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Why a former SC judge and a sitting one are wrong on SIR
Why a former SC judge and a sitting one are wrong on SIR
5 min read
Apprehensions that the Election Commission’s special intensive revision (SIR) creates two classes of citizens, one which can vote and one that is disenfranchised, and that the process is distorting el ...
Supreme Court Declines to Suspend CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Seeks Election Commission’s Response
2 min read
A plea alleges unilateral decision-making in the poll panel; the ECI maintains that decisions on the electoral roll revision schedule were unanimous
India–Switzerland Talks Put $100-Billion Investment Goal, AI and Ukraine in Focus
3 min read
Modi and Swiss President Guy Parmelin pushed for deeper trade and investment ties under the India–EFTA pact, while discussing AI cooperation, the Ukraine war and UN reforms
Switching Brain Cells On and Off: How Algae and Light Won Three Scientists the Medicine Nobel
3 min read
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel are honoured for turning an algal protein into a tool that lets scientists switch nerve cells on and off with light
Who is Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Pandya’s Replacement in India A’s ODI Squad?
2 min read
The 23-year-old replaces the injured Pandya for the three-match series against Australia A in Puducherry, which starts Tuesday
Tourists Welcome. How Many Can Shimla Take?
6 min read
Around 70,000 vehicles were recorded in Shimla district over a long weekend. Keeping them moving is a policing task. Deciding how much tourism the destination can sustain requires a bigger plan
Delhi Riots: HC Rejects Independent Probe, Says No Evidence of Compromised Investigation
3 min read
The court found no grounds to transfer the investigation or order FIRs over alleged hate speeches, but clarified that police personnel remain answerable for misconduct in individual cases
Whose War, Whose China? Why Xi’s WWII Remarks Have Reopened the Taiwan Debate
5 min read
Xi invoked an old alliance with America. Critics pointed to the government missing from his account. Behind the dispute lies a bigger contest over Taiwan, Japan and who inherits China’s wartime legacy
Flydubai Co-Pilot Planned Ben Gurion Airport Crash, Surveyed Site: Reports
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Investigators are examining alleged advance planning and earlier extremism warnings as new accounts detail how Indian captain Smit Machchhar and passengers helped avert disaster aboard the Dubai–Tel A ...