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Delhi High Court (Photo: File)Opinion
Bitter lesson for the force

Only the Bar Council of India on Tuesday voiced its warning against the “hooliganism” and “violence” indulged in...

7 Nov 2019 3:21 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo:AP)Opinion
Move to exit Paris pact makes US lose moral heft

The world can do without a Democratic leader signing on climate agreements and his Republican successor rescinding them.

7 Nov 2019 3:19 AM IST

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (Photo: File)Opinion
Can KCR kill revenue graft?

Institutionalised corruption only became stronger, rent seeking a given.

6 Nov 2019 6:00 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed by the Indian community in Bangkok on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Prudence wins as govt stays out of RCEP

There is a lurking fear among many of the “10 plus 6” — the 10 Asean countries and six of their partners — that...

6 Nov 2019 5:58 AM IST

India, which has raised some tariffs under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has long been the main holdout on an RCEP deal due to strong domestic opposition from several quarters over fears of Chinese goods flooding the country.Opinion
Respect Tamils’ hoary past

All that Tamils seek is a bit of respect for the hoary past.

5 Nov 2019 1:15 AM IST

NRC remark: Why didn’t Gogoi wait till he retired?Opinion
NRC remark: Why didn’t Gogoi wait till he retired?

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has recently voiced wariness about the NRC.

5 Nov 2019 1:14 AM IST

The decline in emissions of dangerous PM10 and PM2.5 particles across Delhi ranged from 20 to 50 per cent, indicating that the air quality was better than in previous years, the DPCC said in a statement.Opinion
Living in a gas chamber

No amount of incentives seems to convince farmers not to burn the straw left from the harvest.

4 Nov 2019 12:46 AM IST

Telangana Chief Minister, K. Chandrashekar Rao. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
RTC stir a lost cause, strikers must call it off

A socialist-era RTC with monopoly has been relegated into history, and there is no button to press to turn it back.

4 Nov 2019 12:44 AM IST

Religiously inclined souls also point at the cutting of trees by the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited in Aarey Colony as ominous as the Hindu scriptures prohibit cutting trees at night. (Photo: Mrugesh Bandiwadekar)Opinion
Blame it on the ‘inauspicious cut’

The ripple effects of the Maharashtra and Haryana elections are still being felt.

3 Nov 2019 2:29 AM IST

The social and political instability and likelihood of armed conflicts render this as such a frightening scenario that climate change and the consequent rising seas cannot be considered just an environmental problem. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)Opinion
Climate will lead to conflict

The new report is, however, unlikely to scare the likes of Donald Trump and others of his ilk still convinced that...

2 Nov 2019 2:02 AM IST

Until now, even if a chat was on mute, the unread notification still showed up.Opinion
Our Orwellian reality will get scarier

We will slide down this slope till the Pegasus of the future can read your minds, hack your hearts and snoop in your...

2 Nov 2019 2:01 AM IST

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
Gulabi gang? Not exactly

Sniggering critics see it as pandering to the electorate ahead of the Assembly elections in 2020.

1 Nov 2019 12:42 AM IST

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