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Parliament building. (PTI)Opinion
DC Edit | Axing Question Hour lets government avoid accountability

Cancelling Question Hour deprives MPs of the lone device they have to exercise some control over the executive

4 Sept 2020 6:00 PM IST

Dr Kafeel Khan (C) following his release from Mathura jail after the Allahabad High Court quashed his detention under the National Security Act and ordered his immediate release, in Mathura. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | A whistleblower’s vindication

In his speech at AMU, Khan, had called attention to the appalling absence of doctors and basic infrastructure in...

4 Sept 2020 5:08 PM IST

Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan addresses a press conference, after Supreme Court imposed a token fine of one rupee as punishment in a contempt case against him, in New Delhi. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Bhushan’s choice

Kudos to Bhushan for displaying grace under pressure, not giving in to the impulse for drama

2 Sept 2020 8:00 PM IST

A worker sanitises a public transportation bus after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in ChennaiOpinion
DC Edit | Only long term measures can resuscitate the economy

The Covid-19 pandemic has finally taken the Indian economy to a journey of the netherworld

2 Sept 2020 7:42 PM IST

The very process of preparing the NRC was riddled with serious issues. Representational ImageOpinion
DC Edit | Trouble for NRC -"rejects-"

Citizenship is the primary identity of a person, and its denial, rightly or wrongly, compromises the very right to life

1 Sept 2020 5:16 PM IST

: People visit a weekly market, during unlock 3.0, in Ghaziabad. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | As COVID-19 cases spike across the country, go slower on...

One really wonders how the Centre and state governments are confident that this is the right moment to open more...

1 Sept 2020 4:59 PM IST

Chennai Super Kings player Kedhar Jadav and others at Chennai Airport before leaving to UAE to participate in IPL-2020, in Chennai. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | The show must go on

There is no cricket business like T20 business and the show must go on to nurture the promise

31 Aug 2020 6:27 PM IST

A young Kashmiri Shiite Muslim watches a Muharram procession, cradled in the arms of a woman in Srinagar, Kashmir. AP PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | In guise of COVID war, it’s unbridled hate in Kashmir

There is no peace in Kashmir, and the government’s fear of the people seems real

31 Aug 2020 6:10 PM IST

The Great Andamanese are an endangered tribe whose numbers have dwindled from 8,000 in 1858 to the paltry figure of the present day. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | COVID-19 puts Andaman-'s tribes in a particularly vulnerable...

With a population of around four lakhs, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has reported 2,268 coronavirus cases so far,...

29 Aug 2020 6:05 PM IST

The Central governments argument was based on two factors one, the promise that it made to states to make good its revenue loss on account of the GST rollout, and two, a contraction that the Indian economy is expected to witness this financial year. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | GST meet: Has Modi government failed its citizens?

Why should there be different yardsticks for the Central government and its citizens?

29 Aug 2020 5:20 PM IST

An FC Barcelona fan wearing a jersey with the number of Barcelonas Argentinian forward Lionel Messi sits outside the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. AFP PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | It’s messy in Barcelona

The decision rips asunder Spanish football even as it lights up the eyes of clubs and managers elsewhere

28 Aug 2020 8:38 PM IST

Activists of National Students Union of India (NSUI ) take part in a demonstration in front of the NSUI headquarters in New Delho. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Relook at NEET and JEE entrances, take gap year instead

Extraordinary times also call for extraordinary measures

28 Aug 2020 8:22 PM IST

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