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New criminal laws are betting on DNA fingerprinting. India must prepare to offset risks

DNA fingerprinting involves creating a profile of an individual’s genetic make-up. This throws up various legal, quality control, privacy, and human rights issues.

India needs an emissions-based vehicle tax system to boost newer technologies

Maruti Suzuki chairman RC Bhargava said that hybrid vehicles are cleaner than BEVs. An EREV or PHEV may be cleaner than a mild hybrid, but none of them are zero-emissions like a BEV.

India’s multi-alignment realpolitik is no ‘strategic foolishness’. Consider economic realities

Economic realities make it difficult for nations to jump on bandwagons based on arbitrary values, or, in this case, geopolitical rivalries.

When Indian economy was liberalised—Manmohan Singh’s 1991 Budget speech

On 24 July 1991, finance minister Manmohan Singh presented the Union Budget for 1991-92 that changed the course of Indian economy. In his Lok Sabha speech, he quoted Victor Hugo to say, 'no power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.'

Before a relationship becomes official, it enters a sacred place—the group chat

Once your relationship enters the group chat with your besties, that’s when the ‘Tall Hinge Guy’, ‘Broke Noida Dude’, and ‘Mr Red Shoes’ finally get promoted to being mentioned by their actual names.

12 attempts, fake certificates—Puja Khedkar case shows how far Indians can go for power

Khedkar is everything that can possibly go wrong vis-a-vis induction into UPSC and the desperation of Indians to crack the exam, even if it means a dozen attempts and unfair means.

Oral health needs a spot in Budget 2024. It’s critical for preventive healthcare

Investing in oral health fosters a healthier, more equitable world. Perhaps this year’s Union Budget could start this process.

Lal par saree, red bindi, riding on tiger—How Bengal celebrated Frida Kahlo on her birthday

At an art gallery gala in Kolkata, Frida Kahlo was reimagined by artists in oil, canvas, bronze and clay on her 117th birthday on 6 July.

JD Vance & his New Right can’t be dismissed glibly—he appeals to something deep, necessary

Vance’s speech forced me to start researching the New Right, an exercise which I think will be useful for our own think tanks.

Bangladesh anti-quota protests now out of control—‘Razakar’ vs dictator debate has split nation

‘If not Hasina, who’ has been a standard response from the PM’s supporters. But now that students say they’d much prefer ‘Razakars’ over a dictator like her, it’s time for the PM to take stock of the narrative.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?