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'Sharia Was Used To Deny Alimony'

'Who has seen what Sharia is? Who knows what actual Sharia is?' IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has only been posted for representational purposes. Photograph: PTI Photo from the Rediff......

Markets crash: Pollster Pradeep Gupta 'open to probe'

Facing opposition fire for exit polls allegedly being used for stock market manipulation, Axis My India's chief Pradeep Gupta has said he is open to facing all kinds of investigations and it would......

How many will be jailed before polls?: SC restores YouTuber's bail

Observing that everyone who makes allegations on social media cannot be put behind bars, the Supreme Court on Monday restored the bail to a YouTuber who was accused of making derogatory remarks......

'Pick your battles', CJI cautions probe agencies

Underlining that investigative agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have been spread 'too thin' over the years, Chief Justice of India Justice D Y Chandrachud on Monday said they......

SC puts Centre's fact-checking unit on hold

In a jolt to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the notification setting up a fact-checking unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to identify fake news about the Union......

Internet shutdowns cost $1.9 bn to India in Jan-Jun 2023

Internet shutdowns by law enforcement agencies like the one in Manipur and Punjab cost $1.9 billion to the Indian economy in the first half of 2023, a report said on Thursday. Illustration: Uttam......

Women Leaders: A Way To IPO Success?

Indian society may be more advanced than we think it is, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As soon as I saw the title of the research paper 'How do markets......

e-Rupee: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

The RBI refuses to classify cryptocurrency as an asset since it doesn't have future cash flow and its value is always fluctuating because of speculation.There is also no consumer protection,......

'Unlike Twitter, Koo won't charge money for verification'

Koo -- the made-in-India rival of Twitter -- will not charge users for a verification badge, its co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said as he took on the larger rival for allegedly first......

Modi to launch 5G services on Oct 1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the much-awaited 5G services in India on October 1, 2022, an official release said on Friday. Photograph: ANI Photo According to the release, 5G to be......

Why Zeenat Aman Took Social Media Break

'How casually some people say cruel things online that they would never dare say in person.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Zeenat Aman/Instagram Taking to her Instagram handle, Zeenat Aman wrote about......

Lal Salaam Review: Boring!

Lal Salaam is not a movie A Ganesh Nadar would recommend. The title would make my activist friend Uttam Ghosh very happy. It is the red salute exchanged between people, who still believe in......

'Scale at which this scam operates is shocking'

'There is an eminently fertile ground that perpetrators must be finding in our society.' IMAGE: Shriya Pilgaonkar, left, seen here with Tanuja Chandra, at the screening of Wedding.con. Photograph:......

'I have very deep connections with India'

'When democracy first came to Bhutan people had no idea and they were like 'What is that?' 'Oh it's that thing they have in India where the leaders are always fighting and arguing'.' IMAGE: A......

'Don't remain silent, now is not the time'

'Every day there are morphed, edited videos of female actors floating around on the Internet zooming into inappropriate body parts.''Where are we heading as a community, and as a society?'......

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