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COVID CRISIS IN INDIA: POST-ELECTIONS INTROSPECTION

06 May 2021

As the dust settles in five election-bound states and the cows return home, it’s time for somber introspection. Cows never care for any pandemics or wars, burials or cremations, doctors or deaths. They only follow their master and spend time on the ranch. That’s what makes some lives so different...

RURAL HARYANA SEES A SPIKE IN CORONA CASES

06 May 2021

Chandigarh: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in urban areas, cases are being reported from some of Haryana’s rural areas as well. These cases are coming mostly from Rohtak, Sonipat and Bhiwani. “An increase in corona cases has been reported in the rural areas of the state as well,” Chief...

Jaishankar goes virtual at G7 after Covid cases found in Indian delegation

06 May 2021

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar decided to conduct all his engagements at the G7 meeting in virtual mode after members of the Indian delegation in the United Kingdom tested positive for the coronavirus. This came after two members of the Indian delegation here in London, for the G7 meeting,...

A TRIBUTE TO MAJOR BIKRAMJEET KANWARPAL

05 May 2021

Major Bikramjeet Kanwarpal succumbed to COVID-19 on May 1 After retiring from the Indian Army, the major became a successful actor in films and television. An old friend salutes a wonderful human being. Some people never go. They live with you even after death has unkindly taken them away from...

WOMEN, PATRIARCHY AND PANDEMIC

05 May 2021

Being in a patriarchal setup, women have been the subject of various laws in our country and on the sidelined watch of the society. Law and society are inseparable in more ways than one, they work together to create harmony and ensure a co existence between various elements. However, the...

THE CONUNDRUM OF EMERGENCY ARBITRATION: CONFIDENTIALITY IN THE COURT OF LAW

05 May 2021

Confidentiality is taken into account collectively of the key reasons why parties opt to opt for arbitration for settlement of their disputes as they are doing not need their disputes to be a subject of give-and-take. Considering the careful documents and the knowledge that parties exchange in Associate in Nursing arbitration, the thought is to shield the sensitive data, trade secrets, holding might which can be the subject matter of Associate in Nursing arbitration as its revelation may lead to irreparable loss....

COMBATING THE APOCALYPSE: A SOLDIER’S VIEW

05 May 2021

Since the gory partition of the Indian subcontinent in August 1947, India has, unquestionably, not witnessed a human tragedy of the proportions of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic that has been unleashed in the past three weeks. The hardships and casualties seen in the wars that India has...

PM MODI: THE CHOICE OF BHARAT, UNACCEPTED BY THE LUTYENS ELITE

05 May 2021

India for a very long time was divided between the elite belonging to the Lutyens’ club of the national capital and the rest of the country. This self-proclaimed elite class, who took pride in going to the clubs of Delhi and trying to influence important decisions in the government, had...

China continues to boost leverage over vulnerable countries as part of its debt-trap diplomacy

05 May 2021

China is boosting its leverage over financially vulnerable countries and ensnaring some in sovereignty-eroding debt traps by extending loans with strings attached. The latest to fall prey to China's debt-trap diplomacy is Laos, which recently signed a 25-year concession agreement allowing a majority Chinese-owned company to control its national power...

COURT’S LOCKDOWN: A JUDICIAL OVERREACH?

30 Apr 2021

The Allahabad High Court, on April 19, on a suo moto PIL regarding the surging COVID-19 crisis in the State of Uttar Pradesh gave elaborate directions to the State government to enforce a lockdown in five cities of the state, namely Lucknow, Prayagraj, Kanpur, Varanasi and Gorakhpur forthwith from 19th...

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