Covid-19: Imagine the headlines if any other religion had been responsible for Kumbh-like gathering

The Uttarakhand chief minister said ‘nobody would be stopped in the name of Covid-19’. Now officials say the crowds are too big to enforce pandemic guidelines.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· 11 hours ago

Egypt says it won’t release Ever Given with 25-member Indian crew until its owners pay compensation

Last month, the Suez Canal Authority had said that Egypt will seek compensation worth around $1 billion for the blockage caused by the cargo vessel.

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· Apr 10, 2021 · 09:06 pm

Sarah Joseph’s new novel imagines the life of the woman who was ostracised for ‘marrying’ Nehru

An excerpt from ‘Budhini’, by Sarah Joseph, translated from the Malayalam by Sangeetha Sreenivasan.

Sarah Joseph

· Apr 07, 2021 · 05:30 pm

‘Too late’: SC dismisses plea seeking stay on dismantling of decommissioned ship INS Viraat

The petitioner wanted to buy the ship to convert it into a museum and an adventure centre.

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· 9 hours ago

‘Star Vs Food’: Kareena Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor, Pratik Gandhi at the stove

The show about celebrities tossing up meals under expert supervision will be streamed on discovery+ from April 15.

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· 9 hours ago

Watch: Record for longest melody played by a model train now belongs to Miniatur Wunderland, Germany

Miniatur Wunderland, a model railway and miniature airport attraction in Hamburg, set the Guinness world record when closed to the public because of Covid-19.

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· Apr 08, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Watch: Black man is fatally shot by police in Minnesota’s Brooklyn Center, situation tense

The victim has been identified as 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

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· 12 hours ago

Covid-19: Gujarat BJP under fire after leader procures 5,000 Remdesivir injections amid shortage

The state party chief CR Paatil announced the free distribution of the drug in his hometown even as hospitals ran out of stocks.

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· 16 hours ago

Breaking the internet: Reactions to Rahul Dravid’s ‘angry’ avatar in viral advertisement

Rahul Dravid’s appearance in an advertisement for CRED went viral within hours of Virat Kohli’s tweet about it.

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· Apr 09, 2021 · 06:20 pm

With orders on Varanasi mosque, judiciary is paving the path to a majoritarian India

The court is allowing itself to facilitate the political project of this government.

Apoorvanand

· A day ago

India is producing less than half of the 1 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses it needs every day

A pharmaceutical analyst and an epidemiologist answer some key questions about the direction of the country’s inoculation programme.

Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.com

· 15 hours ago

Watch: Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital turns lobby into Covid-19 ward as coronavirus cases shoot up

The steep increase in Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra has overwhelmed the state’s healthcare infrastructure.

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· Yesterday · 05:59 pm