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Donald Trump has been talking of consequences if Xi Jinpings government was knowingly responsible for the Covid-19 outbreak. (AFP)

Sunanda K Datta Ray: US, China on the brink of a new global cold war

And India is caught uneasily between the contending giants

23 April 2020 3:58 AM IST

This is a good time to say goodbye to alcohol. (AP)

This is the right time to ban alcohol forever

A country that claims Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation should relinquish liquor in toto.

21 April 2020 11:44 PM IST

Oil and gas company employees model for the Aarogya Setu app. (Photo: Twitter)

Aarogya Setu not a magic tool; it breaches privacy

It is universally recognised that crises like pandemics enable governments to increase surveillance.

21 April 2020 12:10 PM IST

India is a mob, Salman Rushdie said. (DC Photo: Deepak Deshpande)

Aakar Patel: It won't be back to normal on May 4; it will be a...

How many parents will take a chance with the lives of their children by sending them to school on May 4?

21 April 2020 11:11 AM IST

Rahul ready to commit, finally; Tomar eyes Chouhan's chair

Rahul Gandhi's remark that he was willing to do this more often was a clear giveaway that he wants his old job back

21 April 2020 9:48 AM IST

AA Edit: Several threats, synergy key

AA Edit: Several threats, synergy key

The decision to impose restrictions on foreign investment from neighbouring countries, especially China, is welcome

21 April 2020 9:09 AM IST

A COVID-19 IgG and IgM rapid test cassette is a take home test that can tell a person if they have coronavirus antibodies in their system, thus indicating that they have had the novel coronavirus. (AFP)

DC Edit: The perils of rapid testing in anti-coronavirus fight

The rapid antibody test will only be of utility after a minimum of seven days of onset of symptoms

21 April 2020 7:57 AM IST

A security guard and worker wearing face masks walk past portraits of Chi) nese leaders (from left) Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, and Liu Shaoqi in the window of a photo studio in Beijing. (AP)

Chronicle of corona foretold: How China wrote the script many years...

The year of the Corona Virus is a necessary chronicle in the grander narrative to establish China as the centre of the...

21 April 2020 7:10 AM IST

Migrant workers walk down a deserted urban highway to their homes in rural India. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Pavan K Varma: Who're you? A passport Indian or a ration card Indian?...

In this crisis, those who have the wrong card are unlikely to forget or forgive this experience

20 April 2020 7:31 PM IST

Social media image posted by the Congress party showing Rahul Gandhi addressing a press conference by video link on April 16, 2020.

Waqyanawis: Did Rahul's plaudits for Kerala government dismay Congress...

The Congress leader praised Pinarayi Vijayan government's handling of the coronavirus crisis

19 April 2020 5:22 PM IST

The people have been in a virtual lockdown for a decade and a half now. (File Photo: PTI)

For red corridor to win Covid war, truce a must

The present situation also endangers both sides the Indian armed forces and the PLGA

19 April 2020 5:02 PM IST

The pandemic has finally found its unique Indian flavour. (AP)

Stupidity, the Indian weapon against C-virus

Stupidity, the Indian weapon against C-virus

19 April 2020 2:48 PM IST