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Palestinians run from sound grenades thrown by Israeli police in front of the Dome of the Rock in the al-Aqsa mosque complex in Jerusalem, Friday, May 21, 202, as a cease-fire took effect between Hamas and Israel after a 11-day war. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)

DC Edit | Israel's Gaza war ends, but will peace endure?

The ultimate solution lies in the two-State principle granting recognition to a homeland for the Palestinian people

22 May 2021 2:15 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

DC Edit | Live-in ties: Courts confused?

It is time the apex court considered coming out with another set of guidelines for considering cases such as live-in...

22 May 2021 1:00 AM IST

A motorist and a woman wade through a waterlogged street after heavy rains in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Cyclone Tauktae, the most powerful storm to hit the region in more than two decades, packed sustained winds of up to 210 kilometers per hour when it came ashore in Gujarat state late Monday. (AP/Ajit Solanki)

DC Edit | In Tauktae's path

Weather events like annual tropical storms in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea are bound to get more severe as time...

20 May 2021 7:36 AM IST

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with Governor Arif Mohammed Khan. (PTI)

DC Edit | Pinarayi springs surprises, Kerala gets new-look govt

Explanations apart, the new team will have to compete against the record of its predecessor and prove its mettle

20 May 2021 7:29 AM IST

The J&K media, which has been walking on the razors edge for the last several decades, has already registered their strong protest against the new fiat. (Representational Photo: PTI)

DC Edit | Help media protect rights

The police can, of course, impose reasonable restrictions, of which the people of J&K and the media there have quite a...

9 April 2021 4:56 AM IST

Narendra Modi shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) at the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg. (Photo: PIB)

DC Edit | With Russia, be measured, and keep an open mind

Will India go ahead with the purchase of the S-400 anti-missile defence system from Russia in the face of serious US...

9 April 2021 4:38 AM IST

It is clear that there need be no middleman in a government-to-government deal but the latest revelation raises questions about the very claim the government had advanced. (Photo: AP)

DC Edit | Clear the air on Rafales

The government will have to consider instituting an investigation by a credible agency or even a judicial commission

8 April 2021 4:28 AM IST

An elevated inflation rate is also a cause of concern for the RBI, though it has decided to accord priority to economic growth in the near future. (DC file Photo)

DC Edit | Nurture is the best policy, but watch out for inflation

A low-interest rate regime is considered a key weapon to revive consumer demand and induce normalcy in the economy

8 April 2021 4:15 AM IST

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. (Twitter/ @MahaDGIPR)

DC Edit | Deshmukh: Will probe be fair?

It is clear that in a coalition government, relying heavily on NCP support, Mr Thackeray was not free to sack the home...

7 April 2021 7:43 AM IST

The government must further strengthen the inoculation programme and at the same time strictly impose Covid-appropriate protocol across the country. (Photo: AFP)

DC Edit | Ban all large gatherings, give everyone vaccines

It should consult all stakeholders and come to a consensus on banning every event that has the potential to become a...

7 April 2021 7:31 AM IST

Rajinikanth (Photo: PTI/File)

DC Edit | Right honour, wrong timing

The time chosen by the BJP government to announce a momentous decision like this was monumentally flawed

3 April 2021 8:24 AM IST

CPM leader and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, whose photograph is on right, addresses an election campaign wearing a mask in Kochi, on March 27, 2021. The southern state goes to polls on April 6 to elect members to its state legislature. (AP/R S Iyer)

DC Edit | South India is different: Hopes rest on Left, DMK

The Dravidian major DMK has similarly reduced the seats for the Congress in its alliance of Tamil forces aiming to...

3 April 2021 8:14 AM IST