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

L. Ravichander | Incorporate right to political opinion in the right...

A growing tendency is being witnessed to move court against political statements

7 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Former US president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023. - Former US president Donald Trump arrived for a historic court appearance in New York on Tuesday, facing criminal charges that threaten to upend the 2024 White House race. (Photo: PTI)

Indranil Banerjie | Trump in court a signal US democracy isn't broken...

The pillars of America's democracy might appear wobbly from time to time, but they appear to have endured a lot better...

7 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

Former US president Donald Trump appears in court at the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023. - Former US president Donald Trump arrived for a historic court appearance in New York on Tuesday, facing criminal charges that threaten to upend the 2024 White House race. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Democracy triumphs as Trump faces court in US

Even if pronounced guilty, Mr Trump will not be disqualified from being a candidate, which he already is

6 April 2023 12:10 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | More secys quit: Is lateral entry losing its sheen?

There is resistance from the existing bureaucracy, often due to a lack of trust and acceptance of lateral entrants

6 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

The thinking in the government is that for Indian economy to grow, it needs the big players, and the Modi establishments praise for MSMEs is just lip service. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will breakup of monopolies give Indian...

The nationalist fervour that dominates Prime Minister Modi and the BJP is such that the nuances of policy have no value...

6 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Indian State and those who run it better realise that its a wasteful exercise to wrestle with history. (Representational Image)

AA Edit | Why wrestle with history?

The Indian right wing has always complained that the Indian Left has had a disproportionate say on academics in India

5 April 2023 12:15 AM IST

While masks, hand sanitizers, triple-boosters and wild dancing in streets do help, the need of the hour, however, is sustained, planned avoidance of other human beings. (Representational Image/AA)

AA Edit | Masks advisable as Covid could disrupt lives again

The Union government must revisit the Covid protocols and prod state governments to decide what is to be introduced now

5 April 2023 12:15 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the flagging off ceremony of Vande Bharat Express, at Rani Kamlapati Station, in Bhopal, Saturday, April 1, 2023. (PTI)

AA Edit | War on corruption is welcome

The job of the CBI has increased in scope and its principal responsibility is to make India corruption-free, Mr Modi...

5 April 2023 12:15 AM IST

Radical Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathizer Amritpal Singh (ANI file image)

Kamal Davar | Tackling Amritpal, foiling ISI designs: Delhi, Pun need...

India and Punjab cannot afford a recurrence of the internal security environment which prevailed in the 1980s

5 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | How culture underpins the budgets of states in India

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | How culture underpins the budgets of states in...

The inequity of Bombay, controlled by Gujarati money with the local people working for them, became a flashpoint

5 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

In this undated image former cricketer Salim Durrani is seen with Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan and their father. Durrani, 88, passed away Sunday morning due to age-related ailments. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Adieu to cricket's Prince Charming

It was his readiness to respond to the crowd's demand for a Sixer , making it seem as if he could loft the ball out of...

4 April 2023 12:29 AM IST

Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar takes part in a press conference in Bangkok on August 17, 2022. (Jack TAYLOR / AFP)

AA Edit | Let the West criticise, India needn't be so oversensitive

We need to become more engaged with voices of dissent

4 April 2023 12:27 AM IST