s digital divide makes the state distant from those who need it most




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Back to Life: Everyone’s had it with lockdown. What follows, next?




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Coronavirus crisis delivers yet another blow to political fortunes of Pakistan PM Imran Khan




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Judiciary has set an example on how to combine social distancing and work




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Forty Years Ago, April 28, 1980: Assam SOS




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It was theatre that defined and consumed Usha Ganguly






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RBI should preserve its inflation credibility




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Sharp fall in oil prices is opportunity for India to increase stockpile




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Covid-19 pandemic has re-established primacy of government




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How Iran’s decision to put religion on hold to manage Covid-19 altered its citizens’ view of faith




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Online classrooms: Covid lessons for public education




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Doctors deserve dignity, security as they risk their lives during the pandemic




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Our children need a happy, congenial environment to grow up in, not a climate of fear




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Post-COVID economic models, rules of governance, must be bottom-up, not top-down




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Forty Years Ago, April 29, 1980: Ganga Talks Fail




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Current crisis consolidates populist rapport between a leader and a fictional representation of people





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Technological, social, pedagogical issues must be resolved for online teaching





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NGOs provide lifeline to villagers in Bihar, ease rural distress




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Covid-19: Does India need to revisit its exit strategy?




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11 lessons from the coronavirus pandemic




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Economy and society will not be the same after pandemic retreats




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Stimulus package must focus on rural areas and middle-income groups




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India can collaborate with the US and Germany in moulding a new world order




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Forty Years Ago, April 30, 1980: Assam Climbdown





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Nation’s fight against Covid-19 cannot ignore the chronically sick, vulnerable




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It is now essential to begin end of lockdown




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B R Ambedkar laid the foundation for workers’ rights, social security in India




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More than ever, the rights of workers, vulnerable need to be secured




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Forty Years Ago, May 1, 1980: Imphal violence






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Irrfan struggled before he made it. That’s what made him such a good actor




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An open-ended, expanded employment guarantee at minimum wages should be its centrepiece




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Loss of great artiste helps in understanding the loss any death represents




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The price we pay for turning a blind eye to migrant workers




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Life versus livelihood: PM Modi must tap on every available resource




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Can we have a ration of relief?




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It should inspire countries to recommit to principle of universal bio-deterrence.




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Forty Years Ago, May 2, 1980: Five-day Week