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Terms of Trade | Should Rahul Gandhi take the two-year jail term?
Here’s a counter-intuitive take: Embracing the sentence will generate moral capital for the Gandhi family, burnish his anti-establishment credentials, create sympathy, and perhaps improve his party’s fortunes in 2024

Digital health tech is key to achieving health SDGs
The time to act is now. It is in our collective interest that digital health technologies are targeted to those countries and populations that are furthest behind.

Parliament is the mind and conscience of a democracy
The manobala (morale) of the Lok Sabha requires a sharp brain while the chittasvarupa (universal consciousness) of the Rajya Sabha needs an alert conscience. At a time when allegations are flying between the government and Opposition, rigorous scrutiny and honest objectivity will be key

A desolation Called Peace: Finality of Bhopal gas leak case is another tragedy
The curative hearings were an opportunity for the victims of the tragedy to have their day in court. It was incumbent upon the SC to parse their claims with care and rigour. Instead, however, the SC did the opposite.

The political and legal fallout of the Surat verdict
Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification may impact the nature of political speeches and open the debate on criminal defamation in India
