Delhi Police’s solution to rumour mongering via social media is to deploy Cyber Forensic Vans that can scan a suspect’s digital devices, social media and messaging platforms. The last few months have seen a disturbing trend in India — of mob violence growing exponentially. July 13, a man was lynched by a mob of at […]

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Horses suffer silently when a groom goes to get his bride in a noisy baraat. More often than not, they are cruelly treated to obey, and abused when the work ends When Reshma, a 13-year-old ghodi (mare), was rescued from Nand Nagri, she was lame from an old fracture of the left front leg, which […]

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Entire families are kept captive for years to pay off a small debt they incur — and this story continues in 21st century Madhya Pradesh Mukesh is 32 years old. He walks around with an obvious burden, and his face, even with a smile, shows a life led with hardship. When you speak with him, […]

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In Japan, you can be fined for leaving your seat early for lunch. In India, the work ethic is so lax that thousands of government staff are neither present nor active on their devices despite biometric attendance Japan is known for its work ethic. Where people sleeping off on the train due to tiredness is […]

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Dr Bharat Vaswani, who has won the Magsaysay Award for taking 7,000 mentally ill off the streets and reuniting them with their families, hopes society learns that psychiatry has the ability to put sufferers back on their feet One of the recipients of this year’s prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award is Mumbai based psychiatrist Dr Bharat […]

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This will be Delhi’s fate just 15 years from now. So says the NITI Aayog, and also cautions that ground water aquifers are drying up Delhi is looking into the face of disaster, where taps will run dry, and people will kill each other for a bucket of water. NITI Aayog’s most recent warning in […]

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The monsoon session of Parliament is slated to take up a bill legalising medical uses of marijuana. Cancer patients and their families are hoping for a healthy debate Marijuana has a bad name. People think it turns the user into hippies, who dance around a fire — and when that high is no longer enough, […]

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With the law decriminalising suicide coming into effect on May 29, those who are depressed will have a better shot at coming out in the open and seeking help It was as early as the age of three that Sanchana Krishnan’s parents noticed how she struggled to sleep at night, talking to herself, trying to […]

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