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With frequent hikes in the pollution levels of the capital, both government and private schools have been shut down for a couple of days twice. An effective deterrent or an unnecessary hindrance? Parents around the city weigh in.

Challenges for gender equity when schools reopen: Early warning signs

These past few months have brought unthinkable disruption to education systems all over the world

28 Aug 2020 6:19 PM IST

Civil rights lawyer Prashant Bhushan. (PTI Photo)

DC Edit | Begging to forgive

Justice Arun Mishra, heading the bench, suggested to Bhushan that he utter magical word apology and go to the...

27 Aug 2020 3:46 PM IST

According to the RBI, private spending has taken a hit particularly for transport services, hospitality, recreation and cultural activities. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Economy in freefall, govt must act quickly

Economists like Raghuram Rajan and others have suggested the government to open its purse strings to support the demand

27 Aug 2020 3:15 PM IST

Workers at a flyover construction site during reimposed weekend lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Jammu. AP Photo

Sunanda K Datta-Ray | After COVID devastation, India to need...

If the pandemic does end in two years, as WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus predicts, it will leave behind...

26 Aug 2020 8:02 PM IST

Mediapersons are particularly concerned about a provision in the law under which journalists can be convicted of espionage for entering a government office and gathering information secretly using electronic device -- an offence that would carry a 14-year jail sentence. (Photo: AP)

DC Edit | No state for journalists

As the coronavirus lockdown and recession affect millions of jobs nationwide, journalists, too, have come under...

26 Aug 2020 6:35 PM IST

File photo of Congress President Rahul Gandhi with senior party leader Sonia Gandhi during Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, at AICC HQ in New Delhi. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Restore democracy to reinvent Congress

An elected leadership is a pre-condition if the party were to regain its legitimacy and popularity

26 Aug 2020 6:01 PM IST

Girish Chandra Murmu was speaking at a meeting convened in Jammu to review the progress of various steps taken for the development of the tourism sector. (Photo: Twitter)

Dilli ka Babu | Audit service is unhappy over G.C. Murmu as CAG

Sources say that in becoming CAG, Murmu who is from the 1985-batch Gujarat cadre of the IAS, has superseded at least six...

26 Aug 2020 5:47 PM IST

Dr Matee Chanjaruporn

Unsung Heroes' of Thailand's victory over COVID-19: Lessons for...

An exclusive interview with the doctor who founded Thailand's little-known but all-powerful brigade of Village Health...

26 Aug 2020 5:22 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Dawood, D-Company and Pakistan's terror links

D-Company became a well-known name across India as it deeply involved itself with Pakistan-sponsored transnational proxy...

25 Aug 2020 7:56 PM IST

The fastest growing economies in the world, and its biggest the United States, China, Japan and most of western Europe -- have the highest debt/GDP ratios. PTI Photo

Mohan Guruswamy | India's economic challenges: A matter of philosophy

The government tends to be conservative in its outlook and has made no serious suggestion on an economic stimulus

25 Aug 2020 6:25 PM IST

Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi (PTI)

AA Edit | Letter a wake-up call to Congress on its future

It's undeniable that the Gandhis Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka -- are the Congress' only nationally recognisable figures

25 Aug 2020 6:20 PM IST

Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty leaves Enforcement Directorate (ED) office after being questioned in connection to the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, in Mumbai. PTI photo

Aakar Patel | Why are we so obsessed about a Bollywood actor's death?

Will the voter determine whether or not to vote for them based on a Bollywood event?

25 Aug 2020 5:19 PM IST