Four more judges will help. It will not clear India’s backlog
Expanding the Supreme Court is a reasonable administrative fix. The pendency crisis sits in the district courts, and no bill passed this month touches it.
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No fee on UPI payments, Sitharaman tells Rajya Sabha as Parliament clears Taxation Bill
The Finance Minister used her reply in the Upper House to shut down a week of speculation that digital payments were about…
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Iran nears Oman-brokered Hormuz deal, but sets a price for Washington
Tehran says it wants the blockade lifted, forces withdrawn, sanctions dropped and damages paid before the Strait of Hormuz fully reopens.
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Opinion: The number that mattered this week was not the oil price. It was 15.
India told Parliament it now buys LNG from 15 countries instead of six. That quiet arithmetic, not the headlines from Hormuz, is…
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Andhra Pradesh clears PPP Policy 2026 with Rs 1,500 crore cushion for shaky projects
The state has approved a new public private partnership framework and set aside Rs 1,500 crore in viability gap funding to move…
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How the Cockroach Janta Party shook the Modi government
The most serious challenge to the Modi government in a dozen years did not come from a rival party, a coalition, or…
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Monsoon session opens with a crowded agenda and a single higher-education regulator in focus
Parliament’s monsoon session has begun with a heavy legislative load and a familiar backdrop of confrontation between the government and the opposition.…
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The Assembly Line of Anxiety: Why Our Educational Bureaucracy Fails the Test of Student Confidence
Every year, India witnesses a staggering, silent migration. Millions of young minds, packing briefcases not just with textbooks but with the heavy,…
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Bhogapuram’s new international airport prepares to take over from Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh is on the verge of a major shift in how the state connects to the world. The new greenfield international…
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Telangana pushes Centre for pending clearances on irrigation and Musi rejuvenation
With Parliament’s monsoon session underway, Telangana has turned up the pressure on the central government to clear a backlog of approvals the…
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Supreme Court: Murder Is a ‘Heinous Offence’ Under Juvenile Justice Act
The Supreme Court has ruled that murder under IPC Section 302 is a heinous offence under the Juvenile Justice Act, laying down…
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DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Death Toll Passes 1,000
The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus strain, has killed more than 1,000 people, health authorities…
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JSW Steel Q1 Profit More Than Doubles to Rs 4,696 Crore
JSW Steel's consolidated net profit more than doubled year-on-year to Rs 4,696 crore in the June quarter, as revenue and margins improved.
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The AI Race at a Crossroads: Innovation, Disruption, and the Call for Caution
Artificial Intelligence company Anthropic has renewed calls for a more measured approach to the development of advanced AI systems, warning that the…
