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The report of the team sent by the Editors Guild exposed one too many shortcomings in the state that a democracy needs to ponder over and make amends for. (FIle Image: PTI)

AA Edit | Don't shoot the messenger

The team found that media invented its own ways unprofessional indeed to report on the clashes and that such reports...

6 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

Recent changes to education policy have also influenced the organisation of pre-school education in India. (DC Image)

Devi Kar | As schools become a big business, it's vital they deliver a...

School owners know the branding exercise well and are aware that they have to make a big splash

6 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

Referring to the DMK manifesto, Udhayanidhi claimed it has covered all the issues faced by the people,including NEET. (Image: File)

AA Edit | Stalin's son is guilty of practising poor politics

At its worst, the comments, made at a conference to abolish Sanatana Dharma , may be deeply offensive to a section of...

5 Sept 2023 12:11 AM IST

The Supreme Court has chosen to make public its reiterated recommendations with regard to certain judges whose appointments the government has been sitting on for over five years now. (Representational Image)

Aakar Patel | Fact & fiction: Harsher laws have not led to justice in...

Criminal law has the power to destroy lives and its use for this reason must be guarded, measured and calibrated

5 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Not counting the 2015 Delhi Assembly polls, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had just begun his innings, Karnataka has handed the BJP its worst electoral drubbing in Mr Modis nine years in power, when he has presided over not just the Union government but also over his partys fate, bending it to his every wish. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Put people at centre of policy

Policies in all countries are now tuned to promote faster and higher growth in GDP

5 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leaders Rahul Gandhi and K.C. Venugopal, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) meeting. (PTI Photo)

Shikha Mukerjee | INDIA gets set, preparing for liftoff; BJP gets...

INDIA is poised to unveil itself as a credible challenger to the hitherto invincibility of the BJP

5 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Londons National Gallery and British Museum (Photo: AP)

Kishwar Desai | British Museum loses argument for hanging on to looted...

2,000 items from the British Museum had been stolen, or were unaccounted for.

4 Sept 2023 12:12 AM IST

An installation outside Rajghat ahead of the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

Sanjaya Baru | How we view ourselves and how the world views India

It appears from the Pew data that the image of the country is tied to that of the Prime Minister.

4 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

A lot of water has flown under the bridge since Ram Nath Kovind won the last Presidential elections with a near two-thirds majority against the Congress-led Opposition candidate Meira Kumar, in July 2017. (PTI)

AA Edit | Govt intent not clear, we need debate on simultaneous polls

Democracy mandates rulers be upfront about their intentions and open to discussion.

4 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Indias Aditya-L1 spacecraft travels after it was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. (AP)

AA Edit | Isro's moment in the sun

India is about 40 years behind in the matter of sending missions to study the sun

4 Sept 2023 12:02 AM IST

A screenshot shows a representation of Chandrayaan-3s successful landing on the Moons surface, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Pavan K. Varma | Chandrayaan bickering the sign of a sterile democracy

Congress accused the BJP for hogging all the credit, ignoring the decades of collective effort that led to this...

3 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST

Bombay Doordarshan provided entertainment where theatre artistes demonstrated their massive talents. (Image by Freepik)

Ranjona Banerji | Kitsch or reality TV: What's your pick?

Reality TV. I think I've found my niche. Bring on the vulgarity, the pomposity, the gossip and the falling out!

3 Sept 2023 12:05 AM IST