Festive events allowed only outside containment zones; govt issues SOPs

With the festive season posing a major challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Union Health Ministry has issued guidelines for large gatherings, including ensuring adequate area for events with......

Returnees from abroad may opt for paid quarantine: Health ministry

Returnees from abroad, suspect or confirmed cases of COVID-19 or their contacts coming from outside India may opt for paid facilities such as hotels, service apartments and lodges for......

Protests greet Nitish during Muzaffarpur hospital visit

Public grief gave way to outrage as angry people raised slogans against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday when he visited a hospital in Muzaffarpur district, where over 100 children had......

No food, no medicine and little hope: The many challenges Rohingyas face

Significant progress has been made in protecting hundreds of thousands Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh since they fled violence in Myanmar, but lives “will once again be at risk” if......

8 goals India must achieve to fulfil its commitment to the UN

India must take steps to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, says Subir Gokarn.   Image: India must ensure education and good health for all, say experts: Photograph: Reuters In 2000, the......

Reality check: How Modi govt fared in reviving the economy

Image: Economic growth revived to 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2014-15. Photograph: Reuters     The fiscal deficit of the Centre remains a worry, running at over 6.5 per cent......

Brave new world: Modi's 100 days,10 top moves

Modi government has taken some interesting policy decisions in the 100 days since the time he met President Pranab Mukherjee to present his claim as Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy,......

Understanding Modi government's economic priorities

India's economic situation calls for far-reaching reforms of electricity, gas, coal and oil pricing, and restructuring of public-sector monopoly producers/suppliers, rues Shankar Acharya Almost......