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The Aftermath
Girls have been banned from school after sixth grade. Women are mandated to be fully covered except for their eyes. Female employment has virtually disappeared. Peter Van Agtmael reports and photographs from Afghanistan, where the Taliban have spent the past year erasing women from public life Juharan
Florida, Man
The dark soul of the Sunshine State
Operation Firstfruits
Where is the line between journalism and espionage? And what happens when your own government thinks you've crossed it?
Transforming Classrooms
Yoga Foster gives teachers free and low-cost training and mats, so they can practice yoga with students.
Change Is Messy Work
I first met cover model Nicole Cardoza in September 2016, at a Lululemon event.
Space To Breathe
Celebrating five years of service, the nonprofit Exhale to Inhale brings free, trauma-informed yoga classes to rape crisis centers and domestic violence shelters in New York and California.
Om On The Road
How A Viola Player For Adele, Panic! At The Disco, And Ariana Grande Brings Yoga On Tour To Avoid Injury And Stay Rooted, Balanced, And Calm.
Hard Healings
In her new book, On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard, yoga teacher Jennifer Pastiloff examines how facing loss, grief, and vulnerability allowed her to find endless love, self-acceptance, and wild happiness.
Conquering Cancer
A Volunteer Yoga Program At Rady Children’s Hospital In San Diego Is Bettering The Lives Of Its Oncology Kids.
Teaching Moments
The nonprofit Khushi Charitable Society offers free schooling, meals, and health care support to kids from low-income families in Rishikesh, India.
Reflections From The Road
Yoga teachers and students share lessons they've learned through traveling.
Home Free
Brandon Spratt and Lauren Cohen found yoga years ago, and have used the practice to get over major roadblocks. Now they’re embarking on a cross-country journey together to forge new conversations in yoga. Here, they share their inspirational stories.
Free Speech, Finally
The right to freedom of speech and expression is subject to the rigours of hate speech or seditious content. With the apex court boldly moving to suspend the sedition law, free speech will be protected
PURGING SOCIAL MEDIA
Though it's not possible for an intermediary to regulate all unlawful content, there should be joint efforts by it, consumers and the government to ensure content-neutrality
TALE OF TWO WOMEN
Americans got a unique view of the high drama in the Court recently, all focused on two women, one of whom—Ketanji Brown Jackson—will be appointed as a justice in the top court while the other is married to a justice of the highest court
LANE DRIVING, SANE DRIVING
In order to regulate the Capital's chaotic traffic, AAP will launch a strict bus lane enforcement drive from April 1. Violators will be prosecuted under the MV Act and fined heavily along with a prison term
PRE-LEGISLATIVE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
The law is an example of what effect dragnet laws can cause. It resulted in courts reeling with bail cases and yet, legisprudence and demosprudence seem indifferent to how the laws they make will work in life
ENABLING THE DISABLED
Ahistoric judgment by the apex court has brought hope to millions of disabled people, allowing them access to government jobs they were denied till now
DEPLETING STRENGTH
Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence has noted IAF's squadron strength dropping to 30. “Make in India” and involving the private sector should be considered to secure our borders
BUILDING HOPE
Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana's dream project, the National Judicial Infrastructure Authority of India (NJIAÍ), now seems set to become a reality. The aim of the NJIAl is to upgrade and refurbish the judicial infrastructure of courts. With the law ministry forwarding the Cul's proposal to the states, there is hope that this long-standing problem can be addressed. The NJIAI and its importance was discussed in great detail on the India Legal show on APN channel by a distinguished panel. The show was hosted by the channel's Editor-in Chief, Rajshri Rai. A report
ANYTHING FOR A CLEAN SWEEP
The Cabinet's move to introduce the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022, which will merge the three corporations, has irked the AAP government. It has gone to the apex court over the unconstitutional move
Royal Snub
Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have encountered some major protests and warnings during their tour of the Caribbean.
ANOTHER TAKE ON EDUCATION
A sound educational system should instil constitutional literacy in its students. This literacy will educate people about their constitutional rights, duties and responsibilities to make India a great nation
"TRY HATE SPEECH CRIMES IN MILITARY COURTS”
Hate speeches have become the norm over the last few years. Recently, the Delhi Police told the Supreme Court that there was no anti-Muslim hate speech by Sudarshan TV editor-in-chief Suresh Chavhanke and other Hindu rightwing leaders at the Delhi Dharam Sansad organised by the Hindu Yuva Vahini last year in December. No "hate" words were used against any particular community at the event, the Police maintained.
EARTH DAY - A DIARY FROM PURANIKOTI
AS you know, we are the nation's first politico-legal, independent weekly, focussing on controversial issues of national and international importance.
LANKAN LOWS
As the penniless island-nation goes to the IMF with a begging bowl, India is pushing its case. But getting Colombo out of China's clutches will need Delhi to stop behaving like Big Brother
CAPITAL CONFLICT
The adoption of a unanimous resolution by the Punjab assembly to stake a claim over Chandigarh has once again created a political row with Haryana. The city is the joint capital of both states and this time the issue could lead to serious political and legal complications
CASE FILE AT THE CLICK OF A BUTTON
Courts are increasingly turning to Al-assisted mechanisms for faster delivery of justice. With relevant case laws before judges in a matter of seconds, the possibility of judicial infirmity also goes away
HANGING BY A THREAD
More than 60 people were stuck and three people lost their lives on a ropeway in the state following a collision between cable cars. The centre has now outlined the need to have a detailed standard operating procedure and a contingency plan on ropeway operations in the country
LOOMING THREAT
The Delhi government has issued an advisory to schools as Covid slowly rises. This includes precautionary measures such as masking, sanitisation, distancing and spreading awareness