Daily Brief: Bengal’s ‘anti-rape’ law will actually reduce convictions, say experts. Here’s why, and more

Bengal’s ‘anti-rape’ law will actually reduce convictions, say experts. Here’s why

The bill, passed after public outrage over the RG Kar medical college rape case in Kolkata, has introduced the death penalty for rape.

Is Rahul Gandhi’s social justice card the key to trumping Hindutva’s corrosive appeal?

After the Congress leader bluntly asked about the caste of bureaucrats who drafted the Budget, the RSS came out in support of a caste census.

The death of two Indians and why European farms have ‘slavery-like’ practices

From Spain to Poland, the European Union’s fruit and vegetable sector relies heavily on seasonal and migrant workers, many of whom are exploited.

Mumbai’s ageing buildings need renovation – not redevelopment

In the rush to redevelop, Mumbai is losing old architecture as well as the skills to fix it.

No association between mobile phone use and brain cancer, finds comprehensive study

Mobile phones emit low-level radio waves below safety limits and there is no evidence exposure to these has an impact on human health.

Why the twin epidemics of mental health and TB must be tackled together and how it can be done

An integrated framework must address the physical and mental toll of disease treatment and the heightened vulnerability of mental health patients to TB.

‘Clouds of haze / melt the mountains / with Buddha’s hum’: A new book of poemlets by Sukrita

An excerpt from ‘Yellow: Poemlets’.

Power vs Progress: As ICC chair, Jay Shah must balance BCCI dominance with the sport’s global growth

Shah, the son of Home Minister Amit Shah, was elected unopposed as the chair of the International Cricket Council.

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