Why a total lockdown of India after 14 April will be counter-productive

Why a total lockdown of India after 14 April will be counter-productive

It’s unlikely that Jair Bolsonaro knew how well-timed his letter to Narendra Modi was when he used the Ramayana legend of Lord Hanuman bringing the Sanjivani Booti to save Lakshman’s life, while seeking hydroxychloroquine and paracetamol from India. It will be something if his staff has such a pucca Hanuman bhakt that he would also ensure the letter would […]

Comic strip shows how Shakespearean tragedies would have ended if characters ‘stayed at home’

Comic strip shows how Shakespearean tragedies would have ended if characters ‘stayed at home’

A comic strip is making rounds on the internet showing how famous tragedies of William Shakespeare would have ended differently if characters had “stayed home”. In the now-viral comic strip, famous tragedy dramas, including King Lear, Hamlet, Antony & Cleopatra, goes through interesting plot twists as many lead characters can be seen following social distancing norms. Take […]

My mother the sparrow: Lessons from a humble mother

My mother the sparrow: Lessons from a humble mother

My mother is a sparrow. Humble, small. Muted of colour and quick to dart away for cover at attention. She fades into the underbrush with a flit of a wing, a whisper of a rustle … then nothing, leaving in her wake just a feeling of warmth at catching in action something so typically below […]

‘Don’t think Kapil bhai understood what I was saying’: Shoaib Akhtar explains why he wants India vs Pakistan match

‘Don’t think Kapil bhai understood what I was saying’: Shoaib Akhtar explains why he wants India vs Pakistan match

Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar believes an India vs Pakistan encounter will help raise money at a time when the world was locked down owing to the coronavirus pandemic. This response came after former India captain Kapil Dev said India has enough money and that, they do not need to play Pakistan to generate funds. […]

Migrant workers returning home could spread coronavirus in India, Pakistan and Bangladeh: World Bank

Migrant workers returning home could spread coronavirus in India, Pakistan and Bangladeh: World Bank

The World Bank on Sunday said migrant workers returning home could become vectors carrying the coronavirus to unaffected states and villages and that preliminary findings indicated in India many outmigration areas are likely to have COVID-19 cases. In its biannual regional report, the World Bank said South Asia is one of the highest population density […]

COVID19: 65 prisoners released in J&K

COVID19: 65 prisoners released in J&K

ixty-five prisoners, including 22 who were arrested under Public Safety Act (PSA), were released to decongest jails across Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The information was given by the director general of prisons in a written report submitted to the division bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court here. The bench, […]

More Covid cases in Ladakh

More Covid cases in Ladakh

Srinagar: Authorities in the Union Territory of Ladakh are struggling to break the cycle of Covid-19, but are worried now as more cases are emerging from the already declared Choshot Yokma village containment area. Though the area has been sealed now, authorities want to go for door-to-door testing. One more person has tested positive for Covid-19 […]