Media Reforms: Time for a Lesson in Self-Discipline

By: Tarika Jain In India, the freedom of speech and expression has been widened generously by the Indian judiciary and in turn, exploited relentlessly by the media. As a result, there is information and opinions galore via all forms of mass communication known to mankind. In order to prevent this powerful tool of media from running rogue in the country, various regulatory mechanisms have been … Continue reading Media Reforms: Time for a Lesson in Self-Discipline

Ethical and Moral Issues Concerning Surrogacy

By: Mehpara Haq Surrogacy raises fundamental issues regarding the nature of personhood, the attributes of human dignity, individual autonomy and the perimeters of choice, the distinction between what can be made an object of commerce, what must remain in the domain of gift, and what ought not to be transferred at all. This includes the criticism that surrogacy leads to commoditization of the child, it … Continue reading Ethical and Moral Issues Concerning Surrogacy

Assessing the Challenges Surrounding Unmanned Aviation: Are Drones Ready for Take-off in India?

By: Pragalbh Bhardwaj Unmanned aviation takes place with the help of new-age technological devices, popularly known as drones. Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), controlled either autonomously by on-board processors or by the remote control of a pilot operating from the ground. Around the world, the drones or UAVs are becoming more and more ubiquitous with each passing day. They are becoming smaller, cheaper and are … Continue reading Assessing the Challenges Surrounding Unmanned Aviation: Are Drones Ready for Take-off in India?

GAAR: The Way Ahead

By: Suhas Sagar The field of taxation has always been witness to the eternal cat-and-mouse game between taxpayers and tax authorities. Nowhere is this contest more pronounced than in India. As taxpayers keep devising newer ways of mitigating their tax liability, the tax authorities respond with their own weapons – retrospective amendments and high pitched tax assessments displaying a rather adversarial state of mind. The … Continue reading GAAR: The Way Ahead