India's fight against COVID-19 has gone awry

'The handling of the pandemic, under this totally constitutional and legal three-level dictatorship, has begun to show its downside,' observes Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......

Why migrants prefer trucks over Shramik trains to return home

The migrants said that they prefer trucks and tempos to go back to their native places as the trucks drop them close to their villages, while buses drop them only till the state border, from where......

'With lockdown extended, there is fear among migrant workers'

'They are all worried about one thing -- what about tomorrow?' IMAGE: Families of daily wage workers outside the Bandra railway station in north west Mumbai as migrant workers and labourers......

Heavy downpour brings Mumbai to a halt, 28 killed

Mumbai was paralysed on Tuesday by incessant rain, which left many parts of the financial capital waterlogged and 22 dead in a wall collapse and four others died in different rain-related incidents......

Nationwide strike hits banking services of PSBs on Day 1

Banking services such as cash withdrawals, deposits, cheque clearances and remittances were impacted across public sector banks (PSBs) on Monday, with around 10 lakh staffers joining a two-day......

Covid-19: India Inc going for antibody testing

Some of India’s biggest employers are testing for antibodies to either comply with regulatory norms or gauge the effectiveness of precautionary measures. India Inc’s bigwigs as well as......

Will Mumbai be hit by shortage of essential goods?

Vashi APMC traders see supplies to Mumbai impacted over movement curbs. A number of trucks sent to Mumbai from the market has reduced from 600 per day in recent times to around 300. IMAGE: The......

The coming vegetable crisis

There have been several instances of traders dumping fruits and vegetables outside mandis.Or of farmers dumping produce outside their villages or feeding them to their animals.Somesh Jha, Rajesh......