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Rakesh JhunjhunwalaOpinion
DC Edit | ‘Big Bull’ changed Dalal Street image

A few decades back, stock trading fared poorly on the Indian moral compass

15 Aug 2022 11:59 PM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation on the occasion of Independence Day. (ANI)Opinion
DC Edit | Soaring rhetoric, less detail in PM’s address

The PM said that through much of the period when Covid-19 struck, the government gave rations free to 80 crore people

15 Aug 2022 9:54 PM IST

Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture. (Photo: AP)Opinion
DC Edit | It’s free speech vs hate

The life of a hermit was forced upon him for at least 10 years after a fatwa was put out in 1989 by late Iranian leader...

15 Aug 2022 8:54 AM IST

We fought and won the war against hunger, unleashing a green revolution and a white one, a contribution of our kisan, and from being a country which faced risks of famines and starvation, we became a nation which exports food, safe and secure in our ability to meet our own collective nutritional needs. Adrin SequeriaOpinion
DC Edit | We are a successful nation, but still a work in progress

We kept our nation sovereign and free, and borders safe, for three-quarters of a century, despite unprovoked hostility...

15 Aug 2022 8:47 AM IST

Jammu: Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi during the wreath laying ceremony of four army soldiers killed in a militant attack in J&Ks Rajouri on Thursday morning, in Jammu district. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Ending 370 & terror in J&K: Delhi, UT govt must explain

With a dastardly attack, fidayeen (suicide squad) terror returned to shatter the peace of Jammu and Kashmir after nearly...

13 Aug 2022 12:20 AM IST

Freebies become the fig leaf that corrupt politicians and political parties use to cover their sins of omission and commission while seeking electoral support. (Representational Image/ AP)Opinion
DC Edit | Freebies: It’s not courts’ call

It is not the remit of the judiciary to suggest the making of laws to curb the runaway practice in Indian democracy of...

13 Aug 2022 12:17 AM IST

TSDPS plan details guidelines on the steps to be taken by the state and district administrations for minimising the impact of heatwaves. (DC file photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Heatwaves are the new normal

Conspiracy theories on climate change have almost ceased to gain currency as real events have forced people to accept...

11 Aug 2022 12:02 AM IST

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar with Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav interacts with the media after meeting Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | BJP to feel the heat of Nitish’s coup in 2024

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has left the BJP stranded in Bihar by getting out of the ruling alliance with BJP and...

11 Aug 2022 12:00 AM IST

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis with newly sworn-in ministers, at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Maha Cabinet: Work in progress

After running a government with a two-member Cabinet for 40 days, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde has finally...

10 Aug 2022 12:30 AM IST

Team Indias flagbearer Nikhat Zareen during the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2022 (CWG). Photo: PTIOpinion
DC Edit | CWG 2022: Has Indian sport now come of age?

“Sport is just the beginning” was the motto the host city Birmingham chose for the Commonwealth Games. For...

10 Aug 2022 12:22 AM IST

This 1997 image provided by the CDC during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire, and depicts the dorsal surfaces of the hands of a monkeypox case patient, who was displaying the appearance of the characteristic rash during its recuperative stage. (AP Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Identify monkeypox early

The Union health ministry last week issued a detailed list of dos and don’ts as India reported one death due to...

9 Aug 2022 12:16 AM IST

SROs new offering Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) during its launch from the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Sunday. (Photo: PTIOpinion
DC Edit | Isro needs to pass test on small satellite launch ops

It is rocket science. Any imprecision in preparation and execution of a mission will show up to spoil the record book as...

9 Aug 2022 12:09 AM IST

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