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The cheap political drama currently unfolding in Delhi over the latest decision to refer a Supreme Court judgment to the court itself – at the behest of President Droupadi Murmu – seeking clarification on an earlier order regarding the timeline for governors to either assent to or return bills passed by the state legislature, is nothing short of a theatre of the absurd. The court’s original order was not arbitrary; it was grounded in a long-established line of jurisprudence shaped by numerous judgments.

Some six weeks ago, I went to the only outlet of Marks & Spencer at the Forum Mall in Kolkata to buy clothes to be given as gifts of gratitude for the Bengali New Year, that is Naba Borsho. What surprised me to no end is the overwhelming majority of clothing items stored at the M&S shop is outsourced to Bangladesh. But that left me happy not only because my parents hailed from Bikrampur across the border but also due to the sophistication that the garment industry in Bangladesh had acquired to become the second largest foreign exchange earner of the country next to remittances from workers abroad, particularly in Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf countries.

The new education policy 2020 is being implemented gradually. Apart from other things it has focused on Indian Knowledge systems and Indian traditions. The changes which pertain to History have deleted Delhi Sultanate and Mughal rule from the books. A good seven centuries of history stands relegated into absentia. This is a pretty long period by any standards. “While NCERT had previously trimmed sections on the Mughals and Delhi Sultanate - including detailed account of dynasties like Tughlaqs, Khaljis, Mamluks, and Lodis and a two-page table on Mughal emperors' achievements as part of its syllabus rationalization during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022-23, the new textbook has now removed all references to them.”

In recent times, there are talks in public domain and media in general that India will have a 4-day work week as and when the new labour codes, particularly Code on Wages 2019, come into operation in the very near future.

The Supreme Court’s revocation of the 2002 provision allowing fresh law graduates to apply for civil judge posts marks the end of a deeply flawed and impractical policy that persisted for over two decades. While the phrase “better late than never” may feel appropriate on the surface, it hardly captures the depth of the issue or the long-standing consequences that arose from what was, in hindsight, an ill-conceived judicial experiment. For 23 years, the Indian judiciary functioned under a decision that ignored the critical value of practical legal experience, permitting individuals with no courtroom exposure, and often no real-world legal understanding, to ascend to positions of great judicial responsibility. It is not merely a matter of policy correction; it is a belated recognition of a fundamental truth: that there is no adequate substitute for experience in the practice of law, especially in the judiciary.

Children of Tamil Nadu are caught in the political crossfire between PM Narendra Modi led NDA government at the Centre and CM M K Stalin led INDIA bloc government in the state. Centre insists on implementation of the three-language formula under New Education Policy (NEP) 2020, and the State refuses to implement it. It has led to a situation in which children’s fundamental right under Right to Education (RTE) is being violated.

It is about a report on 423 criminal cases registered against 427 scribes spread over 28 states and Union Territories of India. It has a database also that analyses information on 423 criminal cases, between 2012-2022. It seeks to bring light on the offences most used against journalists, the reporting that led to the cases, and the journalists’ experience of the criminal justice system. The study was conducted by the National Law University in Delhi in collaboration with the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Trial Watch initiative and the Human Rights Institute at the Columbia Law School.

Ever since the Government of India picked up Congress MP Shashi Tharoor to lead an “all-party” delegation Group-5 under Operation Sindoor, the Congress has been under great humiliation. First, because Congress had not sent Shashi Tharoor’s name to the government; Secondly, the government chose him inflicting humiliation to the Congress; Thirdly, Shashi Tharoor accepted the assignment bringing further humiliation to his own party.

Social Media spies are giving sleepless nights to not only intelligence agencies but also to private television channels with TRPs to consider. Hit hard by steadily increasing numbers of YouTubers, these television channels have latched on to YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra arrest on charges of espionage to ask for "government regulation" of YouTubers.

Ideological fatigue and misperception of the issues that guide and help frame the strategies has been primarily responsible for BJP losing the initiative in Uttar Pradesh which was supposed to be the laboratory for its Hindutva alchemy. BJP’s modern ideologue had made Narendra Modi convinced that his ideas have always yielded positive results, and this time his design to take out “Tiranga Yatra” across the country will prove to be an effective tool for arousing a Hindu passion and spread and consolidate the Hindu support base.