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Almost every political party swears by Dr Ambedkar even though the position of Dalits, minorities and other marginalized sections has barely improved since his death. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

Revisiting Dr Ambedkar in contemporary India

The privileged sections have shaped a limiting image of Ambedkar

16 April 2020 10:57 PM IST

The divisional commissioner of Indore, Akash Tripathi, visits the Taat Patti Bakhal locality where health workers were attacked by local people last week. (PTI)

Dilli ka Babu: Behind the scenes, babus take the lead against C-virus

Besides taking salary cuts, babus across the country are also taking other steps in the efforts to fight the novel...

16 April 2020 9:23 AM IST

Central Reserve Police Force personnel prepare Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits and face masks for healthcare staff at a CRPF facility in New Delhi on Tuesday, April 14,2020. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Fighting coronavirus is a battle in the dark

The virus' potency is magnified several times over by the socioeconomic conditions in developing countries

16 April 2020 12:37 AM IST

Representative image.

AA Edit: Name, blame and shame

The lockdown has seen a 95 per cent increase in Indian traffic to Pornhub

16 April 2020 12:10 AM IST

Rickshaw pullers in forlorn wait for custom under the shade of the Asilmetta flyover in Visakhapatnam. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

AA Edit: PM sketchy on details, states left in the lurch

The Prime Minister has offered those out of work no help other than a reminder that we should be 'compassionate'. That...

15 April 2020 10:17 PM IST

Whats it going to be like when were back on our feet. (DC Photo; Satish Basavaraj)

Imagining a safe India, after coronavirus

How should India reimagine and remake a post-coronavirus future?

15 April 2020 3:42 AM IST

Only a despotic government can tell its people not to help someone in need. (DC Photo: P Narasimha Murthy)

Banning giving charity to poor totally heartless

Tamil Nadu has a rich tradition of social work

15 April 2020 3:26 AM IST

Deepak Parekh, chairman of HDFC.

AA Edit: Creeping dragon

China can buy all listed companies in India by just spending half of its foreign currency reserves

15 April 2020 2:55 AM IST

Shivraj Singh Chouhan. (Photo- PTi)

AA Edit: All eyes on Chouhan as MP C-virus grip tightens

There has been inadequate political management of the coronavirus spread in Bhopal and Indore

15 April 2020 2:52 AM IST

The countrys transportation system has been idle for over three weeks now. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Aakar Patel: India could not build medical capacity while on lockdown

This points to a lack of planning, strategy and execution. This is bad governance by definition.

15 April 2020 2:22 AM IST

A massive protest in Assam against mob violence in 2018. (PTI)

Fake news in the age of coronavirus is a flirtation with utter chaos

And yet, Supreme Court guidelines to prevent and punish mob violence remain in the books, unimplemented

15 April 2020 1:44 AM IST

Schoolgirls share a bed at a primary health centre in rural India. (AFP)

Manish Tewari: What we need is a New Deal for health

It'll take 6 lakh crore rupees to build from the ground up, but let's do it

14 April 2020 7:42 PM IST