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The Trump Era ends, as a Tragedy

The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy, a total sham and a travesty. We should have a revolution in this country.

WhatsApp cedes space to other apps over privacy opacity

WhatsApp has been a popular messaging app with 400 million users in India out of about 2 billion users worldwide. On the other hand, it has about 68 million users in the US.

Jammu and Kashmir DDC poll results underline same old demographic faultlines

The best school of democracy and the best guarantee of democracy is the practice of local self-governments,” said eminent historian and jurist Lord Bryce.

Amid WhatsApp privacy concerns, the draft Data Protection Bill comes to mind

The Data Protection Bill has been in the pipeline for a couple of years and it is a mystery when it will become an Act. Justice BN Srikrishna had led the committee that drafted the Personal Data Protection Bill.

Minting money on people’s faith, superstition

Advertisements that promote superstition and related content have been frowned upon by the courts. Yet, in the absence of a contemporary law, there is a thin line that separates faith and superstition. Where does that leave us?

Brexit’s legal ramifications

The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union is a good time to reflect on the grouping, its evolution and legal framework and its partial unravelling. What does this mean for international trade?

Covid-19 vaccines: Beware of the fake news factory on after-effects

The arrival of vaccines has spawned all kinds of fake news such as they can cause impotency and lead to death. While there are no specific laws to tackle this, other regulations can crack down on misinformation.

New Year, Richer Fare

By Inderjit Badhwar Our first issue of 2021, marking the seventh eventful year of our publication in its current avatar, is laden with a wealth of original, information-packed interviews, analyses...

Bank NPAs: The new AMC rope trick

A bankers’ panel is working on faster resolution of stressed assets in public sector banks. The new concept will, they claim, help resolve the problem of large bad loans.

After Vodafone, Cairn win against retrospective taxation puts India in a corner

India’s retroactive tax demands have come back to haunt the government, with the Permanent Court of Arbitration awarding damages of $1.2 billion plus interest and costs to oil and gas explorer Cairn. What options does India have?

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