By Dr Arun Mitra Increase in the number of the cases of COVID-19 in India is a worrying factor even though it is on the expected lines as predicted by several epidemiologists. While Delhi has shown some downward trend, other states have now been showing rising numbers....
By Satyaki Chakraborty The Criminal Laws Reforms Committee is taking a progressive and human approach to assess the current criminal laws for bringing about the much needed reforms to ensure security to individual, community as also to the nation. The Committee constituted by the Union Home...
By Rahil Nora Chopra At last the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan won the confidence motion in the state assembly. It was seen that the fight was between the BJP and Congress but at the end it was the fight between certain personalities in both the parties. At...
By John Bachtell Alarm over the prospect of a second Trump presidency and desire for substantial change is preparing the ground for an unprecedented voter turnout in November. The virtual Democratic National Convention showcased the vast array of support coalescing around former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen....
By Nitya Chakraborty Senior Supreme Court advocate and activist Prashant Bhushan came out of the Supreme Court on Thursday taller after the hearing on the fixation of his sentence. His principled exposition of the purpose behind his two controversial tweets in the course of this crucial hearing, won...
By Sagarneel Sinha Finally, the one month political crisis of Rajasthan, amid the ongoing Corona crisis, came to an end with rebel Sachin Pilot ending his battle against his own party and settling for peace with his detractor chief minister Ashok Gehlot as of now. Due to the...
By Arun Srivastava We have large number of historical facts to show how the feudal lords and aristocrats for maintaining the façade of their power and aristocracy borrowed money from the traders by pledging their property. But this proved to be illusive and eventually they failed to resurrect...
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The dire forecasts made by health experts on the covid situation seem to be coming true. There is no mistaking that Kerala is inexorably marching towards a dreadful denouement. They had predicted that the number of covid cases per day could even top...
By Amrita Nair “I speak my mind and therefore I am,” began Ms Indira Jaising. In her address, she drew a parallel between the life in pandemic and a life without the right to freedom of speech and expression. “If there is a cessation of the right to...
By Olivia Rosane Kamala Harris is now the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to run for national office for a major political party in the U.S., the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) pointed out. She also has a strong legacy of championing environmental...