2024

BALANCING FAIRNESS AND INCLUSION: THE ETHICAL AND LEGAL CHALLENGES OF TRANSGENDER ATHLETES IN COMPETITIVE SPORTS INTRODUCTION Traditionally, male and female athletes have competed in separate categories. However, the recognition of a third gender has blurred this distinction, making it more challenging to categorize sports based on gender without risking perceptions of arbitrariness or discrimination. While […]

ABSTRACT The 2024 World Press Freedom Day was celebrated with the theme of “A press for the planet”, highlighting the growing, deep and pervasive impact and importance of the press and media in the life of the global citizens. India, on its way to lead the global south as a “Vishwaguru” reckoned on the journey

  In the first part, we looked into how press freedom is fundamental to democracy, serving as a voice against oppression and a catalyst for social change. In India, the press has been instrumental since the colonial era, with publications like Amrita Bazaar Patrika and Bombay Gazette mobilizing nationalist movements during the freedom struggle. Over decades, the media landscape

  Introduction The concept of neurodiversity, coined by Australian sociologist Judy Singer in her 1998 thesis, presents a paradigm shift in understanding neurological differences as a valuable aspect of human diversity rather than a deficit to be pathologized. With an estimated 15-20% of the global population identifying as neurodivergent, Singer’s work calls for these variations

Introduction The video gaming industry is booming in India, with a rapidly growing gamer base and increasing investments from both domestic and international companies. The Indian gaming market is poised to become one of the largest in the world. The proliferation of consoles, computers and affordable internet access has further accelerated the growth, making gaming

Introduction The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and the breakthroughs in Machine Learning (ML) coupled with the increasingly cheap internet access in India have spelt a double-edged victory for the domestic technology sector. Generative AI holds promise to contribute to the Indian digital economy, but worries over its potential misapplication have heightened public

` Introduction In today’s digital world, the rise of deepfake technology is causing serious concerns. According to a recent McAfee survey, more than 75% of Indians have come across some form of deepfake content in the last 12 months, with a concerning 38% having fallen into the trap of deepfake scams. These AI-generated videos can

Introduction The recent days have been marred by public outrage due to the horrific accident that took place in Pune. The accident was allegedly the result of the negligent driving of a 17-year-old, who allegedly consumed liquor before the incident. The juvenile has been sent to a probationary home and his bail,  which was earlier

Introduction Plantation was originally a group of settlers or a governmental unit established by them during British colonization, particularly in North America and the West Indies, as described by the International Labour Organization(1). This paper explores the condition of tea plantation workers starting from West Bengal and stretching to the southern side. We shall commence with

Introduction Gender discrimination is not new to this world. In this contemporary world, issues of gender discrimination manifest in various forms, with the concept of Pink Tax being a stellar example. Despite developments in gender equality, pink tax still persists in copious forms today. The term, initially coined in California, refers to a phenomenon where

Introduction: The First Waves Of Feminism In The World The first wave of feminism in the world emerged in Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This ideology’s primary focal points of contention were the demands for liberty, equality, and universal suffrage (1). This period is commonly referred to as the Age of Enlightenment. During

1. Introduction The concept of hydrogen energy has never received as much attention as it has during the Russia-Ukraine war[1], where the European Union has bent its rules and methods to curb reliance on Russia for energy imports. However, by doing this, the European Union has increased its financial burden for energy owing to global

From Yami Gautam’s Fair and Lovely to the infamous Red Bull advertisement, haven’t we seen enough? As laymen, it is not very difficult to fathom the concept of an unfair or misleading advertisement; so long as one knows the meaning of those words, it is quite simple to decipher what such an ad would entail. Normally, one sees

In a significant move to afford protection to the dignity of the departed, the Rajasthan Assembly passed a bill, with an objective to prevent the protests sitting with dead bodies, and ensuring the last rites of the deceased performed to safeguard the human dignity of the dead. After coming up with bills for platform-based Gig