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If Indo-Pacific was a room, Pakistan would want to stand inside even if it doesn't get a seat at the table.

Text Size: A+ Just when the opposition finally seemed to be getting on track in taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government at the Centre, it got derailed again with its personal attack against him. Questioning PM Modi for his botched up handling of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic or his flawed vaccine policy was wise, but questioning his crying and mocking him for shedding ‘crocodile tears’ is equally unwise. A photo of what appeared to be the front page of The New York Times (but was actually a satirical post by a parody Twitter handle called The Daily New Y...

Only one state prioritised health post-lockdown as India rushed to open economy, finds study In the fourth quarter of 2020, Indian states were preparing for a post-pandemic world, without improving the readiness for a future Covid-19 wave. Neelima Jain 21 May, 2021 10:40 am IST Text Size: A+ Following on the heels of declining Covid-19 cases and promising news about the vaccine in the fourth quarter of 2020, the Indian states exhibited urgency in liberalising business activity under pressure from the economy. States rushed to soften policies on land, labour,...

India’s vaccine diplomacy is falling apart. Why PM Modi can’t convince EU to waive patents Jyoti Malhotra © Provided by The Print As External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar returns home from the G-7 foreign ministerial meeting in London — where he was isolated over a false Covid alarm — the news is that India will not be distracted by gloom-doom coverage of the second wave of the pandemic in the Western press, whether in the prestigious Lancet health journal, or in The In an editorial, the Lancet said that “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has seemed...

Text Size: A+ More than 3.5 lakh new Covid-positive cases and over 3,000 deaths every day for the past week, the latter largely underestimated. Desperate patients breathing their last while waiting for hospital beds or oxygen supply. Pyres of dead bodies piling up while the ashes from the ones just cremated still burn. Helpless cries everywhere,  from streets to social media in search of beds, plasma, medicine and oxygen cylinders. India’s public health infrastructure has collapsed, or rather been exposed, in the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Every day, we take a step further i...