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Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the scientific community, saying it is perhaps unprecedented that vaccines were prepared within a year. (Photo: PTI/File)

DC Edit | Modi tries to change the optics as polls lie ahead

Important state elections are due in early 2022 and 2023 and the Lok Sabha poll in 2024

9 July 2021 12:20 AM IST

DC Edit | A dream run for Mithali

DC Edit | A dream run for Mithali

Mithali Raj made her international debut in 1999 at the tender age of 16 much like Sachin who she idolised

9 July 2021 12:20 AM IST

Actor Dilip Kumar (ANI)

DC Edit | Bollywoodâ€™s first Khan and the idea of India

Though his last film was released 23 years ago, in 1998, Dilip Kumar remains a daunting, revered presence in the Indian...

8 July 2021 1:02 AM IST

In view of the above we hold that there is no reason to interfere with the scheme propounded by CBSE and CICSE, the bench said, adding that the schemes take into account the concerns of all sets of students. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | Huge relief, reset by CBSE may help students reboot

The system is burdened right now with ratifying the marks that schools will be giving their students for the previous...

8 July 2021 12:56 AM IST

Doors open for young Indians

It is another matter that India is unable to offer every aspirational student an opportunity to excel because of various...

3 July 2021 12:40 AM IST

In November, Chinese President Xi Jinping had instructed officials to expedite construction of the new railway project, connecting Sichuan Province and Nyingchi in Tibet. (AFP Photo)

DC Edit | Take note of grim signals redacted from Xi speech

In his hour-long address, Xi noted that -'on the journey ahead-' the country and the Party -'should always be prepared...

3 July 2021 12:30 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 | Fuel price paradox

The cascading effect of the fuel price rise is reflected in price escalation in goods as milk to cement prices spiral...

2 July 2021 12:35 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (PTI)

DC Edit | SC nudge on Covid ex-gratia exposes govt sloth, red tape

The courtâ€™s decision has come against the governmentâ€™s position that it did have the money but its focus is on...

2 July 2021 12:30 AM IST

Lakshadweep and its people are geo-politically and strategically important to India. (Twitter)

DC Edit | Stop govt repression of Lakshadweep residents

The Union government must act, and act quickly and undo the damage the administrator has done

28 May 2021 1:57 AM IST

Around 92 per cent people in the survey said they will not use Whatsapp payment features if the app shares information with Facebook and third parties. (Photo: AFP)

DC Edit | Minimise curbs on social media

What is needed is a nuanced approach to find a balance between the right to privacy and the need to allow action against...

28 May 2021 1:06 AM IST

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait holds a black flag during a protest against the farm laws marking a Black Day, at Ghazipur border in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

DC Edit | Protest in time of Covid needs urgent resolution

The government has been playing hot and cold on the issue of these farm laws

27 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been appointed as the new CBI Director. (Photo: PTI)

DC Edit | CJI plays a judicious hand

Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, proposed that a Supreme Court judgment of March 2019 be extended to the post of CBI director...

27 May 2021 12:00 AM IST