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Lancet COVID-19 Commission India Task Force concluded that there is no current evidence that an anticipated the third wave will target children specifically. (PTI file photo)

DC Edit | Feasibility, agility key to successful school return

The threat from the virus may never fully recede, which means that education cannot be held up forever

3 Sept 2021 1:23 AM IST

A Keralite woman makes Pookalam (flower rangoli) on the occasion of Onam festival. PTI photo

DC Edit | Caution needed before Onam

As per the data released by the government, 1.77 crore of the 3.54 crore people have got at least one dose of the jab as...

18 Aug 2021 2:20 AM IST

Difference in diesel prices between AP and Karnataka and in the Puducherry enclave of Yanam is jolting fuel outlets.(Photo:PTI)

DC Edit | High fuel prices point to a much deeper malaise

The revenue in 2020-21 to the union govt from levies on petrol and diesel was Rs 3,89,622 crores, up from Rs 2,39,452...

18 Aug 2021 1:13 AM IST

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, speaks as Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam‚ Jaishankar listens during a joint news conference at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi. (Photo:AP)

DC Edit | On China, Afghanistan, India indeed on its own

Unlike India, the US does not have a territorial dispute with China

30 July 2021 1:07 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | A shrewd move by Bengal

The move by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee may be just another arrow in a war between the Opposition and the Centre

28 July 2021 1:23 AM IST

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | How can BJP pick a CM and not irk Yediyurappa?

The BJP has to keep these circumstances in mind though it has had to ease out the Lingayat leader on account of his age

28 July 2021 1:15 AM IST

Amazon.com and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos (centre), his brother, Mark Bezos (left), Oliver Daemen (right) and Wally Funk (seated) experienced about three minutes of weightlessness during their first space flight on Tuesday. (Photo: Twitter/ @blueorigin)

DC Edit | New space pioneers

Waiting in the wings is Elon Musk whose company has greater reach in space already

22 July 2021 1:13 AM IST

Covaxin is an indigenous COVID-19 vaccine produced by Bharat Biotech. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | With crores vulnerable, vaccines key to safety

The survey was held among 28,975 people in 70 districts in 20 states in June and July this year

22 July 2021 1:00 AM IST

Crowded Vizhinjam fishing harbour after ease in COVID-induced lockdown restrictions in Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo: PTI)

DC Edit | Keralaâ€™s expediency politics

The Supreme Court directed the Kerala government to file its reply quickly to a plea challenging its decision to relax...

20 July 2021 8:27 AM IST

Newly elected Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Navjot Singh Sidhu at his residence, in Patiala. (Photo: PTI)

DC Edit | Sidhu Punjab PCC chief: A self-goal by Congress?

Upon entering politics, Sidhu chose to hitch his political wagon to the BJP

20 July 2021 8:14 AM IST

England beat Denmark in the semi-finals of the European Football Cup and will now play Italy in the final on Sunday. (Representational Image: AFP)

DC Edit | Soccerâ€™s race hurdle

Poetry in motion, which flowing soccer is, may have come like a balm when the coronavirus pandemic raged in many parts...

14 July 2021 12:40 AM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath. (PTI)

DC Edit | Pushing two-child policy: Can it ramp up growth?

According to the last population census (2011), the rate of growth of population among Muslims was higher than the...

14 July 2021 12:30 AM IST