The Supreme Court on Monday held that India should never become a “police State” with investigating agencies acting like a vestige of colonial era as it called upon the Union government to consider framing a new law to facilitate the grant of bail and usher in objectivity in the criminal justice system to ward off unnecessary arrests. HT brings you a round-up of the most important and interesting stories, so you don't miss your daily dose of news. |
THE BIG STORY ‘Can’t be a police State’: SC calls for new bail law India should never become a “police State” where investigating agencies act like vestiges of the Colonial era, held the Supreme Court on Monday, while calling upon the Union government to consider framing a new law to facilitate the grant of bail and usher in objectivity in the criminal justice system to ward off unnecessary arrests, especially in cases where the maximum punishment under the alleged offence is up to seven years in jail. Read more. |
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The Big Question What’s next for the AIADMK as EPS wins leadership of the party? Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and current leader of opposition in the state, Edappadi Palaniswami (widely known as EPS), won the battle for the leadership of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or AIADMK , after the Madras high court rejected the plea of his rival-turned-ally-turned-rival O Panneerselvam aka OPS, seeking to stall the party’s general council meeting scheduled for Monday. Read more. |
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 In the last year and a half, this social media platform was ordered to and took down hundreds of accounts and posts. It is now suiting the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. In 280 characters or less, which? Hint: Kangana’s not on it. |
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From the Edit Page The aftermath of the Sen-Bhagwati debate The current debate on the rupee’s fall evokes a sense of deja vu. In the summer of 2013, concerns about India’s burgeoning trade deficit and rising inflation triggered an exodus of foreign investors, leading to a sharp fall in the value of the rupee. As is the case now, economists and policymakers were divided on the extent to which the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should intervene in forex markets to stem the tide. Given that the Indian economy runs on imported energy, chronic trade deficits and their side-effects will be with us for a long time. How to manage them is likely to be a perennial debate. Read more. |
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Number Theory Five charts that summarise UN’s population report India will become the most populous country in the world next year, overtaking China, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs said in its 2022 World Population Prospects (WPP) report released on Monday. Read more. |
From the Field Sugarcane, cattle, and Dudhwa’s big cats The remote, barely accessible village of Kheratiya, just outside the buffer zone of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpuri Kheri district, has turned into a fortress. Every night, as darkness falls, its residents emerge and guard its boundaries, sickles and sticks in hand. There is a system in place; at least one member from every family in the village is awake; there are even mahouts on elephants deployed outside the village dotted with mud huts. The tension is palpable, for in and around Kheratiya alone, three people have been killed — ostensibly by tigers — over the past two months. Read more. |
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