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Education in J&K: The Digital Void

We are back to primitive hand-written study notes,” rues a teacher in a prestigious women’s college in Srinagar. That is how adversely internet curbs in the Kashmir Valley have affected formal educati...

Strict On Surrogacy

Above: The Bill aims to regulate surrogacy in India/Photo: UNI The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 seeks to ban all forms of commercial surrogacy and women who agree to be surrogates must do so f...

Sixth Schedule: Tibetisation of Ladakh?

Above: Tribal communities constitute over 97 percent of the Ladakh population/Photo: UNI While there is unrest in some quarters about the status of the region, there is evidence that a census has b...

Rule of Law for the Economy: India Needs Umpires

Above: Image by Free stock photos from www.rupixen.com from Pixabay A thriving free market economy needs strong and independent judicial institutions and a legal framework which can enforce contrac...

Security: Can India Handle Another 26/11?

Above: Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao (in the middle) and CM Devendra Fadnavis (in blue jacket) paying tributes to martyrs on 26/11/Photo: UNI Even 10 years on, the country is not fully prepar...

New Legislation: Right to Health

Above: Water crisis emerged as a major issue in the last assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh/Photo: www.hindi.indiawaterportal.org Madhya Pradesh will be the first to ensure that access to adequat...

Fake Marksheet Scams: Dubious by Degrees

Above: The accused in a fake certificate racket busted in Hyderabad; students submitting admission forms at a school in Bikaner/Photo: UNI Fake marksheet scams are becoming an epidemic, but with th...

New Insurance Guidelines: Insuring Wellness

Above: IRDA’s new proposal will offer discounts to insurers following a healthy lifestyle which includes doing yoga regularly/Photo: UNI Domestic insurance companies need to promote treatments whic...

Child Guardianship Laws: Win-Win For Women

Above: The suggestions of the NCW will benefit single mothers/Photo: UNI A slew of recommendations made by the National Commission for Women is a welcome attempt to address problems relating to law...

RTI Act: Too Brazen to Care

Above: An RTI protest in Delhi/Photo: Anil Shakya The RTI Act is dying a slow death as Public Information Officers violate it by withholding vital information sought by the public. Why aren’t they ...

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