Supreme Court’s refusal to extend the deadline for surrender of Bilkis Bano’s rape convicts is a bold iteration of the rule of law. Their reasons for extension were flimsy and an obvious sham to buy more time. It was a travesty that they were even released in the first place.
Antibiotic abuse is India’s problem to fix. Health ministry’s direction is long overdue
Health ministry’s direction to doctors ordering them to specify the reason every time they prescribe antibiotics has come not a day too soon. With high incidence of antibiotics abuse, India’s contribution to the global drug-resistant pathogen is very high. And it is now also India’s burden to fix the problem.
SC linking GM crops to national interest is a big shift. The opposition never stood a chance
The Supreme Court Bench finally took the sensible stand linking GM crops to national interest. It’s a big shift. For too long, the Left and Swadeshi advocates mounted a spurious, hypocritical campaign against it. But India imports edible oils made from GM seeds anyway. The opposition never stood a chance.