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The governmental move could offer people the satisfaction that India is getting even with China it but the hard fact is that it is not

AA Edit | Banning Chinese apps will achieve little

The government has stated that these apps were prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India

4 Sept 2020 6:58 PM IST

Trinamul Congress leaders protest over Delhi violence at Parliament during the ongoing Budget Session in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Axing Question Hour lets government avoid accountability

Cancelling Question Hour deprives MPs of the lone device they have to exercise some control over the executive

4 Sept 2020 6:01 PM IST

A united Congress has a chance to strengthen its ranking; divided, the futures of all party members are at stake

Nilofar Suhrawardy | Bank on Gandhis, test non-Gandhis, start early...

The Congress is not a regional party and it is expected to give greater importance to a democratic process for electing...

4 Sept 2020 5:52 PM IST

A student undergoes thermal screening as she arrives to appear in JEE Main examination, at a center in Kozhikode. PTI Photo

Dev 360 | In any crisis, take care of the most vulnerable

Covid-19 has not only revealed vulnerabilities and inequalities in the education systems across the world, it has made...

4 Sept 2020 5:28 PM IST

AA Edit | A whistleblowers vindication

AA Edit | A whistleblower's vindication

In his speech at AMU, Khan, had called attention to the appalling absence of doctors and basic infrastructure in...

4 Sept 2020 5:08 PM IST

Rahat Indori was five years old when the much loved poet Majaz died of a stroke after he was found on the freezing terrace of a country liquor shop in Lucknows Qaisar Bagh. Photo: Twitter

Saeed Naqvi | Rahat Indori, a theme for Bollywood with built-in lyrics

What will be Rahat's place in literature?

4 Sept 2020 4:42 PM IST

The last active politician who became President before Pranab Mukherjee was Shankar Dayal Sharma in 1992. So it was not an easy going for Pranab. File Photo

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Pranab Da's politics: Adept at managing...

Pranab showed that he was capable in dealing with the intricacies of administration without handing over levers of power...

4 Sept 2020 4:23 PM IST

Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan addresses a press conference, after Supreme Court imposed a token fine of one rupee as punishment in a contempt case against him, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Bhushan's choice

Kudos to Bhushan for displaying grace under pressure, not giving in to the impulse for drama

2 Sept 2020 8:00 PM IST

An auto rickshaw drives past a mural depicting frontline workers fighting against COVID-19 in New Delhi. AP Photo

AA Edit | Only long term measures can resuscitate the economy

The Covid-19 pandemic has finally taken the Indian economy to a journey of the netherworld

2 Sept 2020 7:42 PM IST

Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar takes charge as the new Election Commissioner in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Dilli Ka Babu | Rajiv Kumar in sight of CEC chair in 2024

He replaces Ashok Lavasa, who is leaving to join the Asian Development Bank as vice-president

2 Sept 2020 7:17 PM IST

A security personnel stands guard along the Srinagar-Ladakh Highway, at Gagangir in Ganderbal District of Central Kashmir. PTI Photo

Delimitation next stop in Modi government's Kashmir project

There is no plan underway to talk to Pakistan or to the dissenting political and militant groups in J&K to arrive at a...

2 Sept 2020 6:59 PM IST

In this 2014 file photo, the audience reacts during the Proms at Royal Albert Hall, London. The BBC has ditched the lyrics of Rule Britannia! for its traditional summer-ending concert amid a controversy over the songs celebration of the British Empire. (AP file photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | BBC Proms: Bosses caught between govt line and woke...

Public hoo-ha between the BBC and the prime minister over song lyrics

2 Sept 2020 12:28 AM IST