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An Unfair World

Above: The SC/ST students of Banaras Hindu University on a protest agitation/Photo: UNI A new University Grants Commission order will reduce representation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and...

Blackmail Won’t Work!

Above: File photo of the quota stir/Photo: UNI The apex court has taken a dim view of arbitrary arrests under this Act and has laid down guidelines to protect public servants and private employees ...

Festering Womb

Above: File photo of newborns at a surrogacy clinic/Photo: UNI The Union Cabinet’s decision to approve amendments to the Surrogacy Bill has paved the way for the enactment of draconian legislation ...

Economic Offenders: Knee-Jerk Response

In view of the growing number of absconding defaulters, the government has tabled the Fugitive Offenders Bill in the Lok Sabha. But is it serious about getting them back? ~By Kingshuk Nag With ...

India Shining in Arbitration?

Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2018 aims to make India a preferred seat for resolving commercial disputes, quite on the lines of such centres in Singapore, London and Hong Kong, and ma...

Withdrawal of Resources: Lessons of Funds Crunch

Above: Students protesting on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in 2016. Photo: Anil Shakya The student unrest across university campuses is due to a resource crunch initiated by the UGC which...

India’s Tripping Point

Above: Indian Army jawans taking position near the site of a gunbattle with militants in Jammu and Kashmir The annual budgets for the armed forces have shown declining outlays for modernisation, th...

No contempt in Centre’s appointment of ASG Mehta as SPP, despite presence of court-appointed APP Grover: SC

Above: (Left) ASG Tushar Mehta and Senior Advocate Anand Grover ~By Vinay Vats The government’s decision to appoint Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta as Special Public Prosecutor in the...

“What’s Our Quota of Milk?”

Above: Prisoners at Tihar jail enjoy a concert on the premises/Photo: Anil Shakya Questions pertaining to diet plans, medical records and case files are being routinely asked by Tihar inmates throu...

The Running Battle

Photo: Facebook The craze for greyhound racing in pockets of Punjab has made it into an underground sport, facing the wrath of animal lovers. A first-hand account of how it operates ~By Dilip Bo...

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