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Assam child marriage crackdown: What’s the legal age to marry for Muslims and the puberty debate?

Supreme Court set to look into whether age limit for marriage under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act overrides Muslim personal law provisions, so long referred to by courts in such cases.

Big tech’s laid off over 2.6 lakh people since 2022. Why Indian industry will face limited impact

Pandemic-driven enthusiasm around digitisation & technology drove companies to go on hiring spree, which came to screeching halt towards later part of 2022, as workforce reductions started.

Assam’s pyramids: All about Ahom dynasty ‘burial mounds’, India entry for UNESCO World Heritage tag

The Charaideo Moidams are mounds containing remains of Ahom dynasty royalty, who ruled present-day Assam from the 13th to the 19th century.

Modi govt’s proposed geoheritage bill protects sites capturing Earth’s history. What it means

Geoheritage Sites & Geo-relics (Preservation & Maintenance) Bill lets govt declare a site to be of national importance, with 100m area around it 'prohibited' & 200m area 'restricted'.

BJP eyes Vokkaliga votes with Kempegowda statue, but here’s why Bengaluru may not owe him origin

Rs 100 cr statue —‘Statue of Prosperity’ — & adjoining theme park add to long list of landmarks named after Kempegowda, in Vokkaliga-dominated city accounting for 28 out of 224 assembly seats

What’s the ‘Delhi model’ of slum rehabilitation & how it compares to other cities

PM Modi handed over 3,024 EWS flats in Kalkaji Extension last week as part of DDA project to rehabilitate residents of 376 slum clusters under PMAY housing-for-all scheme.

50-day planning, 93 locations, 106 arrests — how NIA, ED executed India’s 1st ‘coordinated raids’

Raids carried out at houses & offices of leaders of the Islamic outfit, PFI, & its allied organisations. Arrested include PFI co-founder P. Koya, chairman O.M.A. Salem & SDPI president E. Aboobacker.

Warehouse standards, digital services — Modi govt’s new logistics policy ‘complements Gati Shakti’

PM Modi launched National Logistics Policy Saturday. Exporters in high-value sectors like gems & jewellery welcome it but have concerns about implementation of digital services.

How Congress president is elected & why call for publication of electoral rolls is gaining ground

Party set to hold its next presidential polls on 17 October. Demand for electoral rolls to be made public comes three weeks before filing of nominations begins on 24 September.

Bilkis Bano case convicts controversy: Why the 11 were released under ‘old’ 1992 policy

Gujarat govt’s release of the 11 convicted in the 2002 gang rape & murder case has drawn widespread criticism, since they were not eligible for remission under the state's latest 2014 policy.

On Camera

India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?