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Karnataka’s hate speech law could test limits of state action on free speech
The bill expands penalties and definitions beyond existing criminal law and is likely to be tested in court
Stalin’S Hindu Problem
Anxious to retain the minority vote in next year’s elections, DMK has angered Tamil Hindus by attacking their practices and trying to get Justice GR Swaminathan impeached
MGNREGA: Recasting Welfare
Overhauling MGNREGA is a political pivot towards more fiscally responsible aid and employment schemes as well as a departure from profligate spending
The Quiet Rise and Sudden Leap of Nitin Nabin: A portrait of BJP’s new working president
Familiar with grassroot-level work, which BJP has mastered, Nabin will have to put to test his experience in Bihar, finetuning it for the political dynamic of each state holding assembly elections in ...
Maharashtra Municipal Corporations' Polls on January 15
Mahayuti and MVA will also face off in high-stakes contest for BMC
The Great Wall of India
Chinese incursions have benefitted from the element of surprise and India is looking to counter that by putting in place a strong deterrence capability
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