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REVISITING CYBER DEFAMATION LAWS IN INDIA & COMPARISON WITH ENGLISH LAW

06 Mar 2021

Cyber Defamation has become a major issue because of its repercussions rising up out of the wide-spread Coverage, Instantaneous Communication, Anonymity and Impersonation. In simple words, when defamation takes place through computers or web it is called cyber defamation. The simplicity with which the defamation should be possible utilizing any...

PORTRAITS FOR POSTERITY: AN INTIMATE LOOK AT INDIA’S MAHARANIS

05 Mar 2021

As the world gets set to applaud women of grit and perseverance, The Sunday Guardian applauds royal women from the past who are featured in the book Maharanis: Women of Royal India, a best-seller by Mapin. In this book are featured a century of photographs curated by K.G. Pramod Kumar,...

A lurking air pollution emergency amidst farmers’ agitation

05 Mar 2021

By imposing fines that were as high as Rs 2000 for not wearing masks, the Government of the NCT of Delhi demonstrated that when words do not work, restrictions become necessary. One cannot help but wonder where are these restrictions when it comes to protecting the air in and around...

The Indian position on the issue of sedition

05 Mar 2021

It is sometimes claimed in popular discourse that the Constituent Assembly was dead set against the inclusion of sedition as a restriction on free speech and expression, and therefore, it is argued that the presence of Section 124A of the IPC penalising sedition is an insult to the intent of...

TIME TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE

05 Mar 2021

This is the one topic that everyone is talking about these days—have you got vaccinated or not as yet. And if so, which one? The vaccine hesitancy that we saw in the early days of the roll out with even health workers hesitant to take the needle is no longer...

India set to make a V-shaped recovery

05 Mar 2021

India’s GDP growth for Q3 FY21 has come in at 0.4%, versus the -7.3% recorded in Q2 of FY21. Earlier, the contraction for Q2 had been estimated at 7.5%, but has now been revised upwards to a decline of only 7.3%. Q1, on the other hand, has been revised from...

Mumbai grid failure a human error, not cyberattack: Power Minister

03 Mar 2021

Union Power Minister R.K. Singh spoke to The Sunday Guardian on Tuesday and said that the Mumbai power outage last October was caused by a “human error” and there is no evidence to prove that it was triggered due to a cyberattack by China. A report by a US-based cybersecurity...

BJP sweeps Gujarat rural local body polls, Congress decimated

03 Mar 2021

The BJP is poised for a landslide victory in the Gujarat municipal and local body elections, while the huge poll debacle for the Opposition prompted resignations from Congress’ state unit president Amit Chavda and leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani. The BJP registered a massive win in the Gujarat district panchayat...

WILL GUPTAS’ ASSOCIATE JALAN GET SECURITY CLEARANCE TO RUN AN AIRLINE?

03 Mar 2021

Will Murari Lal Jalan, family and business associate of the Gupta family, which has been accused of state capture in South Africa, get security clearance to run Jet Airways in India? It seems unlikely given that even the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has...

ASHWIN, ROOT OR MAYERS: WHO WILL WIN THE RACE?

03 Mar 2021

It is the moment of elation for Indian cricket as for the second consecutive time, an Indian player has been nominated for the ICC Player of the Month Award. England skipper Joe Root, who was overtaken by Rishab Pant last month, has also been nominated for the second time in...

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