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'The Most Powerful Response is Listening': Supreme Court on Student Protests
'The Most Powerful Response is Listening': Supreme Court on Student Protests
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The Supreme Court said authorities must exercise restraint while maintaining law and order during student protests, observing that listening to young demonstrators is often the most effective way to p ...
Delhi HC Orders Audit of Menstrual Hygiene Facilities Across Police Stations
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Hearing a PIL on the lack of basic menstrual hygiene infrastructure, the Delhi High Court directed the Delhi Police to survey all police stations for sanitary pad vending machines and exclusive washro ...
Assam now faces a health crisis in flood-hit areas
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Volunteers and health workers warn that the greatest threat in Assam’s worst-hit districts is the spread of diseases, especially waterborne ones and fever, and the lack of medicines for those with chr ...
The Peaceful Valley: Seven Years After the End of Article 370 in J&K
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Jammu and Kashmir has transformed in the seven years since the abrogation of Article 370, with a sharp decline in killings, a weakened insurgency, and growing peace and development, contrasted with un ...
Article 370 Opened a 'New Chapter' for Jammu & Kashmir: PM Modi
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Marking the seventh anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have witnessed major gains in infrastructure, education, healthcare and e ...
Bombay HC Orders Meta, X to Remove Alleged Deepfake Posts Targeting Nitin Gadkari
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Hearing Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's defamation suit, the Bombay High Court directed Meta and X to immediately take down allegedly defamatory AI-generated content linked to the Centre's E20 ethanol ...
Sold a European Dream, Left with Broken Promises
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Indian students were allegedly recruited with promises of world-class education and careers, only to find themselves caught in a system rife with questionable practices and exploitation
Too Much Spin? That's Exactly India's Plan for the Sri Lanka Series
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A left-arm orthodox. A Chinaman. An off-spinner. A leg-spinner. Team India has assembled every major flavour of spin in the nets before the first ball is bowled in Galle
Russia's Overnight Assault on Kyiv Kills 17; Zelenskyy Urges Faster Air Defence Support
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At least 17 people were killed and 44 injured after Russia launched one of its heaviest overnight missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...