There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined. But the Penal Code makes the convenient distinction of premeditation. We are living in the era of premeditation and the perfect crime. Our criminals are no longer helpless children who could plead love as their excuse. On the… Read More Yogendra Yadav: Now rulers are free to elect their people
Number of exam leaks from 2002 to 2025 with candidate count above 1 lakh in each: 45 Number of cases that led to convictions: 2 Shyamlal Yadav, Jay Mazoomdaar For the 22 lakh medical college candidates forced to put their dreams on hold until the NEET UG retest on June 21, for the 4 lakh CBSE students… Read More Who will be held accountable for exam paper leaks? Records show most get away / Impunity for exam leaks undermines trust
NB: There have already been six student suicide cases like this one, in Nagpur. Lakhs of young Indians have seen their labours go to waste. It’s not just corruption and cynicism that affects our ruling establishment, but criminal irresponsibility. What a shame and tragedy. My heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased students. Students… Read More Political parties must find common cause with youth, worker protests
NB: The investigative report below is self-explanatory; and we owe the reporter a debt of gratitude. As for the government and industry executives, all I can say is this: what you are doing is beyond corruption, beyond criminality – it is evil disregard of human life. Please stop. So many lives have been destroyed, so… Read More How Boeing and Air India’s role in India’s deadliest aviation disaster is being covered up
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions Thomas Piketty, Lucas Chancel, Cornelia Mohren, Rowaida Moshrif, Moritz Odersky and Anmol Somanchi Imagine a future in which everyone enjoys high levels of wellbeing; where 90% of the world’s population doubles their income but works half the hours we work today. A world in which the bottom half… Read More A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done / ‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics’ sweeping vision for planetary survival
Government rejects offshore rubbish being shipped to Fiji and burned after opposition from traditional landowners and tourism operators AFP The Fijian government has rejected a plan by an Australian billionaire to burn rubbish for energy in Fiji after backlash from traditional landowners and tourism operators. The plan to ship non-recyclable rubbish from across the region to Fiji, popular… Read More ‘Waste colonialism’: Fiji says no to Australian billionaire’s incineration plan
For thirty-seven years, we, the Tiananmen Mothers, have never forgotten the pain of losing our loved ones. Because we have persisted in speaking the truth, we have long suffered unjust treatment, and our family lives have been deeply affected. Yet we continue, peacefully and rationally, in our pursuit of justice. A Statement from the Tiananmen… Read More Tienanmen mothers commemorate the 37th Anniversary of the 1989 June Fourth Massacre
Anbarasan Ethirajan When pictures of Madhar Badhurudeen, campaigning in the recent assembly elections in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, emerged on social media, few thought he would stand a chance. Badhurudeen belongs to the political party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), headed by film star-turned-politician Chandrasekhar Joseph Vijay, popularly called Thalapathy (Commander) Vijay. He contested from the… Read More How social media turned Indian film star Vijay into a political force / Podcast: Making sense of TVK’s victory: Why and how did Vijay win?
Globally, over 2.2 billion people lack safely managed drinking water infrastructure, increasing reliance on stored water that may contain microplastics. Microplastics may be the most significant environmental and health contaminant on Earth. Particles ranging in size from the 1/1 to 1/1,000th the width of human hair have been found virtually everywhere, including on the summit… Read More 3 Teens Win Global Earth Prize for Inventing Tamarind Powder That Easily Removes Microplastics
For tens of thousands of years, these Palaeolithic artworks were unseen. When they were rediscovered, onlookers marvelled at their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts took me up close. The latest thinking on the subject proposes that our ancestors painted their way across western Europe, and what we now know as “cave art’ is… Read More ‘They take you out of life, out of time’: a journey into Spain’s astonishing cave paintings
