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OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | No More Trials By Jury For ‘Lesser’ Crimes In UK: Will ‘Justice’ Be Served? | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | No More Trials By Jury For ‘Lesser’ Crimes In...

Other dissenters quote the Magna Carta and reference the unwritten British Constitution, using arguments about well-worn...

5 Dec 2025 9:50 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | Ensuring Access, Quality As UGC Expands Scope Of Online Learning

John J. Kennedy | Ensuring Access, Quality As UGC Expands Scope Of...

The latest approvals were granted following a thorough vetting process. Under UGC-DEB norms, only institutions that meet...

4 Dec 2025 11:32 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Deft Global Balancing Vital As Putin Begins India Visit

K.C. Singh | Deft Global Balancing Vital As Putin Begins India Visit

Putin’s India visit highlights New Delhi’s balancing act as U.S.–China tensions reshape geopolitics.

3 Dec 2025 8:13 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Extensions Usual As Andhra Prefers Its Naidu-Friendly Administrators

Dilip Cherian | Extensions Usual As Andhra Prefers Its Naidu-Friendly...

Extensions, contradictions and cadre clashes define India’s admin landscape.

3 Dec 2025 7:52 PM IST

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Indian Navy Comes Of Age, But Some Caution Needed

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Indian Navy Comes Of Age, But Some Caution...

The Indian Navy, however, has wisely gone on doing what others should have done with more intent and purpose for the...

2 Dec 2025 10:56 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Quad’s Relevance In Question As New Japan PM Takes On China Over Taiwan

Bhopinder Singh | Quad’s Relevance In Question As New Japan PM Takes...

In the midst of all this, the arrival of hardline nationalist and well-known China hawk Sanae Takaichi as Japan’s new...

2 Dec 2025 10:32 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Human Rights And India: Will Its New UN Role Aid Those Held Without Trial?

Aakar Patel | Human Rights And India: Will Its New UN Role Aid Those...

As programme coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), Parvez helped build one of the...

1 Dec 2025 10:49 PM IST

Bharat Bhushan | Karnataka Tug of War: Who Holds the Real Power?

Bharat Bhushan | Karnataka Tug of War: Who Holds the Real Power?

Congress weighs Siddaramaiah’s support and Shivakumar’s strength in key dispute.

30 Nov 2025 8:04 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Impressive GDP Growth Lifts Modi Govt’s Spirits, but Questions Remain

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Impressive GDP Growth Lifts Modi Govt’s...

Growth improves, but exports, investment and data trust raise concerns.

30 Nov 2025 7:47 PM IST

M.P. Nathanael | With Top Leaders Wiped Out, India’s Maoist Movement Is Disintegrating

M.P. Nathanael | With Top Leaders Wiped Out, India’s Maoist Movement...

The killing of top leaders like Basvaraju, the general secretary, Ramchandra Reddy and Satyanarayana Reddy in encounters...

30 Nov 2025 12:19 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Global Climate Governance: Why We Must Change It Now

Manish Tewari | Global Climate Governance: Why We Must Change It Now

COP30 came to an end with a huge letdown. The final deal did not include any binding commitments on phasing out fossil...

30 Nov 2025 12:00 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | My Big City Romance’s Curious Final Act

Ranjona Banerji | My Big City Romance’s Curious Final Act

I grew up between Bombay and Calcutta and worked mainly in Bombay and Mumbai. Therefore, the big city was in fact my...

29 Nov 2025 11:49 PM IST