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March 26, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Pandavas Metaphor of Rahul Gandhi Might Work: Congress Pitches 2019 as Mahabharata of Truth

The Congress, trying to come out of one of the worst crisis it has faced in its 133-year-long history, used the 84th plenary in Delhi to set an agenda...

March 21, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance

An Ode to my Mentor

Indian bureaucracy thrives on sycophancy, and the most favoured officer is the one who is most flexible in pleasing certain people. However, whenever there was a major crisis, this...

March 20, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

Foreign Law Firms Prohibited from Setting Offices in India: Sanctity of the Advocates Act Upheld

Here’s a landmark judgement by the Apex Court on the foreign law firms setting offices in India and a weekly round-up of the major judgements from around the country...

March 12, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

Supreme Court Finally Upholds Right to Die with Dignity: Living Wills Recognised and Guidelines Framed

A path-breaking judgement of the Supreme Court recognises the right to die with dignity as a Fundamental Right and other major judgements from various courts of India. Here’s a...

February 27, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

Supreme Court Lands in another Major Crisis: Judicial Impropriety in Conflicting Judgements on Land Acquisition

Conflicting judgements on land acquisition exposes a major crisis in judicial impropriety. Here’s a weekly round-up of the major decisions of the courts in India as also legal policy...

February 22, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, International Relations, Politics, World

Balancing Act of Modi between Globalisation and Protectionism

Fundamentally, Chinese and Indian protectionism differ widely. Even though the aim of protectionism was common, that is, fostering the domestic industry behind the wall of high tariff, non-tariff barriers...

February 12, 2018
IPA Service
Legal Issues

MPs Petition Gives New Twist to the Judge Loya Case

In the Supreme Court, Indira Jaising, appearing for Admiral Ramdas, argued that there were sufficient reasons to suspect the alleged death of Judge Loya, including several inconsistencies in documents....

February 10, 2018
Suveera Sharma
Food, History & Culture, Relationship & Lifestyle

Paint the Town Green!

With more and more people choosing to go vegan or vegetarian, options are increasing gradually. Recently a popular restaurant in Discovery Bay announced their completely revamped, predominantly vegetarian menu...

February 1, 2018
IPA Service
Economy, Politics

Modi Pushes Globalisation Overseas and Protectionism at Home

While Modi was assertive for protection of globalisation in the summit, he is toeing protectionism at home with the hope that it will give fresh life to the Make...

January 30, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

A Nude Interlude!

Soumya, our humourist, recounts a real-life story, an incident from the life of his maternal great-grandfather, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. This is a story of...