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Six million up, and nothing in the COVID-19 trajectory assures us that it won't hit ten million in a couple of months. The number of deaths, a few thousands shy of a lakh now, could go up…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's poor performance in the first-ever India Happiness Report 2020 has triggered a flood of memes by Odia netizens as well as scrutiny on the survey. Here are some of…

Finally, the show is on. Players are bulkier, a tad lethargic, and a bit rusty. The stands miss the madness of frenzied fans, and the familiar bewildering melee of sound and colours. Sans…

Ranchi: Have you ever thought what the post-corona world will look like? Trying different hand sanitizers and creams, wearing masks as a fashion accessory, writing essays on 'A Day In Times…

Four million up, and numbers no more shock. Everything else about the pandemic remaining where they were -- no vaccine, no cure, no jobs, no halt to the slide in the economy, no good news on…

On the occasion of Teachers Day yesterday, we spoke and heard many speak about the role of teachers in their lives. On other days, however, we all can be heard lamenting the absence of…

The stubborn refusal of the Congress top leadership to revive the party is confounding indeed. The recent fracas over a call to action appeal from a section of impatient leaders, however,…

Three million plus, and now sky is the limit. Experts have stopped devising false ceilings after they were breached by the virus every single time. It's okay that we no more hear of peaks,…

In our movies many decades ago, the police landed on the scene after the hero was done with his heroics. They always arrived late. The officer, wielding a megaphone, asked him to surrender…

Is democracy dying? The answer to this depends on whom you ask. The diehard supporters of the current dispensation in India would say it is very much alive and kicking, and is, in fact,…