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All supermarkets spend literally millions of pounds on Christmas advertisements on hoardings and TV. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Christmas is here It's a time for festivity, but a...

“O Bachchoo why do the birds protest When twilight threatens the end of day Do the cries announce going home to...

22 Dec 2023 11:25 PM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders during a protest over the suspension of MPs amid the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shikha Mukerjee | Will MPs' suspensions jolt INDIA into anti-BJP...

The make-or-break moment unexpectedly presented itself to the INDIA collective days before the scheduled meeting of 28...

22 Dec 2023 11:22 PM IST

Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy. (PTI File Image)

DC Edit | TN minister's conviction a wake-up call for polity

Tamil Nadu minister K. Ponmudy is not the first person to be convicted in what is commonly referred to as a...

22 Dec 2023 11:19 PM IST

BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh with the newly-elected president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Sanjay Singh at the formers residence, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist Lav)

DC Edit | Wrestlers bite the dust

It was a sad day for the sport of wrestling when the prominent athlete Sakshi Malik placed her wrestling shoes on the...

22 Dec 2023 11:17 PM IST

Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge with suspended opposition MPs during a protest over their suspension at Mahatma Gandhi statue amid the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

DC Edit | Time to address Parliament disarray

The Vice-President who chairs the Rajya Sabha by dint of his high constitutional post has taken umbrage at the...

21 Dec 2023 11:07 PM IST

Traditionally, remittances have come from the Middle East but this scenario is changing. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Remittances at a new high, but there's a dark...

India remains the world’s remittance chart-topper. The good times, however, may not last forever. While the...

21 Dec 2023 11:04 PM IST

Supreme Court of India.(File Photo: DC)

DC Edit | New criminal code rush job, needed discussion

Ideally, this is a time when every Indian citizen should be rejoicing as the three British-era laws that governed the...

21 Dec 2023 11:01 PM IST

Former President Donald Trump reacts to supporters during a commit to caucus rally, on Tuesday, (Image:AP)

DC Edit | Alarm bells for Donald Trump

The ruling has huge ramifications even though it is just a first strike against the irrepressible former President

21 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Additional security was pressed into service at the Parliament. ANI

Dilip Cherian | New Rajasthan CM hits the ground running

The recent security lapse at the Parliament has highlighted the inherent risks associated with prolonged vacancies in...

21 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh Chif Minister Dr Mohan Yadav(Photo: Twitter)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Of religion, myths, food as New' India flexes...

Uneducated, unemployed and under-nourished folk are not alone in swallowing these tales

21 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders during a protest over the suspension of MPs amid the Winter session of ParliaIment, in New Delhi, Wednesday. (Image: PTI)

DC Edit | INDIA bloc mulls shrewd option for its PM 'face'

The choice of Mr Kharge would not only give the alliance a leader but would also divest the BJP & NDA of its key poll...

21 Dec 2023 12:00 AM IST

A male nurse attends a patient inside an ICU at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Disease in Bengaluru,Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023. The Karnataka Covid-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) issued an advisory for people above 60, particularly with co-morbidities (especially with kidney, heart, liver ailments), pregnant women, lactating mothers to wear face masks and strictly avoid closed, poorly ventilated spaces and crowded areas. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)

DC Edit | Be cautious about Covid-19

It’s that time of the year when respiratory diseases keep increasing, especially in the northern hemisphere...

20 Dec 2023 12:24 AM IST