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Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, take part in a protest near the container truck a day after the assassination attempt on Khan, at the cordoned-off site of a gun attack in Wazirabad on November 4, 2022. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Imran: Was there a conspiracy?

An assassination attempt on a cricket hero-turned-politician is the equivalent of lighting a match near the tinderbox...

5 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

The Gujarat verdict will give indications as to which way the Opposition should go in the Lok Sabha polls if it is seriously thinking of taking on the NDA. (Representational Image /DC)Opinion
DC Edit | Gujarat: BJP has edge, AAP means business

The curtain is up for one of the most exciting episodes of electoral politics in India with the Election Commission...

5 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

SEWA founder & womens activist Elaben Bhatt passes away (Photo: Twitter/SEWA Bharat)Opinion
DC Edit | Ela’s pioneering fight

There is a huge informal work force of several million women in India who owe a deep debt to Ela Bhatt. The rich...

4 Nov 2022 1:18 AM IST

Titans like Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix and Google are battling the headwinds, their businesses down as reflected in drooping stock prices. (Representational Image)Opinion
DC Edit | Blue tick fee: End of free lunch

Welcome to Twitter’s Blue Tick at $8 a month. It is the symbol of a changing world in which the giants of the new...

3 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of Gujarat. The century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)Opinion
DC Edit | After Morbi tragedy, a few silver linings

Most Indians don’t trust calls for investigations by governments when things go wrong. Most probes are designed to...

3 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Crack down on two-finger test

The Supreme Court’s decision to declare a medical practitioner who conducts a two-finger test on a rape survivor...

2 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Deccan default cover imageOpinion
DC Edit | Horse-trading MPs, MLAs is a serious breach of democracy

The state of Telangana is yet again abuzz with allegations of a conspiracy to poach elected legislators. The irony is...

2 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Elected president for the leftist Workers Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential run-off election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 30, 2022. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Ray of hope dawns for Brazil

The remarkable return of Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva to a third term as President of Brazil may be subject to incumbent...

1 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a pedestrian cable bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (Photo: AP)Opinion
DC Edit | Make maintenance, safety a top priority across India

If one person dies in an accident that could have been prevented, it is one life lost too many. The needless and...

1 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

At least five persons were killed and several injured in a blast at an industrial and medical gas manufacturing company in Padra taluka of Gujarats Vadodara district on Saturday, police said. (Representational Image)Opinion
DC Edit | Terror not political football

Brushing aside criticism that it took the incident lightly, the state claims it swung into action as soon as the...

30 Oct 2022 10:27 PM IST

It is a known fact that many leaders have taken a head start and are using social media to prepare the ground for the next elections. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Govt tightens social media grip as Musk runs Twitter

The law will apply only to India as the social media sites operate across the globe and hate to be pinned down by laws...

30 Oct 2022 10:17 PM IST

Sterlite Copper factory at Thoothukudi in south Tamil Nadu. (DC file photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Sterlite probe: Spare no one

The J. Jayalalithaa death probe report was so full of Poes Garden intrigues and pointing of fingers at people in the...

29 Oct 2022 12:28 PM IST

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