By Sanjay Raman Sinha The blackout on Facebook has put social media giant Meta in the dock—and triggered a confrontation that now extends far beyond a technical failure. The video message by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was intended for students protesting examination paper leaks. When it disappeared from Facebook for several hours because of what…
The nationwide Generation Z (Gen Z) protests over recurring examination paper leaks have forced the government into an unprecedented response. Among the centrepieces of the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026, is the creation of special fast-track courts to prosecute offences under the new law. The amendment requires every state and Union…
If the 2026 NEET examination paper leak brought students out on the streets and resulted in the resignation of the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, there were others in the past that did not intensify like the one between June 6 and July 20, this year. Take the one in 2004 when it was an…
By Kenneth Tiven The world watches and waits: will American voters in the 2026 mid-term elections elect a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives—and, in doing so, put a political brake on President Donald Trump’s increasingly authoritarian ambitions? In the past 18 months, the president’s erratic and often undisciplined behaviour has reverberated far beyond…
India worships the cow as sacred, yet millions of cattle wander its highways, city streets and garbage dumps after being abandoned by their owners. As thousands of people die in animal-related road accidents every year, the Supreme Court has now confronted a question that extends beyond law into the nation’s moral conscience: Can a society…
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court’s August 5 order refusing him permission to travel abroad for eye treatment. The restriction on Banerjee’s foreign travel was imposed as a condition while granting him protection from arrest in a criminal case concerning an allegedly provocative speech made in…
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh seeking judicial directions to the West Bengal Assembly Speaker to permit him to participate in legislative debates and articulate objections to Bills introduced before the House. Justice Krishna Rao held that the Court cannot exercise its writ jurisdiction to regulate…
The Central government on Friday notified the appointment of five judges to the Madras high Court and 15 additional judges to the High Courts across the country, including the Madras High Court, Calcutta High Court, Karnataka High Court and Madhya Pradesh High Court. The latest judicial appointments include both permanent judges and additional judges, aimed…
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Friday highlighted the transformative potential of mediation, describing it as the future of justice delivery and asserting that India possesses the legislative, institutional and technological foundations to emerge as a global leader in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Addressing the inaugural session of the International ADR Conference 2026,…
By Neeraj Mishra What happens when two beautiful women approach you with an offer you can’t refuse. They don’t want money or favour, instead they are offering to quadruple your money by simply washing it. Seems implausible but a new wave of crime has hit cities across India from Mumbai to Chennai to Raipur and…