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Thanks to a consensus among all political parties that the right to choose who will benefit should devolve to the states, the role of the Centre is being willingly surrendered in this push for sharing of the power to decide who will get reservations in education and government jobs. Representational Image. (Twitter)

AA Edit | Expediency behind unity of govt & Opp. on OBC quotas

The amendment to the Constitution allows states to determine which of the OBC groups are eligible to get the benefits of...

13 Aug 2021 1:13 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi along with other opposition parties leaders talks to the media at a protest march against the curtailment of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug 12, 2021. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Opposition leaders march against Pegasus, manhandling of MPs in Rajya...

The protest comes a day after the passage of bills in Rajya Sabha amid charges of manhandling of Opposition leaders

12 Aug 2021 1:43 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacts with member of the press, via video conference in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

After RaGa's account, Twitter locks official handle of Cong for...

Earlier on Wednesday, Congress said that the microblogging platform has also locked the official handles of five more...

12 Aug 2021 1:18 PM IST

This photograph provided by Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) shows a rescue operation at the site of a landslide in Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. (Indo Tibetan Border Police via AP)

Four more bodies recovered from landslide site in Himachal's Kinnaur;...

Ten bodies were recovered on Wednesday, while 13 others were rescued with injuries

12 Aug 2021 1:09 PM IST

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. (Photo- PTI)

Govt wants to bring 15cr out-of-school children into education system,...

Pradhan said for the first time, the government has combined the edu and skill departments, creating a new approach for...

12 Aug 2021 12:40 PM IST

Twitter has to appear before the panel on June 18 at 4 pm and give representation on how to prevent misuse of social media and online news. (Photo: PTI/File)

Congress says party's official account blocked by Twitter

Congress social media wing head Rohan Gupta alleged that Twitter is acting against party leaders under pressure from the...

12 Aug 2021 12:09 PM IST

A health worker checks the temperature of traveler at a railway station in Mumbai, Tuesday, August 10, 2021. (AP/Rafiq Maqbool)

COVID-19: India reports 41,195 fresh cases, active cases increase to...

The active cases increased after registering a decrease for five consecutive days

12 Aug 2021 11:33 AM IST

The launch, which was originally scheduled for March 5, 2020 was postponed due to technical glitches then. (Image credit: Twitter/@isro)

Anomaly in cryogenic stage fails ISRO's GSLV-F10/EOS-03 Mission

The mission couldn't be accomplished as intended because of a technical anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage, said Dr...

12 Aug 2021 11:06 AM IST

The future looks even more turbulent more heatwaves worsened by higher humidity, erratic rainfall, more droughts, floods and forest fires. Representational Image. (Twitter)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Health a key priority in battling climate...

India, home to millions of the world's poorest, should be worried and better prepared

12 Aug 2021 3:51 AM IST

The NEP clearly states that schools should not merely condition and limit the students to mugging up facts and memorising information. Representational Image. (DC Image)

Gulshan Kaur | CBSE a leader in innovating reforms in line with NEP...

It aims at devising ways to disengage students from rote learning and engage them in experiential learning

12 Aug 2021 3:38 AM IST

Cover Page of Yoga of Rehab by Anjali Talcherkar

Anjali Talcherkar | How yoga helped me transcend my drug addiction

This was when I decided to shift my focus to being fully recovered

12 Aug 2021 2:58 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

AA Edit | Crime and the legislator: SC does its bit to sever link

Supreme Court seeks better accountability and transparency from the executive branch of government and the political...

12 Aug 2021 2:22 AM IST