No bail for Umar & Sharjeel as SC makes distinction; five get relief

Citing "hierarchy of participation", the Supreme Court on Monday denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, saying the prosecution material shows their "central and formative role" and "involvement at the level of planning, mobilisation and strategic direction"

Rajnath: Marine resources not asset of any one nation

Stressing that marine resources are not the property of any one country, but a shared heritage, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Monday India is a responsible maritime power, which ensures peace and stability in the entire Indo-Pacific region.

Singh commissioned the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) 'Samudra Pratap', the first of the two indigenously built pollution control vessels built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), in Goa Monday.

Beyond Maduro, why Delhi has a new window of opportunity in the region

As South America enters a new political phase - shaped by deep internal churn and restructured great power relations - India must seek to deepen and widen its own footprint in the region.

To make the new law work, evaluate MGNREGA honestly

VB-GRAM G quietly moves away from universal entitlement to targeted benefits. However, would the proposed alternative redress inter-state inequality? Possibly not.

Inflation has been low. That's not necessarily a good thing

Low inflation is a cause for concern because when food inflation is negative, farmers could be getting lower income even though production was very good for the kharif crops. This has ripple effects.

SIR could roll back decades of progress in women's political participation

Women have been excluded for being 'absent/shifted'. An overwhelming proportion are married whose names have been deleted from their maternal home, but not included in their married home.

Is Court letting down its mandate on liberty?

It is important to acknowledge the relief granted to other accused through the grant of bail. But partial correction cannot substitute for principled consistency.

Grok use against women: Who is responsible AI, users or X?

When Grok AI puts out objectionable pictures of women at the prompt of a user hiding behind anonymity, the key question that emerges is this-who should face the consequences?

Should it be Elon Musk, the owner of X which is hosting the content, or Grok AI, which has been created by not only a team of highly paid engineers but also low-wage data annotators, or the users putting in such prompts?

In bail denial, SC creates a hierarchy of offenders

What the court said

The SC ruled that road blockades designed to disrupt public order and international events prima facie attract the definition of a terrorist act.

The court also said that a delay in the trial cannot automatically trump the statute.

Colombia, Cuba, Mexico: What's behind Trump's threats? 

Differing reasons, similar threats

• Trump's wish to annex Greenland appears mainly driven by strategic interests. The island is located near emerging shipping lanes in the Arctic.

• In case of Latin America, the threats appear to be borne out of not just a strategic doctrine, but a mixture of reasons such as drugs, ideology and immigration.