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Explaining why the Maharashtra government is planning to introduce a law against love jihad, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the cases of love jihad are on the rise in the state.

In a rare but pivotal high-level meeting since the Russia-Ukraine war started in 2022, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met the Russian Foreign Minister in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh. It is interesting to note that even though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was also in Saudi Arabia, he was not a part of this meeting.

USAID problem is deeper and not just about finding USAID indiscriminately, then claiming they are Deep State stooges

Hotel Wildflower Hall was being run as a high-end hotel by the HPTDC before it was destroyed in a fire in 1993.

It was Justice Suryakant who was one of the judges that made vicious comments against the very victim they were meant to protect. It was this very Supreme Court which incentivised the vilification of Nupur Sharma that Abhinav Chandrachud indulged in today.

German prosecutors justified the crackdown on 'internet trolls' by suggesting that it is a bigger crime to insult someone online than in public. His argument was that a public insult fades away quickly, while an online insult remains indefinitely.

India has witnessed appreciable progress in AI within a few key industries and the future looks promising

I am used to it, used to the overcrowded trains, the struggle, the dysfunction and the chaos. Because this is what the system has taught me. I wasn't taught 'civic sense' by the system. The system taught me to live with the chaos, to struggle to carry myself, my family and our luggage through the crowd, to suffer the overcrowded train inside the so-called 'reserved' coaches too, because that is what the system allows, enables.

Larger problem lies in the lack of an effective apparatus to avert these incidents, which have become more common, especially during large gatherings or major events. 

It must be noted here that mass deportation of Rohingya illegals is not pragmatic given the several challenges India faces in identifying and ousting them. One of the biggest challenges is the statelessness of Rohingyas.