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TopicVirginity test

Topic: Virginity test

Why Madhya Pradesh High Court rejected a husband’s plea seeking wife’s ‘virginity’ test

Khadija Khan -
In his plea, the petitioner had sought divorce on the ground of cruelty, saying that his wife refused to enter into a physical relationship.

Amazon takes down fake virginity product amid outrage and debate in India

Ekta Handa -
From artificial hymens to pills that secrete 'blood', a look at how Indian women are being sold their 'virtue' online.

Maha tribe that conducts ‘virginity tests’ to take its reformist rebel youth to court

Manasi Phadke -
Kanjarbhat elders say the youngsters have misrepresented the tribe, insist the virginity tests are decided by families, not caste panchayats.

‘Blood on the bedsheet a must’: How this Indian tribe keeps horrific virginity test alive

Manasi Phadke -
At the behest of community elders, the Kanjarbhat tribe still practices ‘gun’. But now, community youth have taken up cudgels to bring about a change.

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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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