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Baramulla: Union Home Minister Amit Shah meets people during a public rally, at the Showkat Ali Stadium in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Elections the real issue in J&K, Centre can’t avoid it

Union home minister Amit Shah’s announcement that the government will have no talks with Pakistan but instead...

7 Oct 2022 12:15 AM IST

Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be operated by their airlines between their territories. (AFP Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | As airfares soar, let markets fix prices

Market and demand induced inflation is a good test point of conviction of people to free markets, continuing and...

5 Oct 2022 12:08 AM IST

Britains Prime Minister Liz Truss arrives to attend the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, central England, on October 2, 2022. (Oli SCARFF / AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Truss’ U-turn exposes failures

The British Prime Minister Liz Truss went from heroine who promised to take the UK out of a very difficult economic...

5 Oct 2022 12:07 AM IST

Soccer fans enter the pitch during a clash between supporters at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Panic following police actions left over 100 dead, mostly trampled to death, police said Sunday. (AP Photo/Yudha Prabowo)Opinion
DC Edit | Indonesia’s day of shame

Saturday was a day of shame for the Indonesian Police. Why they used teargas on football fans inside an oversold stadium...

4 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge speaks to the media after filing his nomination papers for the post of party President, at AICC headquarters in New Delhi, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Family still pre-eminent as Congress in election mode

Kharge has said Tharoor rejected his suggestion for a consensus candidate

3 Oct 2022 11:54 PM IST

In September 2021, a reference was sent to sector regulator TRAI, seeking recommendations for the 5G spectrum auction and various modalities such as reserve price, band plan, block size, quantum of spectrum to be auctioned, it said. (PTI Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Here comes the 5G revolution

India has finally entered into a select group of nations by launching the high-speed fifth-generation (5G)...

3 Oct 2022 1:57 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the situation in the oil and gas sector via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Photo: AP)Opinion
DC Edit | Nuclear brinkmanship by Putin sparks global alarm

Russia’s Vladimir Putin is on his nuclear brinkmanship trip again after annexing four regions of Ukraine and in...

3 Oct 2022 1:38 AM IST

Inflation eased to 6.80%, significantly lower than Januarys 7.59%, according to the March 4-6 poll of more than 40 economists (PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Relief from inflation unlikely

As expected, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das-led Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) hiked the repo rate by 50 basis points to...

1 Oct 2022 12:15 AM IST

The Supreme Court of India. (ANI File Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Landmark abortion ruling expands women’s rights

It was blindingly obvious that there should be no distinction between married and unmarried women when it comes to...

1 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST

Police attempt to detain Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) workers during a protest against the raid of National Investigation Agency (NIA), in Hubballi, (PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Isolate PFI over ideology

The ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) an its eight associate organisations under the provisions of the Unlawful...

30 Sept 2022 12:15 AM IST

File photo of Lt General Anil Chauhan (retd) who has been appointed as the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Does India need a CDS? It may be time for a rethink

It is a measure of disarray in governmental thinking that the newly-created post of Chief of Defence Staff was not...

30 Sept 2022 12:11 AM IST

ndias Deepti Sharma runs out Englands Charlie Dean to win the third womens one day international match at Lords, London. (Photo: AP/PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Mankading: Change the rule

The moral outrage over the “Mankading” by Indian spinner Deepti Sharma of England batter Charlie Dean has...

29 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

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