26-yr old swimming coach dies in Delhi: Assessing age-wise COVID-19 deaths

Covid 19 Deaths in India

Reports in late April claimed that over 40% of COVID-19 deaths in India were in those younger than 60 years. Ashutosh Gupta, a 26-year-old swimming coach at a Delhi government facility in Central Delhi’s Jhandewalan died after testing positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, two days before his birthday and four months into his marriage. According to Indian Express … Read more

Ladakh standoff: All about Aksai Chin and the Sino-India war of 1962

Aksai Chin and sino Indian war 1962

With the recent border clash of India and China in the Galwan Valley, Aksai Chin is in news a lot. Recently, Chinese media has accused India of building defence facilities in the Galwan Valley region of the contested Aksai Chin area. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday that his government has given the armed forces full … Read more

63/70: In Delhi, development trumps hate

Editorial “Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they” The epic words of Dylan Thomas could not be more apt for the period the Indian democracy is cruising through. After the spate of violence, Pakistan bashing, and the chaotic political narrative, the Delhi Assembly election … Read more

Delhi Matters

The national capital will set the political mood for 2020 Editorial | New Delhi After days of the feverish, high-pitch and mentally exhausting electoral process, the partial verdicts are out. Pollsters have predicted a resounding, yet cautious, victory for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 2020 assembly polls. As the noise around one of … Read more

Up and about in Jharkhand

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Shibu Tripathi | New Delhi Months after soaring to new heights in the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is suddenly in the midst of waning popularity as it suffers yet another setback, this time in the natural resource-rich state of Jharkhand. This is the party’s third defeat in a span of less … Read more