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Consumer Protection Bill, 2018: Need for a Strong Regulatory Regime

- March 17, 2019

Above: An awareness drive launched by the India Consumer Protection and Action Committee in Ahmedabad/Photo: UNI Before a new bill is introduced in the soon to be elected 16th Lok Sabha, the consum...

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A Peace Offering

- March 16, 2019

Above: A 20-year-old footballer-turned-militant surrendering before security forces in South Kashmir's Anantnag district/Photo: UNI Though the J&K government has for the third time come up with...

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ICMR-Pfizer Collaboration: A Conflict of Interest?

- March 10, 2019

Does the CSR activity of the pharma giant Pfizer which is independent of its commercial interests and where a grant of Rs 7 crore was given to ICMR to set up a disease centre compromise the collab...

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CCTV Cameras: Governance by Surveillance?

- March 3, 2019

Above: A CCTV camera being installed at the UP assembly premises in Lucknow/Photo: UNI Despite a judge advocating State surveillance, it creates a society without privacy or freedom of thought and ...

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Article 370: A Contentious Proviso

- February 28, 2019

By Ashwini Upadhyay Article 370 was lapsed in 1957. Its existence is against the dictum of “one constitution one national anthem and one national flag” Part-XXI of the Constitution is rel...

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Medical Negligence: A Cross to Bear

- February 24, 2019

Above: The father of a three-year-old girl who allegedly died due to medical negligence protesting in Kerala/Photo: UNI Do surgeries where swabs and instruments are left inside the body of a patien...

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Indirect Tax Ombudsman: Premature Closure

- February 24, 2019

In a short-sighted move, the government has abolished a post that was bringing relief to taxpayers and helping them solve their tax-related issues By Sumit Dutt Majumdar There is disappoint...

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Bullet Train Project: Gone with the Wind?

- February 17, 2019

Above: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe at Tokyo Station to board the Shinkansen bullet train to Kobe, in Japan (file pic)/Photo:UNI In an attempt to storm ahea...

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H-1B Programme: The Right Fit

- February 10, 2019

Above: The new H1-B rules will boost foreign admissions to US colleges and universities (representative image)/Photo: edbrand.com New H-1B rules are good news for Indians holding advanced degrees a...

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Online Gun Licences: Playing With Fire?

- February 10, 2019

While this initiative of the Delhi police should be commended, stringent background checks should be conducted so that gangs and unscrupulous people don’t get hold of these lethal weapons B...

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh HC directs UT govt to support hearing- and speech-impaired residents of Paralkot

Allahabad High Court denies bail to man accused of forcing wife into prostitution

Jammu and Kashmir High Court disposes of PIL on security at court complexes

Supreme Court grants medical bail to rape convict Asaram Bapu

Patna court grants bail to Jan Suraaj leader Prashant Kishor

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Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh HC directs UT govt to support hearing- and speech-impaired residents of Paralkot

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Jammu and Kashmir High Court disposes of PIL on security at court complexes

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Justice Shiva Kirti Singh says legislature should not make laws violating rights of citizens

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