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The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought details from the State of West Bengal regarding the qualification, deployment and remuneration of civic volunteers involved in the state's institutions, including hospitals. The Bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra passed the directions while hearing the suo motu case tel in the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata. The Apex Court direct...

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“You Meet Once In Three Months!?”

The apex court was critical of the Commission for Air Quality Management for meeting once in three months as stubble burning picks up ahead of the winter. Is bureaucratic delay the lone reason holding up action against polluters?

The Bane of Landholding

While one not-so-upright deputy conservator of forests in Karnataka allowed the illegal felling of 800 trees on Bane land, supposedly held by locals for centuries, opaque government policies in this regard may have contributed to the growth of such corruption

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Water Woes

India is seeking to renegotiate the Treaty due to a confluence of political, environmental and security challenges. There is also a legal impasse over Pakistan wanting international arbitration in the issue

A Limited Mandate

The interim government has many tasks before it, but it will not be easy to deal with them as the constitution has no provision for such a government. These are best left to an elected government

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Apocalyptic Year

October 7 marks a devastating year of genocide in Gaza, a year of unchecked suffering, where the world has failed to act. Iran’s missile attacks on Israel and Israel’s operations against Hezbollah have heightened fears of trade disruptions. The prolonged conflict in the region has broader implications, particularly for global trade and India

Vices And Virtues

The vice-presidential candidates in the US election faced off in a televised debate last week, each with different objectives because the presidential candidates, whom they understudy, are so different. So, after 90 minutes of folksy back-and-forth, did it really matter who won or lost?

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Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has recalled his tenure of two years with contentment and satisfaction. Addressing the convocation ceremony of JSW School of Law in Bhutan on Tuesday, the CJI said that in the past two years, he has woken up every morning with a commitment to give the job his fullest and gone to bed with the satisfaction that he served his country with utmost dedication. Justice Chandrachud took up the highest position in the Indian judiciary on November 9, 2022. ...