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Three Bengaluru institutions announce largest joint mental health study in India

This is the first major and systematic research study of mechanisms of mental health disorders in India, scientists involved in the project claim.

Indu Malhotra: India’s 7th woman Supreme Court Judge in 70 years

Justice R. Banumathi has for years been the lone woman judge in the Supreme Court. With Malhotra, the top court now has two women and 23 men as judges.

Get guns & gangsters out of your songs or go to jail: Punjab gets harsh with its singers

State culture commission will be empowered to rein in erring singers, lyricists as police say such songs are pushing youth into violence.

2 collegium members want CJI Misra to call meeting soon & reiterate Joseph’s name to govt

Hours after the Modi govt sent Justice Joseph’s name back, the two judges conveyed to CJI Misra that the recommendation should be reiterated at the earliest.

Become a black money informant, take home up to Rs 5 crore, says Income Tax department

The new scheme hopes to encourage informants to spill the beans about undisclosed assets, both in India and abroad.

Govt must clear Justice Joseph’s elevation, not doing so is unconstitutional: Soli Sorabjee

Former attorney-general Soli Sorabjee says CJI should display leadership qualities but it was incorrect for the 4 judges to go public with their complaints. New...

Govt cites seniority, diversity to send back recommendation to elevate Justice Joseph

The government said a candidate’s seniority may be overlooked in order to ensure regional representation, but that wasn’t the case with Joseph, whose parent high court is Kerala HC.

CJI Misra doesn’t find anything wrong in govt asking court to reconsider Joseph elevation

In response to lawyers and bar association plea asking for stay on Indu Malhotra’s appointment as SC judge, CJI says it’s ‘unimaginable, inconceivable’.

17.68 lakh seats lay vacant last year but govt may approve 800 new tech institutes in 2018

The technical education regulator is considering more than 800 new applications, despite the fact that 149 institutes closed down in 2016-17.

Kashmir’s kayaking star Bilquis Mir is India’s only water sports judge at the Asian Games

Bilquis Mir, the first water sports coach from the Valley, is the only Indian among 20 Asians to get the post.

On Camera

Is Bookstagram the new fast fashion? It has turned reading into a performance

Instagram book content creators read at inhumane speeds to keep up with the algorithm. This isn’t a sustainable practice–economically, environmentally or intellectually.

FM Sitharaman stresses govt’s manufacturing focus at a time when ‘some economists’ advise otherwise

Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.