Suraj Bhaskar, around 20 years of age, had twice failed the medical entrance exam NEET, which led him to amputate his own foot in order to seek the disability quota. Nearly 20 to 24 lakh students register for NEET every year for barely 1 lakh medical college seats. The gap between student registrations and available […]
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Influencer Amulya Ratan faced significant backlash for accusing a bystander of having “zero civic sense” after he walked behind her during a fit check. Netizens consciously noticed that it was a public space where the video was shot. This incident served as a reminder for content creators to be mindful of their words and actions
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The debate over AI in governance has gained urgency in the wake of recent reports about AI-driven content moderation tools being used in several countries to monitor and restrict online speech. For example, in late 2025, a government in Southeast Asia faced criticism after an AI system automatically flagged and removed social media posts discussing
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The arrest of Paul Durov in August 2024 sparked a global debate over the liability of social media platforms. As the founder of Telegram, Durov’s detention brought attention to the role these platforms play in regulating content, preventing misinformation, and ensuring public safety. This ignited the debate if social media platforms be held liable for
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Recently, concerns over the growing dominance of coaching institutes and the parallel rise of “dummy schools” have been acknowledged at the policy level. The Ministry of Education has constituted a high-level committee to examine the expanding influence of coaching centres and their impact on formal schooling. The panel, which met in New Delhi, identified a
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States are making direct cash transfers to women’s bank accounts. Maharashtra is in the process of urban local body elections at present, and it has already made promises of DBTs (Direct Benefit Transfers). On the face of it, this may seem appealing, but this policy is inefficient in its true character. To bring women to
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It took France 59 years to grant voting rights to all adult men, but a staggering 155 years for women to achieve the same from the start of the French Revolution. This highlights that the struggle for women’s rights can be long, but it is ultimately achievable. Women today are leaving deep imprints across every
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The Oxford University Press is shining a light on the more toxic side of internet culture by choosing “rage-bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. Oxford’s language experts define it as online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, in order to increase traffic or engagement on
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In an Indian Express newspaper article dated 07 January 2026, Rian Lobo proposed that euthanasia for unwanted dogs is a compassionate solution to end unnecessary suffering. This bleak understanding of the lives of voiceless animals is deeply inhumane. The assumption that their lives do not hold intrinsic value is unexpected coming from humans, who claim
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Amid increasingly ineffective climate conferences, carbon taxes such as the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) place a disproportionate burden on developing countries. COP29 in 2024 concluded with a commitment of USD 300 billion in climate finance for developing nations—far short of the USD 1.3 trillion demanded. Simultaneously, developments in the United States, including Donald
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