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Farmers shout slogans during their protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. (PTI/Ravi Choudhary)

Manish Tewari | Is farm bills' real aim to cover fiscal deficit?

For a country where 65 per cent of the population lives of agriculture and 36.4 crores are poor this is nothing short of...

20 Dec 2020 7:23 AM IST

$Joining the BJP on Saturday in his home turf, Shubhendu Adhikari described union home minister Amit Shah as his \Dada\ and \Aan Baan Shan\ of the country.(Image: Twitter/@AmitShah)$ India

Adhikari joins BJP, hails Amit Shah, reveals their past link

Adhikari also released his open letter to TMC workers urging them to join BJP

19 Dec 2020 11:37 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the farmers of Madhya Pradesh, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (DD/PTI Photo)

India

Defending farm laws, PM says talk of ending MSP biggest lie

PM says Opposition is 'peddling lies' to mislead farmers on the new agricultural reform laws

19 Dec 2020 11:29 AM IST

Students wearing face masks attend a class at a school that was reopened after closure for months owing to coronavirus pandemic, in Amritsar, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Schools are being opened as per guidelines issued in Unlock. 5. (PTI)

Opinion

Rukmini Banerji | As schools reopen, try to bridge digital divide

Overall, households reported that about 75 per cent children get some help at home in terms of learning support

19 Dec 2020 12:31 AM IST

Opinion

Farrukh Dhondy | Researching Wikipedia on the origins of toxic words

And in my idle researches I find that there are places where Wikipedia doesn't fear to tread

19 Dec 2020 12:30 AM IST

A healthcare worker prepares COVID-19 vaccine doses at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center on December 16, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images/AFP)

World

China to start opening vaccination programme to general public

Sichuan is the first province to outline a timeline of its vaccination plans for the general public

18 Dec 2020 11:16 AM IST

Farmers shout slogans during their protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (PTI)

India

Centre lukewarm to SC suggestion on keeping farm laws on hold

Centre says the farmers would not come forward for negotiations if the implementation of the farm laws was put on hold

18 Dec 2020 10:04 AM IST

Opinion

Mohan Guruswamy | How rise in inequality distorts Indian society

The nature of the institutions determines outcomes, not the means of production or processes

18 Dec 2020 7:25 AM IST

Cover page of Vinay Sitapatis Jugalbandi. (Twitter/@vinay_sitapati)

Newsmakers

Modi, like RSS, is not dogmatic on economy. But he is close to a...

Modi takes his decisions based more on politics than economics, per se, argues Vinay Sitapati in this concluding part of...

18 Dec 2020 4:01 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tears copies of new farm laws as he speaks at Delhi Legislative Assembly, in New Delhi. (PTI)

India

Kejriwal tears copies of Centre's farm laws, says cannot 'betray'...

After the chief minister's address, the resolution introduced by Delhi government's Law minister Kailash Gahlot was...

17 Dec 2020 11:53 PM IST

Usually, it is understood that if New Delhi witnesses cold temperatures then the winter would kick in over the city as well. DC Image

Metros

Winter not chilly in Hyderabad this year

An official from the local IMD-Hyderabad said that humid winds from the eastern coast is blowing over the city

17 Dec 2020 11:36 PM IST

Newsmakers

'Sangh suffers from Islamophobia but sincerely wants to eradicate...

Dr Ambedkar was critical of every kind of religious bigotry, says author Vinay Sitapati in the second part of this...

17 Dec 2020 11:05 AM IST