A Tsunami Of Suffering
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‘When all this is over’: What would a better, post-pandemic future look like?
In the final part of the special series on the second wave of Covid-19, Harsh Mander imagines what a place of kindness would look like.
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Memories of Covid-19 may fade, but the compassion of Indians who rose to the occasion inspires hope
Even as government abandoned its people during the country’s gravest humanitarian crisis ever, citizens went above and beyond to help each other.
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How the Centre’s disastrous decisions on vaccines cost the lives of lakhs of Indians
The government instead went into a publicity overdrive later, bragging about its vaccinations while brushing under the carpet the bodies of the second wave.
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Union ministers attend events by BJP-affiliated group when on foreign tours, says S Jaishankar
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Mahua Moitra expelled from Lok Sabha due to allegations in cash-for-query case
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‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’ review: A cheerfully meandering comedy
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Why caste divides Marathas as they rally for reservation
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Centre sounds alert on common painkiller Meftal, says it may cause adverse reaction
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Harsh Mander: As India gasped for oxygen in the second wave, those in power looked the other way
Why did the country have to go through the Covid-19 horrors of the summer of 2021?
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Harsh Mander: How some exploited India’s Covid-19 crisis to make money
Amid the pandemic, the country experienced cruel extortion from corporate leaders to the smallest providers of medical and funeral essentials.
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Harsh Mander: Why did hospital beds fall so disastrously short during India’s second Covid-19 wave?
The World Health Organization recommends at least five beds for a population of 1,000, ten times more than what the country had accomplished since its freedom.
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Video
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Watch: Adventure sportsperson plunges nearly 1,000 feet off world’s highest infinity pool in Dubai
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Caught on camera: Man taken by surprise as tiger jumps out of the trees to cross the road
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Watch: Residents negotiate toxic water in Chennai as oil spill adds to post-cyclone woes
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Watch: That awkward moment when the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the UK Parliament fails
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Watch: Indian diaspora, embassies organise garba dances to celebrate UNESCO’s cultural heritage tag
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Harsh Mander: Despite warnings, Modi government had let India sleepwalk into the second wave
How did the country slip deep into the coronavirus hell of the summer of 2021?
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Harsh Mander: The many sacrifices of unsung heroes on India’s Covid-19 frontline
Many at the lower ends of the public health hierarchy were highly stretched, barely recognised, rarely celebrated and almost totally unprotected.
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Harsh Mander: Covid-19 has left India’s workers more powerless than ever before
They are now alone in the world, hungry, jobless and with zero bargaining power and protection – and the employers know that.
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Harsh Mander: School closures amid Covid-19 have left a whole generation of Indians behind
As education went online during the pandemic, lakhs of children from poorer households with no smartphones and access to the internet were missed out.
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Harsh Mander: How many Indians actually died during the second Covid-19 wave?
Some people on the ground offer compelling reasons to believe that the actual toll during the Delta surge was much higher than the official numbers.
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Harsh Mander: How India’s middle classes ignored the suffering of the poor during the second wave
The affluent have become bereft of compassion to the deprivation of the socially disadvantaged.
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The Field
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Hockey: Savita to lead 22-member Indian women’s team in 5 Nations Tournament
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup: India beat South Korea in 9th-12th classification match
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Pro Kabaddi League: Pink Panthers play out tie with Warriors; Pirates end Giants’ winning start
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Jamshedpur FC fight back to salvage a draw against Chennaiyin FC
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Wrestling: Reetika Hooda brings promise to Indian pipeline with golden run