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'Justice Must Travel to Citizens': CJI Surya Kant Calls for a More Humane and Accessible Legal System
'Justice Must Travel to Citizens': CJI Surya Kant Calls for a More Humane and Accessible Legal System
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Chief Justice of India Surya Kant reckons justice cannot remain confined to courtrooms and legal jargon. Addressing a NALSA conference, he urged institutions to reach the country's most vulnerable cit ...
Israeli scholar Raz Segal’s genocide essay goes viral after a US settlement
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Raz Segal was recently paid $250,000 in settlement by the University of Minnesota, more than two years after it abruptly withdrew a job offer in 2024 under intense pressure from pro-Israel groups
Maximum Style: The shine of cultural confluence and the depth of stories set Falguni Shane Peacock
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At India Couture Week, Falguni Shane Peacock showcase Le Grand Voyage, a collection bearing the fashion label's signatures of shine, sumptuousness, travel inspirations and storytelling
Mudslinging Time: A proposal to hold a coastal buffalo race has ignited a culture war in Karnataka
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The buffalo is not an animal built for velocity. Competition arrived in Kambala by degrees, with racing beginning in the late 1960s. Soon there were dual tracks
Dancing in the Dark: Mumbai’s dance bars reinvent themselves as orchestra bars
9 min read
Mumbai had a mujra culture that stretched back to the British era. And as the patronage to dance forms like the Mujra, Lavani and Tamasha waned, their dancers found a new source of employment in the g ...
Gurcharan Das wins Lifetime Libertarian Award
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The author has become the first Indian to receive the honour conferred by Liberty International in Kathmandu
Being and Feeling: Michael Pollan shows why consciousness is real
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With 'A World Appears', Michael Pollan goes after the most elusive question of consciousness itself. It’s not about neuroscience or the philosophy of consciousness alone, but a deep dive into the very ...
A Decade After Neeraj Chopra, India Has Another World U20 Javelin Medallist
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Ten years after Neeraj Chopra rewrote history with World U20 gold, 19-year-old Ashish Yadav has become only the second Indian to win a medal in the event. Congratulated by Chopra himself, the silver m ...
Nirmal Purja Climbed to Prove Nothing was Impossible. A Nation Ran to say Thank You
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Hundreds gathered in Kathmandu this weekend to honour Nirmal Purja and the Sherpas killed in the Broad Peak avalanche. Their tribute was more than a memorial. It was Nepal's farewell to a generation o ...