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Jessica Lal’s sister is not the first to forgive, Priyanka Gandhi and others have done the same before

Can forgiveness come in the absence of justice? The fact is, Manu Sharma has already served most of his term

Want good nutrition? The Ministry of Health had this non-veg and fat-shaming advice

In a set of tweets the Ministry is making some rather judgemental observations on how to ensure you consume nutritious food. 

The youth needs to see politics as a way of life, not just as a career

The youth must become the torchbearers to free our country from all social and political ills by practicing politics.

Lubricating dry ATMs with newly printed cash is a Band-Aid

Problems in a banking system usually begin on the asset side of the books; they only snowball when the liability side is affected

The death penalty ordinance is yet another example of ‘lawlipop politics’

The new political formula is, if you can’t redress a grievance, feed the popular blood-thirst. If you can’t solve a problem, fool the people with yet another law.

Yashwant Sinha has lit the fuse, the discontent against Modi will explode soon

The point is, every regime, autocrat and system has its own ‘style’ of purging dissidents. But, quite often, the dissidents have ended up having the last laugh.

Dhan Vapasi: A new path that can make Indians prosperous

For too long, India’s governments have focused on the wrong ideas and wrong economic models. Indians should have been 10 times richer – but are not.

The secret ingredient to Patanjali’s meteoric success: The Indian millennials

Indian millennials are embracing this hipster culture too and no other company has benefited from this as Patanjali has.

Abortion has been legal in India since 1971 but it is still not a woman’s right

Legal barriers, such as the blanket 20-week gestation limit, no mention of unmarried women in the clause of contraceptive failure, the need for physician’s consent – all constrain and deny women reproductive justice.

Child rape will now be treated as a criminal act that meets the test of ‘rarest of rare’

High acquittal rates, high drop-out rates due to delayed court procedures, and an absurdly lenient sentence in child rape cases is a travesty of justice.

On Camera

Mohenjo-daro city is not older than Egyptian cities. Here’s what the recent dig really shows

Recent evidence from Mohenjo Daro does not suggest that urbanisation at the site is dated to 3300 BCE. Rather, it indicates that the site is rooted in a much earlier, pre-urban phase.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.