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The Regurgitation Theory

Article 141 in the Constitution of India 1949: The law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts within the territory of India. By Mathews J Nedumpara Law is a simple subje...

Lessons from Polio Vaccination

In order to overcome the hesitancy, the centre must take lessons from its polio drive which went from door to door, locality to a locality. There’s also a need for mass publicity in rural areas.

Why Maldives matters to China?

By Col R Hariharan China’s use of the PLA regiment commander involved in the 2020 Galwan clash as a torchbearer for the Winter Olympics had drawn flak from not only India but also its QUAD ally—th...

A New Environmental Jus Cogens?

By Prof Upendra Baxi The decision on January 27, 2022, by Justice Rudolph Contreras, United States District Judge, in Debra A. Haaland v. State of Louisiana, is of enormous political significance ...

The Crypto Conundrum

By Shivanand Pandit For many years, speculation was widespread that cryptocurrencies will be prohibited in India. In the past, the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have warned agains...

A Scholar Par Excellence

By Lokendra Malik and Shaileshwar Yadav Professor Upendra Baxi, an eminent legal philosopher and public intellectual, is among the few names which have impacted Indian constitutional and human rig...

Image Takes a Beating

By Prof Yogesh Pratap Singh The Supreme Court of India is looked at as the upholder of the rights of citizens, and to a great extent, it has delivered on that trust. The Court has done more good f...

A Two-Faced Budget

By Sujit Bhar This year’s budget proposals were a wonder a minute. This time Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke for just 90 minutes and did not come out with any figures that can satisfy al...

Gandhi and the Spanish Flu

By Dilip Bobb Author and journalist Laura Spinney’s gripping narrative titled Pale Rider was written before the current pandemic but has been reprinted by her publishers because of its relevance t...

Snubbing Uncle Sam

By Kenneth Tiven in Washington Many Americans old enough to remember the Watergate burglary hearings that led dramatically to then President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974 are mystified how f...

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