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Germany’s shock exit from the World Cup tells a larger tale: upsets are a rich part of human affairs  Fans are still scratching their heads, jaws on the floor, eyeballs popped. Paraguay have sent Germany… Source link

On 12 July 2016, a comprehensive ruling was passed by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) providing a solution of all the disputes in the South China Sea (SCS). As it approaches its 10th anniversary, it is pertinent to revisit the most consequential legal decisions pertaining to the SCS. The genesis of the case can…

Hello and welcome to another edition of The Weekly Vine. This week, we are taking a break from regular programming and focusing instead on the thing the world cares about most: football. The greatest philosophers, whether from the Occident or the Orient, have always batted for football as the true means of attaining nirvana. Swami…

Imagine diagnosing cancer, tracking its progress, and identifying treatment resistance—all from a simple blood sample. Just a decade ago, this sounded like science fiction. Today, it is becoming an important part of precision oncology. Welcome to the world of liquid biopsy, one of the most exciting advances in modern cancer care. What Is a Liquid…

Draconian laws, like Bengal’s public safety and public order bills, are no substitute for good policing Bengal birthed India’s first anti-goonda law, with long preventive detention and other draconian measures, more than a century ago. But that was to strengthen colonial rule. Why does its new govt need to arm itself with such powers now?…

Every civilization has developed systems of categorization to organize society. These systems were based on occupation, geography, language, religion, or culture. In India, the caste system became one of the most enduring forms of social organization. While it may have originated as a functional framework, it hardened over time into a rigid social hierarchy that…

For a long time, discussions on domestic violence have focused mainly on women, and rightly so, as many women continue to face serious abuse. But this should not stop us from acknowledging that men can also become victims of violence, abuse, and even murder. Many men hesitate to speak about their suffering because they fear…

A data centre is a centralised physical facility where computing and networking equipment are used to collect, process, and store data, as well as to distribute and enable access to resources. For all business and personal interactions and transactions, communication, etc, electronic exchange of data is necessary. Thus, the ever-growing demand for digital information requires…

India’s sporting underperformance has rarely been a talent problem. It has been a governance problem. Federations entangled in litigation, administrators entrenched beyond accountability, and dispute resolution mechanisms that existed in name only these have been the real barriers between India’s athletes and the world stage. The National Sports Governance Act, 2025 confronts all of this…

Trite and tested phrases save us a lot of time and verbal trouble In London, locals enquire of us if the cold and rainy spell of what they call ‘unsettled weather’ is unsettling us. And when that gives way to a scorching heatwave, they welcome the ‘good weather’. Sweltering heat with no ACs and hardly…