Editorial: Subvariant spillover
The latest Omicron variant of interest around the world is known as XBB.1.16, named ‘Arcturus’ by virologists.
Tourism marred by medieval mindset
13 April 2023 1:30 AMMerely a few days after this episode, India’s tourism minister G Kishen Reddy announced, with some happiness, the latest numbers for foreign tourist...
A roar 50 years in the making
12 April 2023 1:30 AMFrom boasting more than 40,000 Royal Bengal tigers at the beginning of the 19th century, the number of tigers in India had depleted to 1,800 in the...
The Amritpal Singh farce
11 April 2023 1:30 AMThe Amritpal Singh farce being enacted in Punjab, and god knows how many other police jurisdictions, has a nudge-nudge-wink-wink quality that only...
IPL back to its glorious best
10 April 2023 1:30 AMThe ongoing IPL 2023 season, which kick-started on March 31, has marked the return of the home-and-away format in the league stage.
The pursuit of happiness
25 March 2023 1:30 AMThe list draws on global survey data from people in more than 150 countries, ranked on the basis of their average life evaluations over the past three...
Gravity of crime & punishment
24 March 2023 1:30 AMLast year, over 40 prisoners who were among 68 sentenced to death, were acquitted by high courts.
Keep the chirps, birdsongs coming
23 March 2023 1:30 AMNeedless to say, the efforts of conservationists across India need to be supported not just by citizens, but by the governments as well, through the...