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Elephantine problem
Laws make no sense if not enforced. And people will play with animals till we realise the right to co-existence All of humanity needs to hang its head in shame for an inhuman deed that took place on May 27 in Malappuram, Kerala. A 15-year-old pregnant tusker, looking for food, strayed...
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Trump’s expansionism
04 June 2020 | Pioneer -
Boots on the street
03 June 2020 | Pioneer -
Peak problem
03 June 2020 | Pioneer -
Back to space
02 June 2020 | Pioneer -
Another push
02 June 2020 | Pioneer -
Racist attack
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One year of ills
01 June 2020 | Pioneer
Hell before healing
The dismal conditions at quarantine centres across the country are more killing than the disease itself The word “quarantine centre” has become the colonial equivalent of “kaala paani” or confinement in the dreaded prison on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where our freedom fighters were condemned to die in pitiable conditions....
Balancing act
India was quick to brush off US mediation on Ladakh. Besides, we can’t afford to rub China the wrong way in the pandemic era India finds itself in a peculiar situation, caught between the US and China over border tensions in Ladakh. While its strategic proximity to the first is a...
The cost of care
SC asks Govt to identify private hospitals which benefitted from past largesse and, therefore, should treat COVID patients free As Coronavirus cases continue to rise across the country and the Government healthcare infrastructure begins to burst at the seams, the Supreme Court has asked the Centre to identify private hospitals which...
Labour woes
While States are redistributing returnee workers, in the long run we need a national database and a pan-India social security net The reverse exodus of migrants, which according to the Government’s admission in the Supreme Court has seen 91 lakh daily wagers and service personnel move out of cities to their...
Hong Kong erupts again
China is resorting to ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacy for ‘great rejuvenation’ of the State as the world corners it on COVID-19 If Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “be prepared for war” cry to protect the nation’s sovereignty is any indication, then China, blamed by much of the world for the COVID-19 nightmare, is hitting...
Trouble for Uddhav
Given his inept handling of COVID-19, both his coalition allies and the BJP are keen to make him the fall guy True leadership is tested when a crisis such as the one caused by the COVID-19 pandemic leaves you desperately looking for answers and clutching at any straw in the wind....
Up in the sky
The first day of domestic flights showed that there is no drop in demand and a willing adherence to norms Two months after India resumed domestic air travel, nobody had expected a resumption of efficiencies in a new world order. But what happened on Monday belied all expectations. Harrowing scenes...
