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DC Edit | Competitive politics enters education

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement that 14,500 schools across the country will be developed and upgraded...

7 Sept 2022 12:18 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II, left, welcomes Liz Truss during an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. (Photo: AP)Opinion
DC Edit | Britain-'s 3rd woman PM set to face testing times

“In Liz we Truss” was among wittier campaign lines that propelled the former foreign secretary to becoming...

7 Sept 2022 12:16 AM IST

USAs Serena Williams reacts after a point during her 2022 US Open Tennis tournament womens singles third round match against Australias Ajla Tomljanovic at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on September 2, 2022. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Serena, take a bow...

The end of a remarkable 27-year career which defined more than tennis, or even womenœs tennis, came last week at...

6 Sept 2022 12:08 AM IST

Cyrus MistryOpinion
DC Edit | Bright leader of industry dies tragically young

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah wrote, on the death of former chairman Cyrus Mistry: “There...

6 Sept 2022 12:03 AM IST

It affirmed the Baa2 foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings for India.Opinion
DC Edit | Growth: India must aim higher

India has finally overtaken its erstwhile colonial master, the United Kingdom, in terms of the size of the economy...

5 Sept 2022 1:24 AM IST

Teesta Setalvad. (ANI)Opinion
DC Edit | Justice exacts steep price: Teesta trial proved that...

The arrest, incarceration and grant of interim bail by the apex court to Teesta Setalvad in a case related to attempt to...

5 Sept 2022 1:09 AM 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 | Towards a better social media

Social media are not going out of fashion anytime soon. Seasonal trends may see a few platforms go down in popularity...

3 Sept 2022 12:12 AM IST

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DC Edit | What we eat, how we live is no business of courts, govts

The verdict of the Gujarat high court upholding the order of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to close down...

3 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

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DC Edit | Relief without sufficient cause

You cannot keep flogging a dead horse, the Supreme Court told the counsel for the petitioner while winding up a contempt...

2 Sept 2022 12:06 AM IST

Mikhail Gorbachev. (Photo: AP)Opinion
DC Edit | ‘Gorby’ transformed world’s history, not a hero at...

What is to be made of a man who changed the world — hero or villain? Sinner or saint? Visionary or romanticist?...

2 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

With his elevation, Dr Antony will be a one among the 226 serving Cardinals and will be a member of the 132-member College of Cardinals which will elect a new Pope. (Image By Arrangement)Opinion
DC EDIT | Dalit Cardinal marks a first

Cardinals are called princes of the Catholic Church though Pope Francis reminded them at an ordination ceremony a few...

31 Aug 2022 1:56 AM IST

A man walks along the Rajpath street near India Gate amid smoggy conditions a day after Diwali in New Delhi on November 15, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
DC EDIT | India needs many capitals: Delhi monopoly must end

Not since King George V ended the reign of Calcutta (now Kolkata) as the capital of India in 1911 has anyone articulated...

31 Aug 2022 1:49 AM IST

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