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A safer Uttar Pradesh is in everyone’s interest. Imagining an app of the UP Prosecution Department striking fear among criminals is wishful thinking

The problem in India is an eminently solvable one, only if people in power accept that the age-old scourge exists. Political apathy and a complete disinterest from the overall law enforcement system, as well as the aloof justice system, ensures the evergreening of the social evil

In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Indian government is taking proactive measures to combat the spread of misinformation facilitated by these messaging platforms. Fuelled by the surge in artificial intelligence-driven deep fake videos featuring politicians, the centre is now invoking a contentious law to hold WhatsApp accountable for the content shared on its platform

India’s burgeoning retail sector is caught between a rock and a hard place, between subsisting on thin margins and rising client expectations. The government needs to put in place its trade policy with alacrity

While there are laws dealing with obscenity, OTT platforms with frontal nudity and lesbian and homosexual acts seem to have democratised it. Social change is liberalising views on it

India has decided to bid for the 2036 Olympic Games and the government is ready to back the bid. While this is great for sports enthusiasts, one has to be aware of the ills that come to town with this spectacle

The Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, has taken strong exception to High Courts being “tech indifferent” and judges not being tech friendly. He has issued directions to courts to ensure video conferencing and hybrid hearing

Many companies who take loans are unable to repay it and have to either face the lender’s recovery cycles or be stuck in the ever-burdened system of litigation. This is where mediation can come as a big relief for these debtors

The Constitution guarantees Indians the right to protest peacefully, but sometimes laws are broken in the process. A template needs to be put in place to let the symbolism live

Trump managed himself into bankruptcy six times in casinos, airlines, steaks, wine, universities and real estate. His 2016 election required voters to ignore reality or feign amnesia. Understanding this makes Trump less a phenomenon or role model than the ultimate realization of a tradition as old as the nation itself. His bravado at the defense table in a trial where the judge has already ruled him a fraud is his way of reflecting his own hype: Penalties? What’s $250 million to a man like me, his behaviour demonstrates. Despite facing 91 felony counts in four separate criminal cases, he was determined to make the civil suit in New York into a carnival to help his 2024 campaign for US president