New Vaccine against Fake News
Will it thwart the thriving fake news industry? Arshad Shaikh looks at the latest efforts by Big Tech, academics, and news organisations to tame the…
DISTURBING SUICIDE NUMBERS – Let’s pledge to reverse this tragic trend
Arshad Shaikh looks at the latest NCRB data on suicides and finds that suicide rates in India are at the highest ever recorded levels. What…
Adopting Our Orphans
Arshad Shaikh looks at the recommendations by a Parliamentary Committee on the Adoption laws of the country. There is a mismatch between the supply and…
Bilkis Bano Case Convicts: Remission in Jail Term, A Serious Violation of SC and MHA Guidelines
Syyed Mansoor Agha makes an analytical study of the order of remission of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano case issued by the Government…
Plight of Women in India
Nazrana Darvesh evaluates the plight of women in India during the long journey of 75 years since Independence, finds that the situation on the ground…
Flood in Assam: Causes and Remedies
An integrated approach including all relevant aspects of water management, physical planning, land-use, agriculture, transportation, and urban development, nature conservation, at all levels – national,…
India’s 75-Year Economic Journey
Arshad Shaikh looks at India’s 75-year economic journey. State-owned industries once dominated our economy but now it is mostly in private hands. Similarly, a majority…
SC Relief to Alt News Co-founder Kindles Hope
Efforts to Silence Every Voice against Establishment Exposed Mohammed Zubair’s case is another case of a long list of people under harassment and oppression to…
Changing Environmental Laws
Arshad Shaikh studies the impact of the proposed changes in the environmental protection laws. In a bid to make the laws more effective, the approach…
After Good Friends SAD and JD(U), BJP Seeks to Weaken Old Pal Shiv Sena
The BJP was biding for time and wanted to take revenge to destroy the Shiv Sena. So when the stir against the Agnipath policy was…
Army Aspirants Roil over Agnipath
Arshad Shaikh analyses the reasons for the sudden eruption of nationwide violent protests against the Agnipath Yojana 2022, a recently announced short-term recruitment scheme for…
Bigotry and Hatred Costing Nation’s Reputation
Ignoring legal, constitutional and moral duties, not lending ears to people’s calls and avoiding to act accordingly are detrimental to a democratic society, avers Syyed…