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Threats are now lurking for children on apps like YouTube Kids. (Image: pvproductions on Freepik)

Shraddha Pandey | Newer threats to kids emerging, parents must be alert, keep vigil

There are more than one lakh accounts on YouTube Kids made by child predators targeting children.

18 Aug 2023 12:33 AM

The proposed substitute to the existing CrPC 1973 will be the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita. (Representional Image: DC)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Unshackling or rebranding India’s basic criminal laws?

The laws themselves have rarely been a problem, it is how they are implemented that must change.

17 Aug 2023 12:30 AM

The Creation of Poverty and Inequality in India, that poverty is the product of a unique form of stratification that is not only India’s Achilles heel but shackles Indians with “societal barriers and obstacles that eat into their capabilities. (File Image: AP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Caste and poverty: How India’s confusion grows

How long, O Lord, how long?

16 Aug 2023 12:00 AM

The recent plea by two Inspector General of Police (IGP) rank officers, Amitabh Dhillon and Sanjay Kumar, from the 1997 batch, highlights the growing frustration within the state’s police service. (Representational Image: DC)

Dilip Cherian | Delayed promotions: Haryana IPS officers demand clarity

Their call for “expeditious examination” of the matter underlines the urgency they attach to this concern

16 Aug 2023 12:00 AM

Security personnel stand guard after Haryana Roadways resumed services from the violence-hit Nuh district, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | ‘Riots’ in India are different from mob fury in other nations

The root of such violence is an underlying sentiment existing perennially in a large part of our society, and kept stoked through politics.

15 Aug 2023 12:07 AM

This year, the government has quietened down quite a bit, and it leaves people the breathing space to reflect on what Independence Day means. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s mood conservative after 76 years of freedom

The question arises about what happens to the sense of freedom when Indian society is turning conservative.

15 Aug 2023 12:01 AM

Our founding fathers decided that in such a diverse country, all aspirations needed to be heard and reconciled. (PTI Photo)

Mohan Guruswamy | How have we done so far, after 75 years of freedom?

How did we do in these 75 years of Independence?

14 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

Police personnel stand guard during a 'Mahapanchayat' by Hindu outfits, at Nuh-Palwal Border near Pondri village in Haryana, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. (PTI Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | The communal picture is bleak; but silver lining too in Haryana

A simple reason for Jats being against the Centre is the government’s indifference to the agitation for Jat reservations.

14 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

The Union government brought the Inter-Services Organization (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill, 2023. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Manish Tewari | Stealth not good mode for doing theatre commands

The government passed the Inter-Services Organization Bill 2023 in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha sans any substantive discussion.

13 Aug 2023 12:36 AM

Shashi Warrier | Whose club best between barber and Zuckerberg?

The conversation went all over the place after that, but it still held my interest.

13 Aug 2023 12:30 AM

Just Stop Oil supporters gathered at the gates to No. 10 Downing Street to read out a public declaration of civil resistance. (Photo: Twitter)

Farrukh Dhondy | Just Stop Oil! Protests over fossil fuels in UK escalating

In recent months an agitational group 'Just Stop Oil' has started radically agitating to save the planet from human-initiated climate change

12 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with others during a protest of opposition MPs at the Parliament House complex during Monsoon session, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

Shobhaa De | Rahul Baba, where’s your jhumka? What jhumka???

Parliament provides the most visible stage for performance art: who isn’t engaging in dramabaazi?

12 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

MP Rahul Gandhi at Parliament House complex during Monsoon session, in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Suresh Subrahmanyan | Much ado about a ‘flying kiss’ in the Lok Sabha & its aftermath

At the end of the day, to the overblown incident of Rahul Gandhi blowing a flying kiss in Parliament, the question is: has he blown it?

11 Aug 2023 12:19 AM

In a rather unfortunate coincidence, India became the host in 2023 of both the G-20, with a global outreach, and the SCO, a regional body. (Photo: Facebook/Representational)

Skand Tayal | SCO is at the crossroads: Will it remain relevant?

With the admission of Iran and Byelorussia (next year), the SCO is widely perceived as an anti-West grouping led by China and Russia.

11 Aug 2023 12:03 AM

Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra. (AA File Photo)

Dilip Cherian | Mishra, Gauba, Bhalla and the ripple effect of many extensions

Why did the Cabinet secretary and Union home secretary get extensions for consecutive terms?

10 Aug 2023 12:10 AM

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. (AFP)

K.C. Singh | China, Ukraine shadow over Sept G-20 summit

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes for a “peace summit of world leaders”.

10 Aug 2023 12:05 AM

The most absurd part of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 is that while it purports to protect the individual from the misuse of digital data, there are no provisions aimed at preventing the risk of harm caused to individuals through the misuse of digital data by any agency, commercial or otherwise. (Representative image: DC)

Indranil Banerjie | A Law to Protect Citizens, Or To Help in State Snooping?

The Editors’ Guild voiced concern about Sec. 17(4), which allows government and its instrumentalities to retain personal data indefinitely

09 Aug 2023 12:00 AM

In 2023, India adopted the “enhance” strategy for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis, which has five pillars of interventions. (Image: Facebook)

740m people are at risk in India from a neglected tropical disease

India is in the last leg to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF)