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Melding meticulous research with imaginative storytelling, ‘Moral Contagion’ also reflects on how societies and individuals tend to react when faced with that existential threat

All three moves were timed to before elections. The most recent one follows an elaborate survey of the Maratha community, which govt says will pass muster in courts

How many vacation days do judges get and what has been the rationale for them? What does the workday of a judge look like, in general? And why do some advocate retaining the existing duration of vacations? We explain the debate.

Viksit Bharat Viksit Uttar Pradesh: PM launches 14,000 projects across state worth more than Rs 10 lakh crore

The BJP has been the beneficiary of over 60% of the money that came through electoral bonds. This substantial amount has been obtained through the establishment of a systematic channel for money...

India News: The Supreme Court has declared the electoral bonds scheme as unconstitutional. This article discusses the impact of the judgment on electoral politics and the need for retrospective disclosure. Find out why the verdict will not undo the damage already done.

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Will the government bring an ordinance to overrule the SC judgement? Unlikely, because all the amendments done to various acts – IT Act, Companies Act, RPA 1951 – have been struck down as unconstitutional. Moreover, SC has upheld the citizens right to know on sources of political funding. Hence any future scheme introduced to curb the role of black money and cash will have to be transparent 

Orders disclosure of donors, amount, recipients by March 13; petitioners say it is a big boost to democracy

In a landmark verdict delivered ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Supreme Court scrapped the Electoral Bonds scheme of anonymous political funding, terming it “Unconstitutional” and ordering disclosure of the names of the purchasers, value of the bonds and their recipients. Holding that the