Opinion

Why PM Modi’s water mission is a game changer

13 Oct 2020 04:30 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call for water management is both timely and much needed, as India takes giant strides towards uninterrupted water sufficiency.

Why vocationalisation of education is essential

12 Oct 2020 08:18 AM IST

With our education system, we need not just literate youth but to bequeath them with skills that can fetch them gainful employment across the globe.

Female genital mutilation: India’s darkest secret

12 Oct 2020 08:02 AM IST

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) comprises procedures that involve partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. It is mainly carried out in girls between 1-15 years of age and sometimes on adult and married women. As per the United

HINDU RAO HOSPITAL DOCTORS’ DEMANDS MUST BE ADDRESSED

12 Oct 2020 07:57 AM IST

The agitation by doctors working at the well-known Hindu Rao Hospital in the national capital, has brought to fore several important issues, which should be addressed by the authorities without any further delay. During the time when the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the lives of the common man, the doctors,

SPIRIT OF SECTION 156 (3) CRPC, 1973: SC’S INTERPRETATION

12 Oct 2020 07:54 AM IST

While drafting the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973, the Authors had kept three considerations in mind, which were, an accused person should get a fair trial in accordance with the accepted principles of natural justice, every effort should be made to avoid delay in investigation and trial which is harmful

Tie-ups in the Modi-Shah era are more transactional in nature

10 Oct 2020 08:55 AM IST

The Modi government’s second stint in power has seen an interesting change in its equation with its allies. During both the stints, the Prime Minister and his team managed a simple majority ruling, comfortably crossing the 272 mark, thereby ruling out the need for allies. Yet the party reached out

Why India’s AI rollout could be a global role model

10 Oct 2020 08:54 AM IST

The Indian government has organised a special summit for the responsible use of artificial intelligence, a topic that needs serious attention if the country is to achieve leadership in the future development of this transformational technology.

Babri Masjid demolition case: Why CBI must not challenge the verdict

09 Oct 2020 06:21 AM IST

After interrogating 351 witnesses, sifting through 600 documents and listening to countless videotapes and nearly 30 years after the incident, Judge Surendra Kumar Yadav of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court declared that the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992 was not an act of conspiracy; accordingly

DEPA: The technology of consent, India style

09 Oct 2020 06:17 AM IST

The Data Empowerment & Protection Architecture aims to empower individuals with control over how their personal data is used and shared. If successful, it will ensure the economic inclusion of the underprivileged, a substantial reduction in banking frauds, and the creation of business opportunities for a large number of smaller

India needs to be the catalyst for Quad formalisation

08 Oct 2020 05:49 AM IST

Much is being made of the in-person meeting of the foreign ministers of India, United States, Australia and Japan in the second edition of the Quadrilateral dialogue, better known as Quad, in Tokyo. And rightly so, considering video conferencing is the norm at a time when there is a pandemic

Hathras exposes big cracks in criminal justice system

08 Oct 2020 05:46 AM IST

The unprofessional conduct of police is not limited to Uttar Pradesh. The Ministry of Home Affairs needs to set its house in order within the limits laid down by the Constitution.

Time to bring out ‘Amchi Mumbai’ from clutches of evil forces

07 Oct 2020 05:44 AM IST

After the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, TV studios, for months now, have spent much air-time dwelling on the alleged illegal consumption of drugs in the Mumbai film industry. The names of the who’s who of the film industry have emerged in the course of investigations. Every year, thousands