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AA Edit | Gross misuse of anti-terrorism laws
Delhi police arrested Umar Khalid, a former student leader of the Jawaharlal Nehru University for ‘inciting violence’ during the Delhi riots
16 Sep 2020 6:17 PM
AA Edit | Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, the mathematician whose formula helped rural poor
Dr Singh, a PhD in mathematics and a former professor, had his political baptism in the Jayaprakash movement against Congress government
15 Sep 2020 5:40 PM
AA Edit | Investigation into Delhi riots is turning into a vilification campaign
Clearly, these new “revelations” strategically hyped by the police is part of its partisan agenda to discredit the anti-CAA movement
14 Sep 2020 7:20 PM
AA Edit | It’s status quo once again for Congress
The country deserves an Opposition which can hold the government accountable
14 Sep 2020 6:47 PM
AA Edit | Media on trial
The Bombay high court was incensed at the way the media was chasing the suicide of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput
12 Sep 2020 7:10 PM
AA Edit | COVID-19 vaccine: Forget the hype, invest in policy
The spotlight is now back on Moderna Therapeutics which has a year-end launch tentatively lined up for its messenger RNA jab
12 Sep 2020 6:54 PM
AA Edit | Do animals have rights?
Allahabad-based People’s Charioteer Organisation has sought juridical personhood for all members of the animal kingdom
11 Sep 2020 6:46 PM
AA Edit | ‘Justice for Sushant’ holds mirror to media
The media is guilty of according the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput too much priority
09 Sep 2020 5:39 PM
AA Edit | Government must come clean on economy
The nation is witnessing a strange economic phenomenon where the people find it difficult to make ends meet
09 Sep 2020 4:46 PM
AA Edit | Kesavananda Bharati's lessons
Few are aware that Kesavananda (1973) validated the constitution amendments enacted by the then Indira Gandhi government
07 Sep 2020 6:01 PM
AA Edit |Hollow slogans got us a corona silver medal
The PM said the war against COVID would be won in 21 days. But here we are
07 Sep 2020 5:21 PM
AA Edit | Facebook’s cleanup act
Facebook leaves the door open for future violations even as it turns a blind eye to countless ongoing ones
05 Sep 2020 6:39 PM
AA Edit | India-China flareup at Ladakh: The only way out is diplomacy
With both armies having deployed thousands of troops, tanks and armoured vehicles, Ladakh is more of a tinderbox than ever
05 Sep 2020 6:14 PM
AA Edit | Banning Chinese apps will achieve little
The government has stated that these apps were “prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India
04 Sep 2020 6:58 PM
AA Edit | Axing Question Hour lets government avoid accountability
Cancelling Question Hour deprives MPs of the lone device they have to exercise some control over the executive
04 Sep 2020 6:01 PM
AA Edit | A whistleblower’s vindication
In his speech at AMU, Khan, had called attention to the appalling absence of doctors and basic infrastructure in heartlands
04 Sep 2020 5:08 PM
AA Edit | Bhushan’s choice
Kudos to Bhushan for displaying grace under pressure, not giving in to the impulse for drama
02 Sep 2020 8:00 PM
AA Edit | Only long term measures can resuscitate the economy
The Covid-19 pandemic has finally taken the Indian economy to a journey of the netherworld
02 Sep 2020 7:42 PM
AA Edit | Trouble for NRC "rejects"
Citizenship is the primary identity of a person, and its denial, rightly or wrongly, compromises the very right to life
01 Sep 2020 5:16 PM
AA Edit | As COVID-19 cases spike across the country, go slower on ‘unlocking’
One really wonders how the Centre and state governments are confident that this is the right moment to open more activities
01 Sep 2020 4:59 PM
Columns
Their petition to Bombay High Court says there are sinister designs behind the campaign
More humane provisions are needed for prisoners, including political prisoners and those charged under special laws
The assumption Jaishankar makes about liberalisation automatically producing economic growth is false
The problem is that India and China never agreed on where the LAC was, as the perceptions of what each side “controlled” varied