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Indian bowler Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates after taking his fifth wicket during the 3rd day of the 1st test cricket match between India and Australia, at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)Opinion
DC Edit | Shocking Aussie meltdown

The batting meltdown leading to a comprehensive innings and more rout was out of character with the fighting spirit that...

13 Feb 2023 2:05 AM IST

CRPF personnel patrol Jammu-Srinagar national highway at Nagrota outskirts, in Jammu. (PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | CRPF role welcome, but don’t bypass J&K police

It is far from certain if there is enough clarity at the Centre as regards the nature of the security grid to maintain...

13 Feb 2023 1:59 AM IST

US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen. (Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)Opinion
DC Edit | Message in Biden’s scrappy speech, for US and the rest

Energetic, confident and patient in the face of provocation, US President Joe Biden injected humour, too, into his...

11 Feb 2023 1:00 AM IST

An aerial picture shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Salqin in Syrias rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following the earthquake. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | India is Turkey’s good ‘dost’

A dost in need is a dost indeed. India rose to the occasion in a way that is both humane, and brilliant, to reach out...

11 Feb 2023 12:55 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi replies to the Motion of Thanks on the Presidents Address as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi listens to him in the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | India’s democracy needed Modi-Rahul epic face-off

If there was one thing the Indian democracy needed, but was missing for over eight-and-a-half years, it was a battle of...

10 Feb 2023 12:33 AM IST

The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)Opinion
DC Edit | Collegium’s opaque ways exposed

That a person accused of authoring hate-filled references against fellow human beings is now a judge of one of the...

10 Feb 2023 12:24 AM IST

RBI may extend bank loan moratorium by another 3 months to help people, industry impacted by lockdown. (PTI Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | RBI focus still on inflation

As expected by all, the Reserve Bank of India has increased its lending rate by 25 basis points or 0.25 per cent to 6.50...

9 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

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DC Edit | Let Opp. use Parliament as debate platform, not stall it

Parliaments are supposed to be platforms for discussions and debates by representatives on issues that pertain to their...

9 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

An aerial picture shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Salqin in Syrias rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following the earthquake. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | World responds to biggest calamity of the decade

Another shocking natural tragedy of the new millennium is taking place in Turkey and Syria as a mega earthquake of...

8 Feb 2023 12:53 AM IST

Following a decision of the state cabinet, the police are now booking men who married girls aged below 14, under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and those who married girls aged between 14 and 18 under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. (Representational image)Opinion
DC Edit | Child marriages: Bring awareness

The Assam government has been on a mission in cracking down on child marriages. Following a decision of the state...

8 Feb 2023 12:35 AM IST

A woman protester shouts as police stop her and several others during their march against the amended Citizenship Act, NRC and NPR, near Jamia Nagar in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Spotlight on abuse of the law

The discharge of 11 people, including students, in the 2019 Delhi Jamia Nagar violence case related to protests against...

7 Feb 2023 12:15 AM IST

In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the states tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)Opinion
DC Edit | US downing of Chinese spy balloon justifiable

A war is going on in Ukraine thanks to a Russian invasion and the Chinese have been indulging in brinkmanship over...

7 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

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