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The figure doesnt include the indirect costs of burning oil, coal and gas, such as the harm fossil fuel emissions do to the environment and human health. (AFP Photo)

DC Edit | Rich nations must pay for decarbonisation

World has acknowledged that a climate deal should involve transitioning away from fossil fuels

15 Dec 2023 8:29 PM IST

Israeli soldiers prepare to go to the Gaza Strip, near the border area in southern Israel amid ongoing battles with the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

DC Edit | Pragmatic India Backs Gaza Truce

It was on the gathering strength of the evidence that India had to change its stance on the Israel- Hamas war to vote...

15 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

State Police Interrogate Nilaksha Aich, Friend of Lalit Jha, in Connection to Parliament Smoke Protest. (Image:ANI)

DC Edit | Shocking Security Lapse In Parl, Answers Needed

The security breach in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday when two persons who managed to get into the public gallery jumped...

14 Dec 2023 9:31 PM IST

A 17-member delegation of election officials, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, reached Hyderabad on Tuesday as part of a three-day visit to assess poll preparedness for the Assembly elections in Telangana. (Image source: Facebook)

DC Edit | EC must show spine in making polls free and fair

Free and fair elections are undoubtedly the key precondition for democracy to thrive

14 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US president Joe Biden (Photo: AFP)

DC Edit | Speed bump in India-US ties

Mr Biden is said to be engrossed with his fourth and last State of the Nation address to be delivered in early February

14 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Newly-elected Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma after BJP Legislature Party meeting, in Jaipur, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | BJP picks Next Gen to helm three state govts

Only the Bharatiya Janata Party can operate like a disruptive, innovative technology start-up turned super-unicorn. In...

12 Dec 2023 11:45 PM IST

Inside the mind-boggling operation to count Rs 351 crores seized in eastern India, exposing a deep-rooted political and distillery nexus in the largest income tax raid in history. (PTI File Image)

DC Edit | Explain staggering cash stash

A mind-boggling operation to count the Rs 351 crores in cash seized in raids in eastern India was an explosive event...

12 Dec 2023 11:41 PM IST

BSP president Mayawati. (Photo: PTI)

DC Edit | Dalit assertion: Maya's legacy

The announcement by the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati of her decision to hand over the reins of her party to her...

12 Dec 2023 12:37 AM IST

TMC leader Mahua Moitra with other opposition leaders after being expelled by the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. The Lok Sabha on Friday expelled Moitra after holding her guilty of sharing her credentials with others and accepting gifts from a businessman to extend favours. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

DC Edit | Mahua Moitra's expulsion from LS is hard to justify

The Lok Sabha’s decision to expel Mahua Moitra, Trinamul Congress member from Krishnanagar in West Bengal from the...

11 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

DC Edit | SC tells HCs: Don't sermonise

An order of the Calcutta high court dealing with the sexual attitude of adolescent girls and boys while dealing with a...

11 Dec 2023 12:05 AM IST

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. In recent days, Israeli tanks have rumbled into southern Gaza, starting with Khan Younis. It marks a grim new chapter in the war that the Gaza Health Ministry says has already killed over 17,000 Palestinians and the U.N. estimates has displaced 1.9 million people. AP/PTI

DC Edit | World must persuade Israel to stop Gaza war

There is an urgent need to start the negotiations again between Israel and Hamas as the Israeli offensive in Gaza has...

9 Dec 2023 12:30 AM IST

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das arrives to address a press conference on monetary policy statement, at the RBI headquarters, in Mumbai, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

DC Edit | Markets show stability, resilience

The RBI has maintained unchanged key rates, projecting a real GDP growth of seven per cent for 2023-24. This includes Q3...

9 Dec 2023 12:27 AM IST