Addressing the Third Gender in India’s New Criminal Law: Gaps and Future Directions

09 Jul 2024

Finally, from July 1st, the new criminal law has been implemented in India, replacing the old one after extensive discussions and agitations. As a social researcher and a legal professional to some extent, I appreciate the changes the legislature has introduced to address criminal issues. However, I would like to...

Karnataka Govt threatened by Dissensions

08 Jul 2024

The poor performance by the Congress in the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, a state it had wrested from the BJP during Assembly elections, has triggered a fresh round of confrontation between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shiva Kumar. The Saffron Brigade which is watching the developments from...

Rashid Engineer and Amritpal express ‘faith’ in system

06 Jul 2024

By taking the oath as members of Parliament, Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh and terror funding accused Sheikh Abdul Rashid aka Rashid Engineer, have by implication, expressed their faith in both the existing system of the Indian State and the Constitution. Amritpal has been lodged in the Dibrugarh jail in...

Watch your step

06 Jul 2024

‘Why can’t we inhale pine scented air all the time?’ my lungs, who have been at the receiving end of the substandard city air, seemed to say. ‘Don’t worry. Soon, I will settle in a cottage in the hills,’ I mumbled (I have been planning this for the last twenty...

Strengthening South-South relations: Modi and Hasina’s diplomatic missions

06 Jul 2024

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Moscow for two days to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. Their agenda includes discussing “prospects for further development of traditionally friendly Russian-Indian relations, as well as relevant international and regional issues”. Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov emphasized the significance of this...

Decisive move by Modi Govt against exam underbelly

06 Jul 2024

The NEET paper leak has by default exposed the stark difference in intent between the government and the Opposition. While the Modi government has shown a determined intent to take the challenge head on, sadly the Opposition, particularly the RJD, appears as an enabler to the education mafia. At one...

The New Criminal Laws – A civil liberty centric approach

02 Jul 2024

The Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam are set to replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 from July. While inaugurating a work shop, organized by the Ministry of Law and Justice,...

Discuss in Parliament status of women in Bengal

02 Jul 2024

In the sad practice of hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons, West Bengal is back in the news, once again for a gender crime—this time for the public flogging of a woman by a leader from the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress in an area called Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur...

Vikram Misri: Best Choice for the Foreign Secretary

02 Jul 2024

What are the unmistakable concerns of the world today? Ukraine- Israel-Gaza: long drawn Conflicts accompanied by incalculable human sufferings & humanitarian crises and infrastructural destruction with no end in sight and huge negative consequences for the Global South. Impending Change of Govts in the UK. France, Iran, USA and more...

Om Birla under scanner as Lok Sabha commences on a confrontational note

29 Jun 2024

The re-election of Om Birla as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha indicates that not many changes can be expected so far as running the House is concerned, and it is a foregone conclusion that the Opposition would continue to raise questions on his neutrality. This became obvious when both...