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Free speech law stops at the gates of private spaces. (Image: Freepik)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Threats to free speech rise as global...

In India, we have been making cautious adjustments to our understanding of free speech by watching the goings-on all...

20 Dec 2023 12:03 AM IST

Suspended opposition MPs protest during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

AA Edit | Driving Opposition away from Parliament will solve nothing

It is time a government which vouches by the democratic traditions of the country behaves in a democratic manner

19 Dec 2023 11:59 PM IST

The survey said 81 per cent of people trust the transparency of the current voting process. (Photo: PTI/Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | What ails our democracy? Power flows from the top

No party seems without some blame attached it, for this seems to have become the norm these days

19 Dec 2023 2:38 AM IST

Police personnel detain a man protesting outside the Parliament building carrying a can emitting a yellowish smoke during the Winter session, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Who's a terrorist': Spraying smoke in Parliament just...

The UAPA, under which many Indians have been charged and are in jail, does not define terrorist or terrorism

19 Dec 2023 2:26 AM IST

There are several petitions before the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutional validity of the law. (Representational Image/ ANI File)

AA Edit | Executive powers must be defined in a federal' India

The Supreme Court, armed with vast powers, must step in and stop constitutional actors from crossing their limits.

19 Dec 2023 12:31 AM IST

Social media adds to misinformation, conspiracy theories and the harshest ways of expressing opinions. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP)

AA Edit | Use social media time wisely

Parents of teenagers face the greatest problem in how to moderate the time youth spend on their mobile phones.

19 Dec 2023 12:28 AM IST

In this picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on December 15, 2023, army spokesman Daniel Hagari shows the entrance of a tunnel that Hamas reportedly used to attack Israel through the Erez border crossing on October 7. (AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | Amid differences with US on Gaza, Israeli lobby has to...

The genocidal war continues but US wouldn't like to be seen pressing for a ceasefire without terminating Hamas

18 Dec 2023 3:08 AM IST

The twists and turns in a bizarre (alleged) plot to kill the Khalistani proponent Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, with dual citizenship of the US and Canada, have exacerbated the issue so much as to threaten the very fabric of increasingly warm India-US ties. (Image source: Facebook)

AA Edit | Curious case of Nikhil Gupta

It is in the fairness of things that the case of Nikhil Gupta be settled in a New York court, which is where it will be...

18 Dec 2023 2:51 AM IST

Suspended MPs Manickam Tagore, V.K. Sreekandan, Derek OBrien, T.N. Prathapan, Hibi Eden and others stage a protest during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Why suspend MPs? Come clean on security breach

A security breach in the Lok Sabha is an issue in and of itself, one that the government itself calls a grave national...

18 Dec 2023 2:04 AM IST

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber, right, celebrates passing the global stocktake with United Nations Climate Chief Simon Stiell, left, and COP28 CEO Adnan Amin during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)

Indranil Banerjie | COP28 and wages of greed: Planet is at breaking...

The urgency of action on climate control has been reiterated endlessly in recent times

18 Dec 2023 12:54 AM IST

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. (Photo by Gabriel DUVAL / AFP)

Manish Tewari | Why Kissinger's Legacy in South Asia is a Toxic One

Henry Kissinger lived to be one hundred years old

17 Dec 2023 12:08 AM IST

Its been over two months since October 7, 2023, when Hamas rockets attacked Israel, killing 1400 people. (Image:Twitter)

Ranjona Banerji | Hallo there! Have you all Condemned Hamas?

It's been over two months since October 7, 2023, when Hamas rockets attacked Israel, killing 1400 people

17 Dec 2023 12:07 AM IST