Harish Rana’s case revealed a fundamental truth about human existence: ‘The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but abandonment’, the top court said in its landmark judgement.
In judgement, top court called on Centre to bring about legislation to provide clarity, prevent end-of-life decisions from being shaped by ‘financial distress’ or ‘socio-economic vulnerability’.
In critical care and palliative medicine, doctors say, treatment goals may shift from prolonging life to reducing suffering when recovery is no longer possible.
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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