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Voters queue up to cast their ballots for Bihar state assembly elections at a polling station in Patna on October 28, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Bihar polls may have a wider impact on nation

Many of the assumptions made about the electoral landscape today appear less well grounded than before

28 Oct 2020 9:49 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (L) stands with Judge Amy Coney Barrett after she was sworn in as a US Supreme Court Associate Justice during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House October 26, 2020, in Washington, DC. (AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | The Amy factor in America

Will Ms Barrett undo the feminist legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg whose seat she now occupies?

28 Oct 2020 9:42 AM IST

File image of RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav. (PTI)Opinion
Bihar: Lalu son handful, but contest is wide open

But with the campaign picking up, the turbulence in the waters of the Ganga, Kosi, Gandak and the Son are becoming more...

24 Oct 2020 12:08 PM IST

Pope Francis, wearing a face mask, descending the stairs of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli prior to an inter-religious ceremony for peace in Campidoglio Square, at Romes Capitoline Hill. (Photo: VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | We are family

The conservatives say the Pope has only reminded the families of LGBT persons not to throw them out

24 Oct 2020 10:12 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference, ahead of the Bihar Assembly Elections, in Patna. (PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Polls before policy? BJP vaccine carrot unethical

If Bihar is to get the Covid vaccine free, will other states also get it free? Has the cost of this been calculated?

24 Oct 2020 9:53 AM IST

Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his daughter Ziva Dhoni. (PTI File)Opinion
DC Edit| ‘Rapist’ trolls: Shame them

Earlier, the five-year-old daughter of cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni was threatened similarly by a tennager from...

22 Oct 2020 12:02 PM IST

Congress Party workers celebrate after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh resolution at Punjabs state assembly rejecting the three farm laws passed by Indian Parliament, in Amritsar on October 20, 2020.(AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | Punjab makes a point, will other states follow?

It is highly likely that courts will be called upon to decide on the constitutionality or otherwise of the bills

22 Oct 2020 11:07 AM IST

A boy stands near a coronavirus themed idol for Puja festivities at a workshop in Bengaluru. PTI photoOpinion
DC Edit | Rein in festive cheer

Experts have been warning for quite some time about the festivals torpedoing the efforts to contain the pandemic

21 Oct 2020 9:54 AM IST

Security personnel stand guard near Civil Secretariat ahead of bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir. (File Photo- PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | J&K district councils not a good-faith move

The case of J&K is going to be little different from that of Ladakh, at least for the foreseeable future

21 Oct 2020 9:44 AM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks with senior members of parliament a day after her landslide election win, in Auckland on October 18, 2020. (AFP)Opinion
DC Edit | A win for liberal-left

However, as far as her progressive agenda is concerned, it is unclear whether Ardern’s government has the economic...

19 Oct 2020 10:16 AM IST

A man walks balancing a basket on his head at a vegetable market in Lucknow, India. (AP)Opinion
DC Edit | India indicted by global hunger index

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2020 published this week has put India behind most of its south Asian neighbours,...

19 Oct 2020 10:07 AM IST

government has extended the last date for filing annual GST return for the financial year 2018-19 by three months till September . (PTI Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | GST: A win for states

That the change in stance will ensure better rates and easy administration of the process is only part of the deal

17 Oct 2020 10:06 AM IST

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