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In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 file photo, Dr. Gauden Galea, the World Health Organization representative in China, speaks during an interview at the WHO offices in Beijing. AP PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Who cares for WHO?

There wasn’t too much sympathy for WHO when Donald Trump pulled the plug first on several millions of dollars in...

12 Jun 2020 7:26 PM IST

Migrants undergo thermal screening after arriving from Mumbai via special flight at Prayagraj airport arranged by Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Cenrtre-state unity key to winning Covid fight

This is not the first time, though, the Union government has deputed its teams to the states but the results were not...

12 Jun 2020 7:17 PM IST

Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy. (PTI Photo)Opinion
DC Edit | Racism: It-'s time to say sorry

The world of sport also stands exposed now as tales of racism and blatantly racist terms come tumbling out of the locker...

12 Jun 2020 5:29 PM IST

BJP workers stage a protest at the gate of the Circle Office over the arrest of a party leader, at Sector 24 of Noida. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Coronavirus abets play of dirty electoral games

The country’s fight against the pandemic has not induced a cooperative outlook in the BJP toward political opponents

12 Jun 2020 5:00 PM IST

Minneapolis has 900 officers in its ranks and yet representation of the African American community therein is next to nil. AP PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Safety not so much as policing

With protests following Floyd’s death claiming around 18 American lives, discussions are on as to how to accomplish...

9 Jun 2020 8:25 PM IST

DC Edit | Rural jobs scheme an unmissable solutionOpinion
DC Edit | Rural jobs scheme an unmissable solution

The scheme, introduced by the first UPA government in 2005, guaranteesmanual work to every adult in rural India for at...

9 Jun 2020 8:13 PM IST

The likes of Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma were fortunate not to have been booked because of the existence of the same kind of double standard. AP PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Double standards and how!

The criminalisation of every protest staged by aggrieved Indians is clear in all dissent being viewed as a potential law...

8 Jun 2020 5:53 PM IST

Most experts agree that the first such move, the national lockdown, indeed helped but the government did little to make use of the opportunity to prepare the nation for a successful engagement with the virus later on. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Centre can’t stand by and watch at this critical hour

There are no immediate chances of the numbers going down what with the Union government allowing opening of more social...

8 Jun 2020 5:32 PM IST

In 2002, a pogrom in Gujarat when the Prime Minister was heading the state government there claimed over 1,000 Muslim lives. The perpetrators were not punished. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Muslim lives matter, but saying so will cost you

As the Black Lives Matter movement rages, ordinary Indian citizens have been silent in the face of glaring injustice...

6 Jun 2020 7:29 PM IST

In this file photo taken on May 27, 2020 policemen and onlookers stand near a dead pregnant wild elephant retrieved after it strayed into a village and ate an explosive-filled fruit, on the banks of the Velliyar River in Palakkad district of Kerala state. AFP PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | No missed opportunity

There was no dearth of suggestive statements about the demography of Malappuram, the only Muslim-majority district in...

6 Jun 2020 7:09 PM IST

- A large display showing the Goddess of Democracy (top C) and lettering that reads Free HK is seen a stall on a pavement near Victoria Park in Hong Kong. AFP PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Pushed to the edge

The new law undercuts Article 18 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law, which limits Beijing from applying national laws to the...

5 Jun 2020 5:28 PM IST

: Army personnel during a counter-infiltration operation along the Line of Control in Kalakote sector of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir. PTI PhotoOpinion
DC Edit | Intimidation and defamation: BJP’s twin strategies in J-K

Thousands of individuals, including the former state’s most consequential political leaders as well as children were...

5 Jun 2020 5:07 PM IST

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