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To roll back or not to roll back! This is the question that could be occupying uppermost mind space of the Union government now. It concerns the three new controversial farming related laws. The Modi government needs to address this imbroglio without any further delay....

Uttar Pradesh’s law banning interfaith marriages also carries forward another innovative feature of India’s legal system in these present times. This is the shifting of burden of proof from the State to the accused. The ‘innocent until proven guilty’ maxim that underpins all law has...

The battle for the West Bengal assembly elections looms ahead but skirmishes have already started. After the attack on BJP president JP Nadda’s convoy in the state, the Centre retaliated against the TMC government by recalling three IPS officers from the state on Central deputation....

Bertrand Badré & Camille Putois The Covid-19 crisis has revealed how intertwined all of our major challenges are. Biodiversity loss and rising inequalities have contributed to a global public health disaster and the worst economic crisis in almost a century. As often happens during such...

What will we do when the locusts come again? Locusts are a group of short-horned grasshoppers that migrate long distances in swarms, crossing over many countries. They devour leaves, flowers, fruits, seeds, bark, and destroy plants by their sheer weight as they descend on them...

As 2020 comes to an end, it will be remembered as a year which shattered lives across the globe on an unprecedented scale. While the health concerns overpowered people’s mind space, there came along a few books, both at the international and national level that...

The showdown between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Bengal with the state Assembly polls only a few months away is an example of fierce and ferocious duel to both grab and retain power. To achieve their aims, both the contenders are resorting...

The tirades launched against China in the past few days by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat are an admission by the government that Chinese aggressive posturing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh has indeed...

The head of the NITI Aayog said something that upset many people and so he had to explain himself. This was of course his statement, repeated twice, that India had too much democracy. However something else was said in the same speech that did not...

These days your average babu can rarely say ‘no’ to a minister. Blind obedience is what is expected from them, leaving little room for independent decision-making. But like always, there are exceptions to the rule. An instance from Uttarakhand has recently come to light. There...