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Cattle Markets: On the Horns of a Dilemma

Above: The new regulations are needless for open cattle markets like the one in Laxmi Nagar in Mathura and create problems for the traders. Photo: Vivian Fernandes A visit to an animal market shows...

Fix the “Broken Window”

Above: Stringent implementation of the law and higher penalties for breaking rules should be the norm. Photo: UNI Broken Window concept says that eliminating public disorder and smaller crimes such...

Abu Salem’s Conviction: Saved by an Extradition Treaty

Above: A special TADA court in Mumbai has awarded life imprisonment to gangster Abu Salem in the 1993 Mumbai  blasts. Photo: UNI The pact signed between Portugal and India has allowed this gangster...

Rohingyas: The Nowhere People

Above: Orphaned kids, poor living conditions, hunger and poverty, the Rohingyas have been battling it all. Photo: Javed Sultan With India deciding to deport Rohinhgya Muslims, under attack in their...

Aadhaar Database: A Risky Revolution

The government’s move to link one billion of these numbers to bank accounts and mobiles is fraught with security risks. Studies say that digital security must be beefed up before this happens Alar...

Lessons for India: High-tech Kenyan voting system hacked, Supreme Court annuls elections

Above: Jubilation in Nairobi after election results were declared. These results were annulled by the Supreme Court. ~By Sujit Bhar A recent news item about the cancellation of Kenyan elections ...

Fingerprint security on smartphones presents the biggest hacking threat

Ex-Union home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi told a parliamentary standing committee that data of 40 percent of all smartphone users are accessible by the CIA Advanced security features themselves can of...

Malegaon case: Blast from the Past

Above: Even in custody, Lt Col Purohit was receiving 75 percent of his salary and allowances. Photo: ddnews.gov.in The Supreme Court recently granted bail to Lt Col PS Purohit, accused in the case....

Marital rape cannot be swept under the rug; needed a middle path

~By Sujit Bhar If the opinion of influential people in society needs to be taken into account in deciding whether marital rape is a reality and should be a punishable offence, the Delhi High Court—...

The Rise and Fall of Ram Rahim

Above: Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s rise is an amazing story ~By Vipin Pubby in Chandigarh What makes a rape convict such a powerful force that his followers ignored his crime and took the law...

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