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Dangers of Internet: What is Fake News?

Though the Madras HC has said that forwarding a message is equal to accepting and endorsing it, it is debatable as to what is fake news. It’s all a question of perception... ~By Ranjeev C Dubey ...

Queen of Controversies

Above: Kiran Bedi at the LG's office in Raj Nivas, Puducherry/Photo: Wikimedia The Congress-DMK alliance government in Puducherry is up in arms as Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi tries to assert her...

Tribal Resistance in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh: Stonewalling!

Above: Tribals from Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh holding a meeting on the Pathalgadi movement A new unrest—Pathalgadi— is brewing in the tribal areas of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh and its leade...

Justice Swatanter Kumar: It Is The Duty Of A Judge To Withstand Pressure

Above: Justice Swatanter Kumar (centre) flanked by Pradeep Rai, senior advocate, Supreme Court (third from left); Rajshri Rai, editor-in-chief, APN (third from right); Inderjit Badhwar, editor-in-chie...

Ordinance Raj: Rule by Diktat

This emergency measure is meant to tackle urgent problems when Parliament is not in session but governments have often misused this constitutionally granted right in order to bypass legislative scruti...

Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 2018: A Damp Squib?

Promulgated by the NDA government with much fanfare, Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 2018 achieves little that other laws haven’t and seems to be politically motivated ~By Sujit Bhar The F...

Death Penalty for Child Rapists: Free of Guilt

As experience has shown that child rapists are often free of remorse for their heinous act, will the death penalty serve any purpose? ~By Abhishek Dixit Sexual abuse of children happens in towns...

Singing a Different Tune

Above: Singers and songwriters like Honey Singh have been making a killing belting out lewd lyrics In an effort to check obscene songs which glorify drugs, use of weapons and alcohol abuse, the Pu...

Caught On the Wrong Foot

Above: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visiting a Kanha Upvan in Lucknow (file picture)/Photo: UNI Though ban on illegal slaughterhouses was introduced with great fanfare by the UP government, it ha...

Dalit Protests: Why Blame the Judiciary?

Dalit protests on Delhi-Agra highway. Photo: UNI Amid widespread agitation against the Supreme Court’s decision to allegedly dilute the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and a deafening politica...

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