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    The Federal Special

    AI three-hour takedown rule: When speed becomes the censor

    V Aravinda
    11 Feb 2026 5:10 PM IST

    Legal Lens | Over time, the call for speedy action could produce systematic over-removal of digital content, and lawful speech may be caught in the dragnet

    New IT rules, lawful content
    The Federal Special
    Ghooskhor Pandat
    The Federal Special

    ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’ row: The heckler’s veto and test of India’s democracy

    8 Feb 2026 4:00 PM IST
    The Supreme Court has taken on WhatsApp over its privacy policy.
    The Federal Special

    WhatsApp’s privacy policy and the myth of user choice

    7 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    CJI comment on trade unions
    The Federal Special

    Trade unions in the dock? Reading the Constitutional stakes of the CJI’s remark

    4 Feb 2026 6:30 AM IST
    What Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on judicial transfers reveal about state of judicial independence

    What Justice Bhuyan’s remarks on judicial transfers reveal about state of judicial independence

    30 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Budget 2026-27 curtain raiser: Abandoning rail budget

    Scrapping of Rail Budget: The original sin behind India’s railway crisis

    27 Jan 2026 3:50 PM IST
    Cyclone Ditwah

    Sri Lanka’s ‘Indian Tamils’ allege racial bias, seek justice and dignity

    25 Jan 2026 2:09 PM IST
    Matrimonial disputes and the Supreme Court

    Why Supreme Court is concerned with marriage battles choking its docket

    25 Jan 2026 6:30 AM IST
    Noida techie death: Two more builders arrested

    Noida techie drowning: What went wrong, and why it can happen again

    23 Jan 2026 9:26 AM IST
    DY CHandrachud at Jaipur Lit Fest

    Bail as punishment and the uneasy legacy of Justice DY Chandrachud

    20 Jan 2026 5:35 PM IST
    CPI turns 100 in India

    How Indian communism rose, split and slipped into decline

    28 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Rediscovering a Ramayana legacy: The Janakpur-Ayodhya corridor

    Rediscovering a Ramayana legacy: The Janakpur-Ayodhya corridor

    21 Dec 2025 5:14 PM IST
    How routine, diligent policing has kept communal peace in Mangaluru

    How routine, diligent policing has kept communal peace in Mangaluru

    18 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST
    A No Spitting poster on a pole on the high street in Kingsbury, North West London – an area which has a large Gujarati population.

    London's Wembley sees red as paan stains plague 'Gujarati neighbourhood'

    16 Dec 2025 3:15 PM IST
    Tamil gather in Sri Lanka to pay homage to civilians and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam guerrillas slain

    Colombo permits LTTE remembrance as JVP–Tamil dialogue unfolds in London

    MR Narayan Swamy
    28 Nov 2025 3:05 PM IST

    Unprecedented commemorations and a path-breaking London meeting highlight changing political dynamics under President Anura Dissanayake’s government

    Why SIR has left Cooch Behar migrants in Rajasthan in a fix

    Why SIR has left Cooch Behar migrants in Rajasthan in a fix

    15 Nov 2025 7:44 AM IST
    When promises run dry: Maharashtra’s farmers and the post-Diwali uprising

    When promises run dry: Maharashtra’s farmers and the post-Diwali uprising

    5 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Hindu economics

    How India's constitutional order is eroding under dharma-driven policies

    5 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    How Indias dharma-ordained caste system has killed its prosperity

    How a 'dharma-ordained' caste system has killed India's prosperity

    4 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    How Shram Shakti weakens workers, shields Centre from constitutional duties

    How Shram Shakti weakens workers, shields Centre from constitutional duties

    3 Nov 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indias crude import

    Crude story: Skyrocketing import dependence, nosediving swadeshi output

    25 Oct 2025 1:23 PM IST
    India eyes Seychelles poll; in pic are Wavel Ramkalawan and Patrick Herminie of the United Seychelles Party (USP)

    India eyes Seychelles poll run-off amid high-stakes strategic interests

    8 Oct 2025 4:02 PM IST
    Ridhima Pandey, environmental activist

    Court-led accountability, more than policy, shaping India's climate actions

    9 Sept 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Assam-eviction-drive

    Assam evictions invite arbitrary diktat from Nagaland as border row flares up

    2 Sept 2025 3:49 PM IST
    US President Donald Trump

    Why Trump tariff could seriously dent Indian economy in multiple ways

    1 Aug 2025 6:11 PM IST
    Exclusive |Lankan Tamil diaspora to publicly accept truth about Prabhakarans death at event

    Exclusive | Lankan Tamil diaspora to publicly accept truth about Prabhakaran's death at event

    24 July 2025 11:10 AM IST
    Why Centre must prioritise informal jobs alongside formal ones

    Why Centre must prioritise informal jobs alongside formal ones

    22 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
    Former CIC Bimal Julka

    FIR filed against former CIC Bimal Julka over sexual harassment allegations

    16 July 2025 2:58 PM IST
    How Centres big claims on poverty, equality lack independent data

    How Centre's big claims on poverty, equality lack independent data

    16 July 2025 9:28 AM IST
    Factory workers

    Why cash-rich India Inc could be bigger beneficiary of job scheme ELI

    12 July 2025 7:48 AM IST
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