Madhya Pradesh bypolls will be Jyotiraditya’s first real test

10 Jun 2020 05:28 AM IST

Recently there has been a lot of speculation regarding the fate of Jyotiraditya Scindia who recently switched over from the Congress to the BJP. Now that the Rajya Sabha elections have been announced for mid-June, he will get the coveted seat this entire drama was all about. We have also

BJP at advantage as Bihar gears up for digital campaign

10 Jun 2020 05:27 AM IST

With a good mobile platform in place, Bihar is becoming the first state to have a virtual electoral campaign this year. While the BJP and the JD-U have already begun their digital drive, the Grand Alliance is busy fighting internal battles.

Right time for India to become a global player

09 Jun 2020 05:10 AM IST

Donald Trump’s invitation to India at the expanded G7 is a big opportunity for New Delhi and Washington D.C. to make Quad a formal alliance, to step up the maritime security and defence partnership in the Indo-Pacific region.

Of Western media biases and India

09 Jun 2020 05:09 AM IST

The ongoing protests and violence in the United States, while bringing to the fore the deep divisions in American society, a normal in any democracy, have once again exposed the way a large section of the so-called liberal and mainstream media in the West functions—by indulging in one-sided narrative building,

When arson and violence pass off as protest

09 Jun 2020 05:08 AM IST

Protesters protest, they don’t damage property and hurt others. What is happening in America today is violence, pure and simple.

Mental health crisis: An unintended consequence of Covid pandemic

09 Jun 2020 05:01 AM IST

As parks, sports complexes, community centres, markets, malls, places of worship etc., are either closed or have restricted entry, the people who badly need to avoid social isolation are forced to stay at home. Among them, the worst off are those who were earlier dependent on social care and other

Understanding financial emergency from the standpoint of law and policy

09 Jun 2020 04:59 AM IST

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Pandemic and India declared COVID-19 as a Notified Disaster on 14.03.2020. The Prime Minister of India on 24.03.2020 announced a complete nationwide lockdown for three weeks explaining that it was the perfect way of breaking the Covid-19 infection cycle which led to cessation

Decision to reserve hospitals for Delhi residents wrong

08 Jun 2020 03:17 AM IST

The Delhi government’s decision to reserve Covid-19 beds in hospitals run by it solely for the residents of the capital may have been taken under pressure, but has raised serious ethical issues. How can any hospital run by any agency, Central, local or private, deny medical treatment to a patient?

Chinese narrative control in the time of pandemic

08 Jun 2020 03:13 AM IST

Pro-China social media sites published 3,300 news reports in the last 15 days of February, a number which is triple that of the average number in previous years for a similar period.

Learn the art of protesting from Gandhi, Luther King

08 Jun 2020 02:57 AM IST

Both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King pursued the path of a peaceful, non-violent resistance and were effective in fighting injustice against much powerful opponents. They show the way in these polarising times.

Future Frame of Arbitration post COVID-19

08 Jun 2020 02:38 AM IST

It may be noted that even after getting no place in statutory provisions, Emergency Arbitration is trying to absorb its place in the rules and procedures of several arbitration institutions.

A Conspectus of the Indian Judicial Response to COVID-19

08 Jun 2020 02:34 AM IST

On 26 May 2020 a three-judge bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan took note of the plight of migrant workers during the lockdown, which galvanized the judges to observe, ‘We take Suo Moto cognizance of problems and miseries of migrant labourers’.