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Sealing Cracks In Housing Policy

Sealing Cracks In Housing Policy

Although the case before the bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan was primarily to decide whether the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code could...

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The Shooting Of Charlie Kirk

The Shooting Of Charlie Kirk

In a grim reminder of the prevailing extreme polarisation in the nation, even before the identity of the culprit was established, the White House led...

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A Tremendous Loss To Indian Democracy

A Tremendous Loss To Indian Democracy

Prof. Chhokar was a man of many interests and passions, but his desire for a cleaner and transparent democracy in India defined his public stature.

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PM Finally Visits Manipur, Appeals For Peace

PM Finally Visits Manipur, Appeals For Peace

Travelling to Churachandpur by road, as inclement weather forced him to ditch his helicopter, the PM passed through a buffer zone that is patrolled by...

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Shed Biases, Supreme Court Tells Cops

Shed Biases, Supreme Court Tells Cops

In a searing indictment of the police force, the top court said men and women in uniform must shed their ‘personal predilections or biases, be they...

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Greenhorn For Critical Posting

Greenhorn For Critical Posting

This dual role is unprecedented and puts him in a category apart from his predecessors. Men of stature, such as John Kenneth Galbraith, Daniel Patrick...

14.09.2025 10

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Ganesh Charturthi 2025: Going Green This Festival Season

Ganesh Charturthi 2025: Going Green This Festival Season

During the just-concluded Ganesh Chathurthi, Mumbai reported a collection of 508 tonnes of floral waste, and going by last year’s tally, solid waste...

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A Test Of Neutrality For The New Vice President

A Test Of Neutrality For The New Vice President

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, commands an overwhelming majority in the electoral college, which consists...

12.09.2025 10

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India’s GST Reform: How Will The Time Lag Play Out?

India’s GST Reform: How Will The Time Lag Play Out?

By lowering rates on essentials, the government aims to make household goods more affordable, stimulating consumer spending, especially during the...

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Kathmandu’s Gen-Z Protests: Replay Of Bangladesh?

Kathmandu’s Gen-Z Protests: Replay Of Bangladesh?

At its core, the unrest was a raw expression of deep-seated frustration: the tiny nation has the lowest per capita income in South Asia and a...

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Japanese PM Vacates Office

Japanese PM Vacates Office

The writing has been on the wall for Ishiba’s exit since a July 20 election to half of the seats in parliament’s upper house, when the LDP—the...

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Seat Sharing Issues For INDIA In Bihar

Seat Sharing Issues For INDIA In Bihar

The RJD, whose leader Tejashwi Yadav has already declared himself as the alliance’s chief ministerial face, wants at least 150 seats, while the...

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Interests Forever, Not Friendship

Interests Forever, Not Friendship

India and the United States have a great deal in common: vibrant democracies, a free press, a large population, and unmatched pools of scientists and...

09.09.2025 10

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Bald Hills Bode Ill For States

Bald Hills Bode Ill For States

A bench led by Chief Justice Gavai echoed the concern of the entire country at the sight of a staggering number of logs floating down swollen rivers...

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Maratha Protests May Be Over, But The Crisis Remains

Maratha Protests May Be Over, But The Crisis Remains

Fadnavis would not want a Maratha-versus-OBC formation, given the overwhelming electoral influence of both he asserted that his government will not...

05.09.2025 10

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Thailand Loses Its PM Again

Thailand Loses Its PM Again

The daughter and protégé of billionaire former business tycoon and ex-premier, Thaksin Shinawatra, Ms Paetongtarn was removed in connection with a...

03.09.2025 10

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Weep, For Crying Out ’Loud!

Weep, For Crying Out ’Loud!

As for adults, while women could tear up at the drop of a hat, for men it took a lot of nerve and courage to defy the “mard ko dard nahin hota”...

03.09.2025 10

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Jarange Patil Morcha Taking Over South Mumbai

Jarange Patil Morcha Taking Over South Mumbai

However, as in any mass agitation, there was a considerable spillover with the trucks and tempos—some turned into makeshift sleeping spaces, others...

02.09.2025 10

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Safest Cities Too Aren’t Fully Safe For Women

Safest Cities Too Aren’t Fully Safe For Women

Going beyond mere numbers of crimes registered in the National Crime Records Bureau, which are then inferred for safety or the lack of it, the...

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Leaked Report And Demographic Shift

Leaked Report And Demographic Shift

Selective ‘leaks’ of the report, which will be made public only after its findings are approved by the state cabinet and placed in the Assembly,...

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RSS @100: Power And Paradox

RSS @100: Power And Paradox

From a small group of volunteers meeting in shakhas, it has grown into a formidable organisation, whose alumni control every lever of power in...

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Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe's Arrest Raises Fears Of Political Vendetta

The arrest of former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on a charge of misuse of public funds for a private visit to Britain two years ago has...

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Bike Taxis In Karnataka Face Fresh Uncertainty Amid Outdated Transport Rules

Bike taxis in Bengaluru, globally the third most congested city, are again caught in the throes of uncertainty after the Karnataka High Court...

27.08.2025 10

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Supreme Court Guidelines On Stray Dogs

The three-judge bench, stating that stray dogs should be released in their territories after vaccination and sterilisation, categorically said that...

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Assam Nixes Aadhaar Amid Infiltration Fears

Justifying the move, Sarma cited saturation coverage of 103 per cent for Aadhaar in the general community and 96 per cent for the SCs, STs and tea...

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Shutting Down Cyber-Casinos

A variety of online forums and apps have snared vulnerable individuals into staking their meagre earnings in the hope of scoring a windfall win.

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Attack On Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, A Blot On Democracy

His family has tried to portray him as a dog lover angered by the municipal drive against strays. But the fact remains that the drive was not a...

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Parliament Debate: Bills Accused Of Weaponising Law To Crush Opposition

Second, the Bills threaten the delicate balance of powers between the Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary. Elected representatives are accountable...

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Mumbai Janmashtami 2025: Keeping The Govindas Safe

Dahi Handi has been among Maharashtra’s favourite festivals; its photos are displayed on tourist brochures, and spectators are dumbstruck to see the...

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FPJ Analysis: European Union’s AI Act

According to the law, the generality of AI models can be determined, among others, when models use at least a billion parameters and are trained with...

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Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan For Vice President: BJP's Trusted Man

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has outsmarted the Opposition by swiftly announcing Maharashtra governor C.P. Radhakrishnan as its...

20.08.2025 10

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Election Commissioner Must Rectify, Not Retaliate

The very timing of the event — twelve days after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi had raised charges of bogus voters and coinciding with his...

20.08.2025 10

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Sudarshan Chakra Mission: India's Defence Shield In A Polarised World

The immediate impetus for a scaling up of weapons systems by 2035 to protect economic and defence assets obviously comes from Operation Sindoor, but...

19.08.2025 10

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GST: Way Out From A Tangled Reality

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Goods and Services Tax at midnight in July 2017, he hailed it as a “Good and Simple Tax”, a reform...

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Sholay Turns 50: Gabbar Is Back, Only To Die This Time

The lot of Thakur, Gabbar, Jai, Veeru, and Basanti will be back to regale the audiences with their antics and recreate the magic of their crisp...

17.08.2025 10

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Supreme Court Saves Village Mandate

The election, held in November 2022 as part of the statewide three-phase civic polls, saw Kuldeep Singh declared the winner over Mohit Kumar by a...

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US’s Growing Influence In South Caucasus

Symbolic of the latest geopolitical reconfiguration is the move by Armenia, Russia’s traditional ally, to give Washington exclusive development...

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Banning Books, A Futile Exercise

Never before, anywhere in the world, has such a wholesale proscription of literature been carried out in one go. The police have been scouring...

14.08.2025 10

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Election Comission Must Prove Neutrality

Equally troubling is the claim that these questionable entries influenced the outcome in Mahadevapura, even as neighbouring segments in the same...

14.08.2025 10

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Paws, Claws And Court Laws

In the capital, the apex court took suo motu notice of incidents where stray dogs bit pedestrians, some resulting in rabies. While the concern for...

14.08.2025 10

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Tamil Nadu Charts A Different Path

In 2006, Tamil Nadu also passed the Tamil Learning Act, mandating the language as a subject in all school boards in the state.

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A Jumbo Legal Tangle

. An NGO, fulfilling its divine duty of bothering the complacent, found that Madhuri was not leading the spa-like life one might expect. Her health...

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Belagavi School Poisoning: All In The Name Of Religion

Last month, the Belagavi district police in Karnataka arrested Sagara Patil, the Soundatti taluk president of Sri Ram Sene (SRS), for deliberately...

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Himalayan Tragedies On The Rise

The initial single-digit death toll appears small, and, in spite of valiant rescue efforts by the Army and disaster response forces, there are...

08.08.2025 10

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From 1947 To Today: How Hate-Mongering Is Still Destroying India

Hate is a powerful and destructive emotion, and when it gets transformed into hate-mongering against an entire community, it can destroy a country. It...

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Uttarakhand Cloudburst: After Dharali Disaster, Questions Mount On Sustainable Tourism In Himalayas

The initial single-digit death toll appears small, and, in spite of valiant rescue efforts by the Army and disaster response forces, there are...

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BMC Cat Among The Mumbai Pigeons

The matter took a serious turn a day back when the Mumbai Police registered the city's first criminal case for feeding pigeons in a public space, an...

06.08.2025 10

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Crime And Punishment: Prajwal Revanna Sentence To Life In Prison

Trial court judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat’s description of the case as a David and Goliath battle sums it up accurately, and his decision to award the...

06.08.2025 10

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Junta Aims For International Legitimacy

Underscoring the sham declaration, General Min Aung Hlaing has anointed himself the head of the election commission for a December ballot and...

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Tamil Nadu Polls 2026: BJP, DMK Vie For Chola Legacy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent high-profile visit to Thanjavur, the ancient temple town that represents Chola culture and Tamil pride, where...

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