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    Chithirai Thiruvizha: Missing Meenakshi's wedding

    N Vinoth Kumar
    1 May 2020 6:59 AM IST

    One of the grandest of festivals in Tamil Nadu, the Chithirai Thiruvizha associated with Meenakshi Sundareswara temple, this time has been cancelled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.

    Chithirai Thiruvizha: Missing Meenakshis wedding
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    Citizens care: How volunteers teamed up to feed the hungry
    The Eighth Column

    Citizens care: How volunteers teamed up to feed the hungry

    30 April 2020 6:59 AM IST
    Arunachal gets its first ICU as Covid-19 exposes NEs health woes
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    Arunachal gets its first ICU as Covid-19 exposes NE's health woes

    29 April 2020 6:59 AM IST
    Taken for granted, nurses are overworked and underpaid
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    Taken for granted, nurses are overworked and underpaid

    28 April 2020 6:59 AM IST
    Sanitation workers: COVID-19 or not, our lives are at risk every day

    Sanitation workers: 'COVID-19 or not, our lives are at risk every day'

    27 April 2020 6:59 AM IST
    Truth be told, masks expose the hidden face

    Truth be told, masks expose the hidden face

    25 April 2020 6:59 AM IST
    COVID-19: For lab technicians, its a litmus test

    COVID-19: For lab technicians, it's a litmus test

    24 April 2020 6:59 AM IST
    Like oil, the US may be worth a lot less in a post-corona world

    Like oil, the US may be worth a lot less in a post-corona world

    23 April 2020 6:59 AM IST
    Police diary: ‘You either die a hero or a villain’

    Police diary: ‘You either die a hero or a villain’

    22 April 2020 6:59 AM IST
    Doctors, the soldiers in the war against COVID-19

    Doctors, the soldiers in the war against COVID-19

    21 April 2020 6:59 AM IST
    Contact tracing, hotspots and plodding through sewers: Cholera in Bangalore 1895

    Contact tracing, hotspots and plodding through sewers: Cholera in Bangalore 1895

    20 April 2020 6:59 AM IST
    Lockdown and loneliness: Lessons from literature

    Lockdown and loneliness: Lessons from literature

    19 April 2020 8:59 AM IST
    How the pandemic has hit the hands that feed India

    How the pandemic has hit the hands that feed India

    17 April 2020 6:29 AM IST
    Locked down, migrant workers are running out of hope

    Locked down, migrant workers are running out of hope

    14 April 2020 6:29 AM IST
    COVID-19 stigma: Indians have distanced themselves from rationality

    COVID-19 stigma: Indians have distanced themselves from rationality

    13 April 2020 6:29 AM IST
    The scramble for COVID-19 vaccine and the challenges ahead

    The scramble for COVID-19 vaccine and the challenges ahead

    12 April 2020 8:59 AM IST
    What Indias wobbly healthcare system needs to survive future crises

    What India's wobbly healthcare system needs to survive future crises

    Janani Sampath
    10 April 2020 6:29 AM IST

    In the wake of the COVID-19, experts believe the Indian healthcare system needs a major revamp to deal with future pandemics of this scale.

    COVID-19: The wild are back to life, for now

    COVID-19: The wild are back to life, for now

    9 April 2020 6:29 AM IST
    Indian Muslims battle Islamophobia amid COVID-19

    Indian Muslims battle Islamophobia amid COVID-19

    8 April 2020 6:29 AM IST
    COVID-19 is changing consumer behaviour and how

    COVID-19 is changing consumer behaviour and how

    7 April 2020 6:29 AM IST
    How smallpox once pockmarked Bengals puja calendar  

    How smallpox once pockmarked Bengal's puja calendar  

    6 April 2020 6:29 AM IST
    For COVID-19 cure, WHO unites nations for global study

    For COVID-19 cure, WHO unites nations for global study

    5 April 2020 8:59 AM IST
    COVID-19: Reel-life apocalypses feel so real now

    COVID-19: Reel-life apocalypses feel so real now

    3 April 2020 6:29 AM IST
    Lockdown has outed the dirty little secret of modern Indian households

    Lockdown has outed the dirty little secret of modern Indian households

    2 April 2020 6:29 AM IST
    Eat sweets, sleep, repeat: Story behind Bengals sugar rush amid COVID-19

    Eat sweets, sleep, repeat: Story behind Bengal's sugar rush amid COVID-19

    1 April 2020 6:29 AM IST
    Slum dwellers worry job loss, price rise will break their backs before COVID-19 gets them

    Slum dwellers worry job loss, price rise will break their backs before COVID-19 gets them

    31 March 2020 6:29 AM IST
    COVID-19 has unmasked India — the poor are on their own

    COVID-19 has unmasked India — the poor are on their own

    30 March 2020 6:29 AM IST
    What simple mathematics can tell us about coronavirus

    What simple mathematics can tell us about coronavirus

    27 March 2020 6:29 AM IST
    With COVID-19, we also face a pandemic of anxiety

    With COVID-19, we also face a 'pandemic' of anxiety

    26 March 2020 6:29 AM IST
    Coronavirus sparks xenophobia against Chinese, Northeast Indians

    Coronavirus sparks xenophobia against Chinese, Northeast Indians

    25 March 2020 6:59 AM IST
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