- The coronavirus pandemic calls for solidarity but may beget deeper conflicts, warns Pratap Bhanu Mehta in the Indian Express.
- This Hindu editorial points out that the hanging of the four men convicted for the December 2012 gangrape does nothing to solve the problem of sexual violence in India.
- Surabhi Kanga interviews the mother of Mukesh Singh, one of the four men hanged for the gangrape, for this article in the Caravan.
- For News18, Adrija Bose speaks to the wife of one of the rape convicts. She fears a future of shame.
- The execution of the four convicts is no victory for women, writes Vedika Sud in CNN.
- In the Economic Times, Subimal Bhattacharjee writes about the pandemic of fake news.
- Also in the Indian Express, Faizan Mustafa explains why minorities are also fed up with the facade of Indian secularism.
- In the Guardian, Simon Tisdall asks heads of state to lay off the war metaphors as they confront the coronavirus pandemic.
- Also in the Economic Times, Gaurav Noronha and Yogima Seth Sharma write about the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic.
- Atul Gawande thinks of ways to keep coronavirus healthcare workers safe for this piece in the New Yorker.
Reading
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Seven firms that failed drug quality tests gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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YouTube, X block access in India to documentary on killing of Canadian Sikh separatist leader
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Why is India’s consumer market (undeservedly) called underdeveloped? A new book refutes the idea
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India’s latest GDP growth numbers are ‘mystifying’, says former chief economic advisor
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Modi government’s insurance scheme pushes hospitals into debt – threatening patient admissions
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Is shouting 'Pakistan zindabad' illegal? An SC order clarifies
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Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras resigns, says ‘injustice’ done to his party