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Reserve Bank of India announced a slew of measures to maintain market stability. (PTI Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Gilt' option for citizens

G-Secs are tradeable investment instruments issued by the Central or state governments and are the most risk-free...

9 Feb 2021 7:29 AM IST

Melting glaciers are the clearest signs of climate change, and since this event took place outside the monsoon period, it is safe to assume human intervention was a causative factor. (PTI /Arun Sharma)Opinion
DC Edit | An ecological tragedy of Himalayan proportions

It is obvious that lessons have not been learnt from years of having to deal with floods from the monsoon or melting...

9 Feb 2021 7:19 AM IST

Mr Faruqui was arrested on New Years Day for his alleged remarks that hurt the sentiments of Hindus in a stand-up comedy show. (Image credit : Facebook)Opinion
DC Edit | Delay in Faruqui release exposes rot in executive

The Madhya Pradesh high court, too, showed an equally disdainful disregard for personal liberty when it denied bail to...

8 Feb 2021 7:56 AM IST

The work of the media to bring out the facts on the ground came to a grinding halt since technological change has ensured that low-speed Net connectivity makes news production a near impossibility. (Representational image :Opinion
DC Edit | 4G in J&K: Long overdue

The intent of the decision to cut Net speed over 18 long months appeared calculated to punish ordinary people for the...

8 Feb 2021 7:31 AM IST

Rajiv Gandhi, confused by a welter of opinions on the Tamils issue, may have erred in judgment in sending a peace keeping force to the island nation and paid the price. (Photo:DC/FOpinion
DC Edit | Don't pardon Rajiv killers

No government at the Centre could be seen as weak in pardoning the killers of a Prime Minister

6 Feb 2021 3:11 AM IST

The handling of the farmers on the borders of Indias capital has become a perception battle more than a true search for corrections in basic issues. (Photo:AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | US remarks a wake-up call Delhi can't ignore

The overt attack on Twitter is illustrative of the govt and the ruling party's selective outrage because certain truths...

6 Feb 2021 2:49 AM IST

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DC Edit | Bihar cops' shameful edict

It looks like the police have a weird idea about the rights of the common people and those in the executive branch of...

5 Feb 2021 7:43 AM IST

Twitter executives appeared before the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill to explain the error that came to light last week and which the company said had since been resolved. (representational Image: AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Govt's anti-Twitter rage betrays own uncertainty

The opinions of celebrities may sometimes be unpalatable but only in responding is importance attached to them

5 Feb 2021 7:29 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Putin bares his fangs

In two decades of Putin's rule, whatever little resistance was there from critics had been ironed out with brutal state...

4 Feb 2021 8:02 AM IST

Enhanced security at Singhu border during farmers protest against the new farm laws, in New Delhi, on January 31, 2021. (PTI /Ravi Choudhary)Opinion
DC Edit | Farmers aren't hooligans; don't act like a police state

It is crucial that the Opposition, the ruling party, and those that are prone to sit on the fence seek to define farmers...

4 Feb 2021 7:51 AM IST

A national library employee shows a gold Nobel Prize medal in Bogota, Colombia. The Nobels, with new winners announced starting Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, often concentrate on unheralded, methodical, basic science. (AP File)Opinion
DC Edit | Nobel and the ignoble

A red flag around Nobel news should warn us not to get carried away by nominations because everyone can send nominations...

3 Feb 2021 4:56 AM IST

The government says it has aimed making India a $5 trillion economy by 2025. That cannot happen based only on the performance of the biggies. It will be unwise on the part of the government to put all its eggs in the trickle-down theory basket and ignore the small players. (Photo:PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Largesse for ‘poll’ states, MSMEs get short shrift

However, two sins of the budget — one of commission and the other of omission — have struck that jarring note

3 Feb 2021 4:36 AM IST

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