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Authorities must ensure transparent and impartial investigations, free from political or communal bias. Corporations like TCS should proactively counter misinformation and reinstate employees found to be innocent. At the same time, the Indian media must uphold professional standards of verification and accountability.
A strong message on custodial deaths from an Indian Court: Extra-judicial Actions Cannot be Celebrated
The effect of the award of a death sentence to as many as nine policemen in one go can be electrifying in the way it can jolt a system that has resisted all reform. The signals this verdict sends out will hopefully serve to warn law enforcers across the county that the law will catch up with them too and make them pay a heavy price for crossing boundaries. Society has to begin seeing custodial deaths and their attendant staged killings, called as "fake encounters", and extra judicial killings as cold-blooded murders for which the nation must have zero tolerance.
Shifting Perceptions in a Multipolar World
In a world moving toward multipolarity, information itself has become contested terrain. Events are no longer just events; they are immediately absorbed into competing narratives. The same incident is read differently depending on where one stands and what one is inclined to believe.
Geopolitical Uncertainties and the International Student:Need for Transformational Shift in Thinking for Education Providers
For parents of Indian and South Asian students, who are risk-averse, going to the US for an overseas education was fraught with too many imponderables. It was better to travel to a more reliable destination, such as, Australia. Germany and Ireland also featured as potential destinations but in terms of scale, Australia was the preferred beneficiary.
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