In this issue

As US pulls out of Afganistan, India softens to Taliban. Are we too late?

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Daughter's in, Hand's down

The Congress stands to lose with Y.S. Sharmila’s foray into Telangana politics

4 mins

Income generation and industrialisation are key for Bengal to survive

HAVING SERVED PRIME ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh as chief economic adviser, Ashok Lahiri has now taken the political plunge.

4 mins

Tea with the Taliban?

With the US withdrawing its forces from Afghanistan, India has been pushed out of its comfort zone. It may have to consider the once unthinkable policy of sitting down with the Taliban to stay relevant in Kabul and protect its interests in the region

10+ mins

Taliban Has Reached Out To India 24 Times

Mohammed Umer Daudzai has been entrusted with the task of attempting political reconciliation with its eastern neighbour. In the past, he has served as President Ashraf Ghani’s special envoy for regional consensus-building on peace and as the head of the High Peace Council secretariat.

6 mins

Taliban Will Not Allow Afghan Territory To Be Used Against India

Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef was one of the founding members of the Taliban. He was the Taliban’s ambassador to Pakistan when the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001, after the 9/11 terror attacks.

4 mins

Clash of the mutants

Double mutant variant. Triple mutant. Confused? THE WEEK decodes the mutations and variants of an evolving virus

6 mins

SO2S

Poor planning, internal squabbling and institutional smugness over containing the pandemic led to the oxygen crisis

6 mins

Valuing each vial

The Kerala strategy for zero wastage of Covid-19 vaccine

2 mins

Derailed drive

Vaccine hesitancy and a lenient administration led to a high percentage of vaccine wastage in Tamil Nadu

2 mins

Teens can wait

Though Israel has been vaccinating its older teenagers, India might have to hold off on doing the same

2 mins

A midsummer nightmare: Act two

An irrational exuberance cloaked a flagging economy; a devastating second wave has exposed it

5 mins

Origin story

Claims that Hanuman was born in Tirupati cause a stir in Karnataka, which has for years held that he was born near Hampi

6 mins

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