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Jab We Met

While the manufacturer of Covaxin got itself in a jam with Brazil following an inspection of its Hyderabad facility, AstraZeneca’s vaccine was put on hold in several nations after reports of blood clots. How safe are these vaccines?

An Unconstitutional Platform?

Though meant to protect citizens from cybercrime and digital bullying, the Rules infringe on the fundamental right to privacy and freedom of speech and expression. They should have been introduced in Parliament

America's Legal System on Trial

You can believe your eyes and ears but our experts and their words are more accurate, defense lawyers are telling the 12 jurors in the Minneapolis murder trial of police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with the murder of George Floyd by keeping his knee on the victim’s neck for over nine minutes

Calcutta High Court goes online

Amid the sudden upsurge in coronavirus cases, the Calcutta High Court, on recommendations of its Covid committee, decided to go online.

Act Before Another Child Becomes a Victim

Amendments were recently introduced keeping in mind the sensitivity of issues pertaining to child protection and empowers DMs to coordinate and monitor agencies responsible for implementing the Act

Economy's Real Growth: Is The Impact Of The Lockdown Over?

The centre’s estimates are flawed and give the impression that the economy has not only weathered Covid-19 but overcome pre-existing difficulties. But in reality, demand is short, dampening economic revival

Gur-Shakkar Or Chocolate Ice-Cream

A democratically elected government should be pleased when it faces dissent as this tells it what is going wrong with its administration and how to rectify wrongs. Instead, dissent is being handled in an imperial way by the police

Going Over-board?

The Delhi government’s move to have a new Board and to de-affiliate its schools from the internationally reputed CBSE is hard to justify. It will involve additional and avoidable costs too

Profit in a Paradox

The two rather contradictory news—the government’s decision to hike customs duty on solar modules and solar cells and Delhi HC’s objections to India exporting Covid-19 vaccines—that appeared recently are interesting studies in the nature of diplomatic paradox

Tightening Governance

SEBI’s suggestions were provoked by worries about the efficiency of the directors and the need to strengthen their autonomy and effectiveness to safeguard minority investors. But more needs to be done

Quota Tangle

There is criticism about the state approving a bill giving 75 percent reservation to Haryanvis in the private sector in certain jobs as it is unconstitutional and will be a death knell for industry in a competitive world

Quick and Easy Compensation

In an effort to speed up compensation to victims and their families, the Court is planning to take the digital route to improve the administration of justice

All Charged Up

The Delhi High Court has stayed a state government order which denied Rs 1.5 lakh subsidy to the customer on the Tata vehicle

American Judiciary in Slowdown

Reports suggest that as many as five million legal cases— criminal and civil—have been delayed by measures to fight the pandemic. That has affected everyone from advocates to judges to prisoners, litigants seeking redress and aspiring law graduates

A Case of Complaints

In a peculiar case where defamatory plaints by a wife against her husband affected his career, the Court said it amounted to mental cruelty and allowed dissolution of the marriage

Exams Are Like Festivals, Celebrate Them

The video of a senior official of the Delhi education department has raised the stress over exams. But with various initiatives by the centre to help students in pandemic times, exams can be faced with grit

Target: Asian Americans

Both Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden travelled to Atlanta to express empathy for the victims of a racist attack and in support of the nation’s Asian and Pacific Islanders community now increasingly the target of hate crimes

Treading a Dangerous Path

With several states breaching the 50 percent quota in government jobs, the apex court has issued a notice to them and Union Territories asking if this could be allowed as the limit was laid down by a bench in 1992

Prickly Issue

The selective way in which the government is vaccinating the population came in for stricture from the Delhi High Court which asked it to explain why it was keeping such “strict control” over the process

Don't Waste That Vial Of Health

The Covid-19 vaccine drive is not moving at the pace envisaged by the government. Vaccine wastage is a major concern and averages 6.5% in India. This can be avoided by thinking and planning smartly

Covid Is Nobody's Baby

The pandemic is surely surging back, and who knows what level of infection would be detected after the poll process is over. In the end, though, the common man is the worst sufferer. He is damned if he does (engage in the poll process) and damned if he doesn’t

Vaccine Priority

In a surprising development, the Court has asked the centre to consider the request of lawyers for priority in vaccination. How fair is it to give the vaccine based on the nature of trade?

The Power of Truth

The verdict in the defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani by former minister MJ Akbar has resulted in one of the more enlightened judgments in recent times. It is a huge shot in the arm against the virus of male sexual harassment

The Last Garrison

Even as the centre mulls over abolishing cantonments, the fact is that they have played a crucial role in securing the country against enemies and terrorists and should be guarded at all costs

On a Dangerous Course?

The centre’s plan is an attempt to enhance flexible employment at the cost of reduced economic and social security of workers and their increased vulnerability to exploitation. It will also push out women workers from paid economic activities

Love Fraught With Risks

Gujarat has become the latest state to propose a law to prevent “love jihad”. It follows UP, Uttarakhand, MP and HP which have stringent laws to criminalise religious conversion by marriage

Line of No Control

With farmers believing that Reliance will benefit from contract farming laws and porting to other telecom operators in Punjab and Haryana, the company’s wireless subscribers have reduced substantially

Dubious Vaccine Diplomacy

With access to vaccines against Co -vid-19 becoming the most sought-after queue in the world, some countries are taking to unusual and questionable policies just to jump the line.

End of the Road

In a move to boost the automobile sector, which has been reeling under the impact of Covid-19, and to reduce pollution, the centre has come up with a policy to scrap old vehicles and reuse them

Hoping against HOPE

Hoping against HOPE The son of the death row convict has sought forgiveness from President Ram Nath Kovind in what seems to be a last-ditch effort to save her life. She had killed seven members of her family in 2008