-The Telegraph New Delhi: India's economy rebounded from a three-year low to grow at 6.3 per cent in the three months ended September 30. "The impact of the demonetisation and the GST is well behind us," finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday after the numbers were announced. The economy had slowed dramatically in the first quarter to record a dismal 5.7 per cent growth. Opponents had then accused the Modi regime of...
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In western UP, no trucker brave enough to take dying cow to vet -Sandeep Rai
-The Times of India MEERUT: Jyoti Singh, 24, who left a cushy corporate job in Gurgaon to do organic farming in her Bulandshahr village, hasn't been able to find a single transporter for more than three weeks now to take her dying cow Moni to a vet. The cow, injured in a leg, needs to go to a hospital in Bareilly for expert treatment, but such is the fear of rampaging gau...
More »Law And Immunity -Rajshree Chandra
-The Indian Express Move to criminalise cyber speech will add impunity to power How to police a cyber space that has acquired the instincts of Frankenstein’s monster? In pursuit of answers, an expert committee submitted an interim report to the Union Home Ministry a couple of weeks ago. The recommended amendments to the Indian Penal Code (IPC) are noteworthy for two reasons. One, they bring within the ambit of IPC (through amendments...
More »SC concerned over abuses, falsehoods on social media, agrees there should be curbs -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concern over abusive and derogatory comments on social media and agreed with the contention of two senior advocates that people doing so should face the consequences. The court also hit back at those alleging that judges were increasingly becoming "pro-government". It said such accusations were unfortunate and people should come and sit in courtrooms to see how courts "hauled up"...
More »Why Indians will continue to pay high oil prices despite lower global rates?-Suchetana Ray
-Hindustan Times Consumers pay more than 100% tax – central and state levies combined – on petrol and diesel. New Delhi: Fuel prices in India are at a three-year high, although global crude rates halved over the same period, leaving many in the country to wonder why they must continue to pay more for petrol and diesel. The central government says that because states earn more in taxes on petrol and diesel, they...
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