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International investigators have revealed that Chinese doctors and epidemiologists who rang alarm bells in December were disciplined and their comments on social media were erased by government censors. One medical practitioner in Wuhan who was demanding urgent attention to the virus as it was proliferating was forced to confess to the police that he had engaged in illegal behaviour . (Photo: AP)

Opinion

Coronavirus is China's huge political failure

China's Communist Party has only itself to blame for the devastating crisis it has on its hands.

5 Feb 2020 3:08 AM IST

Death toll in Chinas coronavirus rises to 56, confirmed cases near 2,000.

Opinion

Unlike in China, all endangered species should be off the menu

Whatever the cause, it is certain that China's food preferences have triggered this plague.

4 Feb 2020 6:25 AM IST

Anti-CAA protestors wave tricolours as they celebrate the Republic Day at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Opinion

CAA: Lack of informed debate mars discourse

Meanwhile, any public debate should address whether the CAA is against one religious group or favouring others.

4 Feb 2020 6:23 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Photo: ANI)

Opinion

A make-do' Budget that adjusts to the slowdown

The Economic Survey of 2019-20, placed on the table of the LS on Jan 31, was arguing that there should be minimal state...

3 Feb 2020 12:19 AM IST

Former Union minister, Arif Mohammad Khan

Opinion

Arif was made Kerala gov just to spite Pinarayi govt

It is an exact replica of Article 78 which defines the Prime Minister's duties towards the President.

3 Feb 2020 12:16 AM IST

$US President Donald Trump plans to make a \major statement\ at the White House at 9 am EST (1300 GMT) on Sunday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said late on Saturday. (Photo: File)$ Opinion

New poster boys of an old vocabulary

You wouldn't think this innocuous cereal could sound offensive till it is shouted in your face.

2 Feb 2020 6:32 AM IST

Owners can create safe zones for their dogs to roam, monitor activity trends, let friends safely walk their dogs, manage multiple dogs.

Opinion

Of dogs of mayhem and passing dogs

The clamour of Fudge and Wonder barking at a passing dog woke me up just then, and I went back to watching cricket.

2 Feb 2020 1:42 AM IST

In their view, Trump is intent on withdrawing and no further concessions are necessary.

Opinion

Be ready for Afghan angst after US exit

Now President Ghani says he is totally ready for a withdrawal of 4,000 of the 12,000 US troops.

1 Feb 2020 2:48 AM IST

Opinion

CAA-NRC: Missing the wood for the trees?

The CAA and NRC are supposed to resolve some longstanding issues.

1 Feb 2020 2:45 AM IST

US President Donald Trump has said that he is considering signing the first phase of the long-awaited trade deal with China in Iowa. (Photo: File)

Opinion

Donald Trump's Mideast plan: It's not to bring peace

Given the ongoing political contentions in West Asia, Arab opinion is deeply divided.

31 Jan 2020 2:30 AM IST

They want lawmakers to include New Mexico in a federal law that compensates residents near atomic tests (Photo: AFP)

Opinion

Is world closer to apocalypse? All need to see the big picture

This unprecedented global task cannot be ignored just because it is considered impossible.

30 Jan 2020 4:12 AM IST

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. (Photo: File)

Opinion

Bodos: Politics to begin where insurgency ends

The other Bodo insurgent group, Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT), had already signed a peace accord in 2003.

30 Jan 2020 4:08 AM IST