In a significant ruling delivered on 8 January, the Karnataka High Court quashed the FIR in Abuzar Ahmed & Others vs State of Karnataka, sending out yet another stern reminder that Section 498A of the IPC cannot be invoked to settle personal scores or ordinary marital disagreements.

What does it mean to be a “common man” in India today? Is it an identity, or merely a lifelong compulsion to endure? In Digital India, you are not first a citizen, you are a number: Aadhaar, PAN, credit card, OTP, voter ID. Your existence is neatly catalogued, your dignity less so...

In a cramped one-room house in Hubballi, 28-year-old Suresh’s mother still waits for the sound of his scooter each evening. He had married just 11 months earlier. The wedding photos—bright, garish, indulgent—are still up on the wall, but the man in them is gone. His death was officially recorded under ‘marriage-related problems’, a category that, for the first time in 2023, saw more men dying by suicide than women in India.

Everyday consumption habits play a vital role in community healing following terrorist attacks, finds new research from NEOMA Business School.

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and its Rules, 2020, ensure legal recognition, welfare measures, and protection against discrimination. The Government constituted a National Council for Transgender Persons under this Act through a notification dated 21st August, 2020.

In rural areas, most babies are born around Holi, while cities see monsoon babies! Animals have fixed time cycles; humans don't!