🔍Model Code of Conduct comes into force: What does it mean?
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Model Code of Conduct comes into force for 2024 Lok Sabha elections: What does it mean?
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar asked all political parties to strictly adhere to the Mode Code of Conduct (MCC), which lays down a list of dos and don’ts for leaders and parties ahead of elections.
🔍Is it illegal to watch child pornography? SC hears petition
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Is it illegal to watch child pornography? Supreme Court hears petition
The Supreme Court is hearing a petition that challenges a Madras High Court order that quashed criminal proceedings against a 28-year-old man for downloading child pornography videos from the Internet.
🔍How Karnataka government has justified its hookah ban
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How the Karnataka government has justified its hookah ban
The Karnataka government took this measure to ostensibly protect public health. But restaurant and bar owners claim that the ban is illegal.
🔍Amid Nepal’s continuing political turmoil, confidence vote win for PM Prachanda, the task for India
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Amid Nepal’s continuing political turmoil, confidence vote win for PM Prachanda, the task for India
Prachanda must stabilise the economy, undertake reforms, crack down on corruption, and build infrastructure. India must step up cooperation with Nepal in all these areas.
🔍Why Delhi’s Dolma Aunty Momos challenged the use of her trade mark, what the law says
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Why Delhi’s Dolma Aunty Momos challenged the use of her trade mark, what the law says
The court said in its order that she set up a small momo shop in 1994 and was the “first retailer” of the Tibetan delicacy in Delhi. Who registered a similar trademark to hers and what was the argument against it?
🔍Why Kerala and the Centre are in a dispute over state borrowing limits at the SC
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Why Kerala and the Centre are in a dispute over state borrowing limits at the SC
Before the SC began hearing the case in February 2024, Kerala CM Vijayan had staged a protest at Jantar Mantar alongside other CMs from Opposition-ruled states, calling the Centre’s actions “politically motivated…against non-BJP-run states”.
🔍K Kavitha in ED custody: Why a Telangana MLC was arrested in the Delhi excise policy case
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K Kavitha in ED custody: Why a Telangana MLC was arrested in the Delhi excise policy case
Why has BRS leader K Kavitha been arrested in the Delhi excise policy case? What exactly is this case, in which Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh are in jail, and Kejriwal has been issued several summons?
🔍Why the US wants to ban TikTok, what the idea’s critics say
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Why the US wants to ban TikTok, what the idea’s critics say
Currently, there are around 170 million TikTok users in the US, which has a total population of 330 million. What exactly is the legislators’ criticism of TikTok? Which other countries have banned the app earlier? We explain.
🔍A billionaire CEO died after her Tesla reversed into a pond: questions this has raised about car safety
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A billionaire CEO died after her Tesla reversed into a pond: Questions this has raised about car safety
Experts say that if your car falls into water, don't try calling for help, like Angela Chao did. Here's how the Foremost Group CEO died, the concerns it raises and the lessons her death holds.
🔍Analysing datasets: How predictive AI models are gaining traction
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Analysing datasets: How predictive AI models are gaining traction
While OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini have caught the fancy of people, companies and researchers – including oil and gas majors and pharmaceutical companies – are increasingly relying on generative AI for all kinds of purposes, such as oil exploration…
🔍How US plans to deliver Gaza aid
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Floating pier off Gaza coast: How US plans to deliver humanitarian aid
The US solution to deal with hunger in Gaza, as Israel continues to pummel the Palestinian enclave while blocking overland access to almost all aid, is to deliver supplies using a floating dock and pier.
Pakistan in turmoil: what happens next
What are the implications of the Shehbaz Sharif-led government in Pakistan?
What is the future of Imran Khan?
Has Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir established his writ on the civilian government?
Have the people of Pakistan delivered a strong message by voting in favour PTI-backed candidates?
Is there a possibility of re-engagement with Pakistan?
For answers to some of these questions, Listen to the former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan TCA Raghavan and Diplomatic Editor Shubhajit Roy at the next Explained.Live event.
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What are the implications of the Shehbaz Sharif-led government in Pakistan?
What is the future of Imran Khan?
Has Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir established his writ on the civilian government?
Have the people of Pakistan delivered a strong message by voting in favour PTI-backed candidates?
Is there a possibility of re-engagement with Pakistan?
For answers to some of these questions, Listen to the former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan TCA Raghavan and Diplomatic Editor Shubhajit Roy at the next Explained.Live event.
Date – March 20, 2024
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🔍Pakistan carries out strikes inside Afghanistan: What is happening, and why
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Pakistan carries out strikes inside Afghanistan: What is happening, and why
What has led to the tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban, whose return the Pakistani establishment had celebrated? What is the immediate trigger behind Pakistan's actions in Afghan territory? We explain.
🔍Vladimir Putin won the Russian elections with 87% of the vote. Who were his opponents?
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Vladimir Putin won the Russian elections with 87% of the vote. Who were his opponents?
Russia's elections have often been criticised for not being free and fair. Who were the candidates in the fray this year against Putin, and what do they stand for?
🔍Fresh tussle with Governor: Why Tamil Nadu has moved SC to have a minister reinstated
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Fresh tussle with Governor: Why Tamil Nadu has moved SC to have a minister reinstated
Why has TN Governor Ravi refused to reinstate K Ponmudy, whose conviction was stayed by the Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets case earlier?
🔍Heat, aridity, clear skies: why forests are already ablaze in the Nilgiris
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Heat, aridity, clear skies: why forests are already ablaze in the Nilgiris
In South India, most forest covered areas of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have seen fire incidents over the past week.
🔍The big promise of small-scale LNG as fuel for India, with first SSLNG plant commissioned in MP’s Vijaipur
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The big promise of small-scale LNG as fuel for India, with first SSLNG plant commissioned
GAIL’s Vijaipur SSLNG unit is being seen as a key first step in taking SSLNG distribution deep inside the country. LNG has been used successfully as a fuel for medium and heavy commercial vehicles in countries such as China.
🔍Why have Sensex and Nifty tanked 1% each?
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Why have Sensex and Nifty tanked 1% each?
The sell-off in the market was witnessed before the US Federal Reserve monetary policy decision. The Fed is scheduled to meet on March 19 and 20 to decide on the key policy rate.
🔍Why the B200 Blackwell chip will consolidate Nvidia’s stranglehold over the AI market
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Why the B200 Blackwell chip will consolidate Nvidia’s stranglehold over the AI market
The new GPU is twice as powerful when it comes to training AI models, and can do some computational tasks 30 times faster that Nvidia's current Hopper chip. The sheer compute power can ensure chip shortages are met sooner, and the progress in AI is accelerated.
🔍World Bank report says women earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns: what is the gender pay gap?
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World Bank report says women earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns: what is the gender pay gap?
The International Labour Organisation terms the gender pay gap a “measurable indicator” of inequality between women and men. How is it measured, and what explains it?
🔍WMO report out: 6 charts that tell you everything about the health of our planet
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WMO report out: 6 charts that tell you everything about the health of our planet
You know glaciers are shrinking, oceans are heating up, and the planet is getting warmer at a rapid rate. But how bad are things, exactly? What has led to this? We explain