Home » Opinion » Edit

Edit - Page 80

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of Gujarat. The century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

AA Edit | After Morbi tragedy, a few silver linings

When two top Indian leaders rise above game of politicking, it must give all of India hope that times, and state of...

3 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Supreme Court (PTI)

AA Edit | Crack down on two-finger test

The Supreme Court issued the order while reinstating the conviction by the sessions court of a man who raped and set a...

2 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

AA Edit | Horse-trading MPs, MLAs is a serious breach of democracy

Using illicit money to unlawfully purchase MLAs or MPs, or with other allurements, is a big danger to democracy

2 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

Elected president for the leftist Workers Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential run-off election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 30, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Ray of hope dawns for Brazil

Swing to the Left may be in line with what has been happening in Latin America where at least 6 nations have gone down...

1 Nov 2022 12:15 AM IST

The needless and avoidable death of 133 people so far after a suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi in Gujarat, must become Indias resolve to never again have such a tragedy. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Make maintenance, safety a top priority across India

It is an ugly failure that we as a country must learn with immediate effect that we cannot afford

1 Nov 2022 12:10 AM IST

According to a statement issued by the Sudanese government, the blast in a gas tanker triggered the fire in an industrial area because of which 23 people were killed and more than 130 injured. (Photo: ANI)

AA Edit | Terror not political football

Brushing aside criticism that it took the incident lightly, the state claims it swung into action as soon as the...

30 Oct 2022 10:53 PM IST

It seems to me that the reader and the audience should feel a deep sense of gratitude for every individual mediaperson who is going against the grain at the cost of unspeakable abuse online, on social media and even on their own online platforms. (Representational Image/ Pexels)

AA Edit | Govt tightens social media grip as Musk runs Twitter

The law will apply only to India as the social media sites operate across the globe and hate to be pinned down by laws...

30 Oct 2022 10:49 PM IST

BCCI on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, announced an equal match fee for its centrally-contracted female and male players in a bid to promote gender equality in the countrys most popular sport. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Pay parity in cricket welcome

The BCCI move to pay men and women equally is a standout move that is worth emulating across sectors of work and play

29 Oct 2022 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Chintan Shivir of Home Ministers of states in Surajkund, via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Friday. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Uniformity cannot be at cost of federal principles

The Constitution defines India as a Union of states, and has prescribed a clear division of powers between the Centre...

29 Oct 2022 12:10 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (PTI)

AA Edit | A self-goal by Kejriwal

It could have been a funny quip, a retort at the end of a more serious text of an economical critique of the policies of...

27 Oct 2022 10:47 PM IST

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi greeting newly elected party president Mallikarjun Kharge in New Delhi. (AP)

AA Edit | As election season begins, Kharge faces trial by fire

Mr Kharge's first task will be to reintroduce the basics of democracy in the party and the first test will be to see if...

27 Oct 2022 10:32 PM IST

Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has admitted that the government is functioning with only 62 per cent of the allotted strength of IAS officers and 52 per cent of the allotted strength of IPS officers. (PTI)

AA Edit | Vijayan must rein in police

There have been complaints against the way the police have been behaving with the public ever since Mr Vijayan assumed...

27 Oct 2022 12:16 AM IST