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The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act 2019, that came into force from Monday, provides for a 10 per cent additional reservation for those not eligible earlier. The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha approved the bill within a week. So compelling were the provisions an inclusive agenda for the economically weaker sections (EWS) and explicit exclusion of the well-off that all parties were agreed a rare but welcome show of national consensus. (Representational image)

AA Edit | Scrap religion-based quotas; it's time to rethink all others

Home minister Amit Shah backed Karnataka government's decision saying it was scrapped because it was constitutionally...

28 March 2023 12:11 AM IST

The world has been warning us for some years now to correct course and move back to the path of democracy and pluralism. (DC Image)

Aakar Patel | Civil liberties & democracy: Why is India's rank so low?

We, in the thick of it, may not have noticed the water boiling and the temperature rising

28 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | It's not just about Rahul: The stakes are far...

So far, Rahul Gandhi and the Congress have called a spade a spade, and this trait must be retained

28 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

Using them as a convenient remedy and becoming habituated to these insidious drugs is dangerous and over time becomes an addiction.

AA Edit | India must win war on drugs

According to World Drug Report 2022, India is one of the world's single largest opiate markets in terms of users

27 March 2023 1:42 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives to address a press conference at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | Criminal defamation must go, make it a civil offence

Given the several interrelated circumstances leading up to it, the sentencing of Rahul Gandhi also looks somewhat...

27 March 2023 12:17 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (R) and Chinas President Xi Jinping (L) shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022.

Saeed Naqvi | As Beijing tries to broker peace deals, US firms up its...

The US, as yesterday's hegemon, has woefully diminished its persuasiveness

27 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

Indias opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, speaks during a meeting as part of his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu on Monday, Jan.23, 2023. (Photo:AP)

Anand K. Sahay | Rahul's expulsion from LS: Is India at a turning...

The processes that have been adopted can be checkmated only through stout resistance by society and a show of...

27 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives to address a press conference at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Complications in defamation law exposed

The question that Judge Varma had to decide was whether Rahul implied that all people with the surname of Modi were...

26 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

According to Mr Liyuo, India and China have such a long history of sharing belief and knowledge between them. So a new era will see us coming closer. China and India should play a major role to augment global governance and Asian sentiments. Representational Image/AFP

Manish Tewari | Can India ever outdo China diplomatically?

Will we ever see our diplomacy undertaking manoeuvres of the kind China has pulled off here?

26 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Synonyms that so often are antonyms...

So is a painting by C©zanne, an Ennio Morricone composition or the unfettered flatulence of someone close by who's eaten...

25 March 2023 9:19 PM IST

The UK High Commission after removal of security barricades by the Delhi Police, in New Delhi, Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | India needs to be firm with UK

It is no secret that the UK was forced into responding to India removing a layer of barricades outside the British high...

25 March 2023 12:32 AM IST

Northwest and central India also recorded the highest average maximum temperatures in April since 1900. (Representional Image)

Shobhaa De | The heat is on A banger' of a summer is coming up

Mad Hatter who's in charge of the weather, has really fried our brains this week with heavy downpours in March and the...

25 March 2023 12:19 AM IST