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Rage over Rituals

By Dr Swati Jindal Garg No other culture in the world has the variety of weaves that India has and ensuring that this variety coexists and makes a beautiful tapestry is not easy. The Indian Consti...

Unfair Clause

By Shivanand Pandit Following worries raised by a group of IT sector employees and a complaint filed by a Pune-based association over a clause in the employment contract of Infosys, the office of ...

A Balancing Act

By Ashit Kumar Srivastava and Rishabh Shukla Recently, Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In) came up with new directions for data centres, virtual private network (VPN) service provider...

Is Uniform Civil Code a Distant Dream?

The sticking point is whether there should be a code of personal laws for all or would it infringe the freedom of religion of some. While the Code has been operational for Hindus, if it’s imposed and rejected by any other community, it will be a monumental folly.

Eviction of Art

Odissi exponent Guru Mayadhar Raut was evicted from his government flat in Delhi’s Asiad Village by the Directorate of Estates without looking at his contribution and his 90 years. Other artistes have also been given notice.

Please Release Me…

In order to reduce undertrials in jail, the prime minister has suggested that district-level panels headed by district judges consider their bails. Courts should presume an accused innocent till he is proved guilty.

The abortion bombshell: US Supreme Court draft document set to undo Row vs Wade

A leaked draft of a majority decision in the Court would allow the 50 states to ban abortions. If the Court’s decision remains unchanged, it means that Roe vs Wade, which enshrined a woman’s rights in medical decisions, is dead.

Plug the Loopholes

Rueing the fact that the law does not provide for any time frame to presiding officers to dispose of cases, when it can be done in three months, the vice president urged that it be amended.

India Needs a Strong Firewall

Officials have confirmed that India has experienced a noteworthy upsurge in cases of cyber fraud and an increase in phishing attacks, financial frauds, mail-spams and ransomware attacks during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Religion in Public Schools

A case spurred by a Republican political campaign is aimed at restoring public schools’ authority to indoctrinate students with Christianity. The Constitutional separation of the Church and State has never prevented Christian religious events in grade schools and high schools in the past.

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