Cap on private school fees hike, refund for ‘extra’ fees: What’s in Punjab’s new ordinance? 🔍
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📆July 19, 2026 at 03:42PM
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Cap on private school fees hike, refund for ‘extra’ fees: What’s in Punjab’s new ordinance?
The Ordinance considerably expands the definition of fees so that schools cannot avoid regulation by collecting money under different categories. It also retrospectively checks increases in school fees during the Covid-19 pandemic.
CJP protest in Mumbai: How Azad Maidan became the city’s site of agitations, with restrictions 🔍
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📆July 19, 2026 at 05:02PM
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CJP protest in Mumbai: How Azad Maidan became the city’s site of agitations, with restrictions
Azad Maidan as a site of protest can be traced back to a 1997 court case. Since then, several rules have been laid down on the manner of protests allowed, including weekend restrictions, a ban on hunger strikes, and the slogans that can be raised.
Why NTA charges students to challenge its answer key, when IITs and UPSC don’t: Expert Explains 🔍
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📆July 19, 2026 at 05:40PM
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Why NTA charges students to challenge its answer key, when IITs and UPSC don’t: Expert Explains
Following Re-NEET 2026, the NTA has allowed candidates to challenge provisional answer keys and verify scanned OMR responses. However, they must pay Rs 200 per objection.
CJP march to Parliament: Why police nod is needed for a public protest in India 🔍
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📆July 19, 2026 at 06:08PM
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📆July 19, 2026 at 06:08PM
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CJP march to Parliament: Why police nod is needed for a public protest in India
Although the right to protest flows from fundamental rights guaranteed to Indian citizens under Article 19 of the Constitution, it is not unconditional and comes with reasonable restrictions. Here’s what to know.
India-Australia uranium deal: Why domestic reserves are not enough to fuel India’s nuclear ambitions 🔍
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📆July 19, 2026 at 06:17PM
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India-Australia uranium deal: Why domestic reserves are not enough to fuel India’s nuclear ambitions
From Australia to Kazakhstan, India is securing uranium through new deals with countries as it aims to expand nuclear power capacity to 100 GWe by 2047.
Iran, US on brink of war again: For India, a lot to watch out for 🔍
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📆July 19, 2026 at 08:31PM
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Iran, US on brink of war again: For India, a lot to watch out for
The recent tensions hinge on the US attempting to demonstrate that it can loosen Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. For India, a return to open war means more lives at risk and serious economic challenges.
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Bloodshed in Balochistan: Why Pakistan’s resource-rich province remains in conflict 🔍
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📆July 20, 2026 at 01:29AM
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Bloodshed in Balochistan: Why Pakistan’s resource-rich province remains in conflict
From Partition to Operation Shaban, we explain the roots of the Baloch insurgency and the Pakistani State's response, in five points.
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In China’s creation of new global AI body, a push for lead role in governance 🔍
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📆July 20, 2026 at 07:40AM
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In China’s creation of new global AI body, a push for lead role in governance
Xi’s presence led to the event doubling as a platform for presenting an alternative thought process and framework for global AI governance — an evolving subject that will be central to how the technology grows and who benefits from it.
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Healthcare crisis in US, regulatory curbs weigh on Indian IT companies 🔍
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📆July 20, 2026 at 07:40AM
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Healthcare crisis in US, regulatory curbs weigh on Indian IT companies
While each IT major has its own set of clients spread across various verticals, all these players have singled out one segment that has underperformed across the board — the healthcare and lifesciences vertical in the Americas.
Hormuz crisis impact: India’s crude imports surge 60% in April-June; net oil, gas imports up 45% 🔍
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📆July 20, 2026 at 11:18AM
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Hormuz crisis impact: India’s crude imports surge 60% in April-June; net oil, gas imports up 45%
A sharp rise in international oil prices outweighed lower import volumes, driving up India's energy import bill and raising concerns over inflation and the current account.
CJP march to Parliament: What is the law invoked to impose curfew across New Delhi, its history 🔍
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📆July 20, 2026 at 02:54PM
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CJP march to Parliament: What is the law invoked to impose curfew across New Delhi, its history
Section 163 of the BNSS is most associated with restrictions on protests and public assemblies. But an empirical study of its use in Delhi suggests protest-related orders account for only a small share of what it is actually used for.
Is staging a protest legal in India: What rights, restrictions the law gives 🔍
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📆July 20, 2026 at 03:24PM
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📆July 20, 2026 at 03:24PM
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Is staging a protest legal in India: What rights, restrictions the law gives
Right to Protest in India: Under the Constitution, what forms of protest are allowed and what is barred? Is staging a protest at Parliament allowed? We explain.
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Can a husband’s employer be involved in matrimonial litigation? What SC said about the practice 🔍
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📆July 20, 2026 at 04:26PM
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Can a husband’s employer be involved in matrimonial litigation? What SC said about the practice
Women have earlier written to their husbands’ employers alleging adultery or ill-treatment, seeking termination of employment. How have courts viewed such cases?
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How a new law aims to place ‘Vande Mataram’ on a par with ‘Jana Gana Mana’ 🔍
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📆July 20, 2026 at 04:37PM
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How a new law aims to place ‘Vande Mataram’ on a par with ‘Jana Gana Mana’
Intentionally preventing the singing of the national anthem or causing a disturbance to any assembly engaged in such singing is a criminal offence. The amended law proposes to include the national song within its ambit.
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What EPFO 3.0 will bring: Pension cover for all, social security for gig workers 🔍
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📆July 21, 2026 at 06:06AM
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What EPFO 3.0 will bring: Pension cover for all, social security for gig workers
The next phase of reforms will see the retirement fund body attempt to navigate payments for social security schemes covering over 60 crore workers, out of which over three-quarters are in the unorganised sector.
ExplainSpeaking: Share of education Budget has shrunk under Modi govt. Here is where it stands, and what this means 🔍
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📆July 21, 2026 at 06:30AM
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ExplainSpeaking: Share of education Budget has shrunk under Modi govt. Here is where it stands, and what this means
The Cockroach Janta Party-led protests were triggered by discontent with the NEET-UG. But as discussions spill over to criticisms of the broader education system, what do data show about the government's focus on the sector?
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‘King of the North’ to the UK’s new PM: The rise of Andy Burnham 🔍
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📆July 21, 2026 at 07:30AM
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‘King of the North’ to the UK’s new PM: The rise of Andy Burnham
He vacated the position last month in the wake of intense speculation over his continued ability to lead the Labour Party, following a dismal performance in the local elections earlier this year.
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Signals from NSE’s new Ahimsa index: When love for animals meets investments 🔍
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📆July 21, 2026 at 02:41PM
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Signals from NSE’s new Ahimsa index: When love for animals meets investments
Launched weeks after BSE’s Saatvik Index, NSE’s new index excludes several big names while focusing on animal-cruelty-free companies.
How the US-Iran conflict has thrown India’s Chabahar plans into doubt 🔍
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📆July 21, 2026 at 03:06PM
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First sanctions, now US strikes: What happens to India’s $120-mn investment in Iran’s Chabahar port?
Without Chabahar, India loses its primary non-Pakistani corridor to landlocked markets, effectively undoing New Delhi's decades of connectivity planning.
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For aggrieved homebuyers, why enforcing a RERA order is more difficult than obtaining one 🔍
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📆July 21, 2026 at 04:13PM
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For aggrieved homebuyers, why enforcing a RERA order is more difficult than obtaining one
The Parsvnath Developers case tells the story of a larger problem in the housing segment: getting a favourable order from the real estate regulator is often just the beginning of a homebuyer’s ordeal.
On safeguards against ‘bulldozer justice’, why Allahabad HC delivered a split verdict 🔍
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📆July 21, 2026 at 06:59PM
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On safeguards against ‘bulldozer justice’, why Allahabad HC delivered a split verdict
A division bench said that the state cannot demolish a house to punish the family for an alleged offence. However, it was split on the question of whether the HC can create additional safeguards against state action.