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July 16, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Congress in Kerala Scores a Self-Goal

What lends further credence to the perception that Congress is not serious about its proclaimed resolve to fight the forces of communalism – a criticism frequently voiced by the...

July 16, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Labour Issues Will Play a Key Role in Monsoon Session of Parliament

There are thirteen bills listed for Parliament’s monsoon session. Apart, there are six ordinances which will be replaced in the form of bills. Among the pending bills, there are...

July 16, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues, LGBTQIA+

Supreme Court Bench Receptive to Protecting Rights for Gays

The Centre submitted to the Supreme Court that they would leave it to the ‘wisdom’ of the court, and not contest the demand for ‘decriminalisation of adult consensual sexual...

July 16, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Taxes

High Tax Rates Inducing Tax Evasion, Avoidance: Need to Lower GST, Direct Tax to Improve Compliance

When it comes to payment of taxes, direct or indirect, the picture produces an anti-climax. Tax payments to the government by Indians do not commensurate with either their income...

July 16, 2018
Amit Singh
Advocacy, Cover Story, Subaltern & Dalits

Human Rights Justice: Methods of Testimonial Therapy to Generate Human Rights Movement – II

In the second and final part of the research article, Amit, our Editor-at-Large (Europe) examines the methods of Testimonial Therapy (TT) to generate the human rights movement. He tells...

July 16, 2018
Different Truths News Service
Human Rights

Status of Childescents in India Worrying, says CRY Report

The report coming out on the World Population Day, last week, highlights that there are nearly a 100million childescents between 15 and 18 years in India, and this huge population...

July 16, 2018
IPA Service
History & Culture, Legal Issues

The Unseemly Noise over Taj Mahal: Judges Wade into Unchartered Territory

“Either we will shut down the Taj Mahal or you demolish or restore it”, a two-member bench comprising Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta were reported to have...

July 14, 2018
Reetwika Banerjee
Cyber Crime

Secure Your WhatsApp from DroidSheep Hijacks

Cyber Security expert, Reetwika, warns us from DroidSheep hijacks on WhatsApp and gives invaluable security tips, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. Do you own an Android-based...

July 14, 2018
Sushmita Mukherjee
Criticism

Impromptu: I am Prompted by You

Are the appearances — words, things, beings — truly impromptu? Of course, that is not the subject, the matter of this outpouring, yet, has popped, seemingly impromptu, in the...

July 14, 2018
Bhaskaranand Jha Bhaskar

Sunny Rain-N-Snow: An Olio of Poetry for Pleasure

Bhaskaranand reviews the poetry of U Atreya Sharma and critiques his book Sunny Rain-n-Snow, exclusively for Different Truths. Sunny Rain-n-Snow is a beautiful folio of sixty-three poems well-wrought by U...