- 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.
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Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner
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2024 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the winning poems
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Bangladesh panel alleges India’s involvement in enforced disappearances during Sheikh Hasina’s rule
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Shirish Patel: The urban planner who looked beyond the vanity of Mumbai’s privileged
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Backstory 2024: When I trekked two hours in Himachal for an interview
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1971 surrender photo removed from Army chief’s office, replaced by Mahabharata-inspired painting
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Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis retains home ministry, Ajit Pawar gets finance in new Cabinet
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Interview: East India Company to Big Tech – how corporations think about knowledge
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Why has the number of Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir fallen sharply?
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Expelled for non-vegetarian tiffin: Why a mother went to court against her son’s school