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India has targeted to vaccinate three crore frontline workers in the first phase and is at present close to half the target. (AP File Photo)

AA Edit | Renew thrust on tests, speed up vaccinations

This situation leaves the Centre with little option other than taking a serious look at the way the pandemic is fought at the ground

25 Feb 2021 12:52 AM

AA Edit | Business trumps nationalism

At a time when India’s exports were suffering on account of Covid and other factors, its exports to China were in steady shape

25 Feb 2021 12:15 AM

Novak Djokovic, one of the three knights of modern tennis, turned on his best game on the hardcourt at the Rod Laver arena he can call his own backyard for having won nine times and never having been beaten in an Australian Open final. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Cyborgs of tennis

If tennis is all about eliminating errors, then Djokovic is just that champion

23 Feb 2021 4:41 AM

DC Edit | Withdraw restrictions on academic webinars

Has the government gone totally insane? Or is this just a way of imposing thought control through the backdoor

23 Feb 2021 4:32 AM

The Chinese military too would not patrol up to Finger 3, which is China’s claim line of 1960, which India never accepted. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | After pullback, Chinese have tactical advantage

The Chinese side imposed the condition that Indian forces will not patrol up to the Indian claim line at Finger 8

22 Feb 2021 4:48 AM

There is a move in Australia from the unions calling for any revenue shared by the Internet giants to go into newsrooms rather than board rooms. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Big Tech must pay

Australia has joined France in pushing Internet giants like Google and Facebook to share their advertisement revenue with news outlets

22 Feb 2021 4:03 AM

The riches showered on some youngsters in this annual auction like K. Gowtham, bought by Chennai Super Kings for US $9.25 crores and M.Shahrukh Khan, picked up by the renamed Punjab Kings for Rs 1.2 crores. (Image credit : Twitter/@IPL)

AA Edit | Prince’s ransom for cricketers

The timing of the commitment of millions seems a bit awkward when the world is vaccinating against the existential crisis posed by the virus

20 Feb 2021 8:06 AM

Congress National General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi during a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' in support of farmers agitation against the three farm laws, at Chandganj in Bijnor district on Feb. 15, 2021. (PTI)

AA Edit | Congress’ lesson from Punjab: Set more store by local stalwarts

The lesson for India’s oldest party, which now appears to be in a semi-somnolent state — is that the road to revival is not closed

20 Feb 2021 7:41 AM

In upholding the dignity of a sexual harassment survivor, the court has not only shone the light on how such cases should be dealt with but also lays a solid foundation for the #MeToo movement in India. (Photo: AP)

DC Edit | A shining verdict

Delhi court ruling acquitting journalist Priya Ramani of defaming M J Akbar, a former minister, goes far beyond just clearing her name

19 Feb 2021 4:41 AM

The arrival of the latest South African variant indicates that India has, at present, all the three variants: B.1.1.7 which was first found in the UK; B.1.351, which is now spreading in South Africa; and P.1, discovered in Brazil. (AFP PHOTO /NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES/HANDOUT)

AA Edit | Covid-19 variants: India not out of the woods yet

Experts and scientists fear that all three — South African, UK and Brazil variants have a tendency to spread faster than the original one

19 Feb 2021 4:12 AM

The latest verdict must bolster the country’s determination to deal with religious obscurantism with an iron hand.

AA Edit | Bangla verdict is welcome

The Bangladesh trial court sentences five Islamist extremists to death for the murder of blogger Avijit Roy in 2015

18 Feb 2021 4:47 AM

Having lost Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh after the last general elections and Goa without even getting to re-establish its rule there, the Congress is proving somewhat inept at keeping its flock together in the face of the allure of defections. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

AA Edit | Kiran Bedi pawn in BJP power games in Pondy

The removal of Kiran Bedi as lieutenant governor of Puducherry is only a subplot in a long political drama in the Union territory

18 Feb 2021 4:30 AM

Rohit Sharma raises his bat after he scored 150 runs during the 1st day of second cricket test match between India and England, at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai on Feb. 13, 2021. (BCCI/PTI)

AA Edit | Good cricket, bad pitches

The performance of this Team India is so good it does not need the assistance of home conditions to perform against all comers

17 Feb 2021 7:50 AM

While the global fuel prices were to be blamed for a daily increase in fuel prices, it is heavy taxation — as high as 61 per cent in some states — that brought the fuel price to this unprecedented level. (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | Fuel prices untenable, government must revisit tax structure

Heavy taxes on fuel go against fair tax practices which discourage the government from taxing the rich and the poor equally

17 Feb 2021 7:38 AM

Members of various social organisation display placards during a protest against the arrest of climate activist Disha Ravi, in Bengaluru on February 15, 2021. (PTI /Shailendra Bhojak)

AA Edit | 21-year activist’s arrest is a blot on India’s democracy

Taking unlawful actions against a young woman barely out of her teens can backfire

16 Feb 2021 8:41 AM

Evidence has it that Mr Trump did little to act as legislators in the joint session of Congress at Capitol Hill and his own vice-president, Mike Pence, were scared for their lives. (AP file photo/Alex Brandon)

AA Edit | Trump escapes conviction

What we have to fear is the Trump legacy of alternative facts, conspiracy theories and brazen thuggery

16 Feb 2021 7:51 AM

Citizens who gave up the solace of their homes to sit outdoors on protest through the harshest Delhi winter in decades were, in fact, undertaking an extraordinary act on Gandhian lines, and this was noted around the world. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Dissent circumscribed

The CAA is a law that strikes at the root of the basic precepts of citizenship as per the Constitution

15 Feb 2021 4:42 AM

In his petition, Mr Wilson has cited a report by a US forensic audit firm that his computer was accessed by outsiders who planted documents in it, which led to his arrest in June 2018.

AA Edit | Bhima-Koregaon: Probe malware report urgently

The court must seriously and expeditiously consider Mr Wilson’s plea for a special investigation into the audit report

15 Feb 2021 4:26 AM

When the general council of Haasan’s party, named differently as the Makkal Needhi Maiam (People’s Justice Centre), made him the “permanent president” by passing a resolution, his detractors, who never miss an opportunity to pick holes in whatever he does or says, raised serious questions, quite out of sync with the prevailing mirth. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Kamal’s black humour

There is never a dull moment in Tamil Nadu’s political scene, particularly when the state gears up for an Assembly election

13 Feb 2021 12:00 AM

Given the history of fraught relations exacerbated by border tensions over the last few years since China’s intrusion in 2017, it should be considered fortunate if this initial pullback leads to lasting peace. (Photo:AP)

AA Edit | Go slow on peace thrust, up the ante during talks

Disengagement is indubitably positive but India must monitor the progress closely and also press for the resolution of all remaining issues

13 Feb 2021 12:00 AM

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