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How two websites have transformed the way India is reading about courts – and understanding the law -Sruthisagar Yamunan

-Scroll.in ‘LiveLaw’ and ‘Bar & Bench’ have revolutionised legal reporting by tweeting about proceedings in real time, bringing them to the screens of general readers. On November 19, Justice DY Chandrachud of the Supreme Court of India made a passing comment while hearing a case. “I will tell you something in a lighter vein,” he said. “Instead of wading through the pleadings before us, I thought I will check LiveLaw or other...

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The country should worry about further worsening of economic inequality in the post-COVID period

The World Economic Outlook – a bi-annual publication of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) -- released in October 2020 has anticipated that the economic progress made by the countries since the 1990s to reduce poverty would be turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. On top of that, economic disparity would rise too in the post-COVID world because the crisis has disproportionately impacted women, informal sector workers and people with...

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Hazardous ideas for the Himalayas -CP Rajendran

-The Hindu By planning hydropower projects, India and China are placing the region at great risk In an article published on the website of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, China announced that it is planning to build a major hydropower project as a part of its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), on the Yarlung Zangbo River, in Mêdog County in Tibet. The hydropower generation station is expected to provide 300...

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101 PSUs give Rs 155 crore from their staff salaries to PM fund -Shyamlal Yadav

-The Indian Express Overall, the RTI responses show, 24 PSUs gave Rs 1 crore or more to the fund from staff salaries. New Delhi: APART FROM over Rs 2,400 crore in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds, over 100 PSUs from across sectors have together contributed nearly Rs 155 crore from staff salaries to the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) fund, RTI records accessed by The Indian...

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PUCL demands repealing of the anti-farmer legislations

-Press release by People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) dated 4th December, 2020 In its recent press release dated 4th December, 2020, People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has condemned the newly enacted Farm Laws of the Centre i.e. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion And Facilitation) Act, 2020, better known as the APMC Act; The Farmers (Empowerment And Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, better...

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