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IN 2009, the Supreme Court affirmed that Article 21 of the Indian Constitution includes a woman’s right to her bodily integrity. This means women have the personal liberty to choose what happens to their body, including the right to conceive, abort, and make other reproductive choices. While this seems favourable, the Supreme Court also laid down an unsettling caveat—a need to balance this right with those of the prospective child, which the court refers to as a “compelling state interest”. In other words, the conditions laid down in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTPA), 1971, were to be viewed as reasonable restrictions on a woman who exercises her right to an abortion.

As Joe Biden assumes office, and a potential new wave of right-wing violence lurks, the U.S. ruling class is in a panic.

Cutting across the ideological line, some intellectuals and academics from West Bengal are contemplating social boycott of the vice chancellor of Viswa Bharati University Bidyut Chakraborty for his devious action to malign the renowned Bengali scholar and Noble laureate Amartya Sen.

The first five days’ experience of world’s largest vaccination drive in India has come with a high price but is of immense value. “Vaccine hesitancy” has emerged as the biggest roadblock while the operation as a whole presents a case of speeding up its implementation, providing training to larger number of health workers, greater care at inoculation centres by eliminating all kinds of carelessness of all the persons involved, strengthening tracking and accountability framework, enhancing the preparedness for any future eventualities, and to continuing with all the precautionary measures at least for four years to come to avoid the contagion. Situation is evolving fast, and therefore everyone needs to be alert.

The approach of the Supreme Court in two aspects of the same issue of farmers protest against the Centre’ farm laws displays a wide swing between extreme activism and complete indifference. Worse still, the change of attitude seems to the result of even less desirable judicial populism.

Indian borders on all sides were porous since independence but infiltration on the Eastern and the western borders became critical. The uninvited immigrants were viewed differently. India never bothered over influx from Nepal. No attempt was made to control outgo of Tamils but the Indian Authority was worried over the influx from two wings of Pakistan. Poor poured in from East wing through porous borders in search of work. Infiltrators from West bribed border guards. The characters of infiltrators from West and East Pakistan were different. Pakistan citizens from the West wing came with regular channels but overstayed to earn their bread as most found living conditions in India far better than their native land or preferred one. Infiltration in Kashmir was mostly of residents from the Pakistan occupied territory or meeting their relations but were gripped with urge to stay on.

New Delhi: In an effort to create a larger pool of boxing talent in the country, Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has initiated zonal representation for the first-time in talent identification in partnership with Sports Authority of India.

Kalyani: Mohammedan Sporting came from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw against TRAU while Real Kashmir also played a 1-1 draw with Sudeva Delhi in Hero I League matches at the Kalyani Municipal Stadium in Kalyani, on Tuesday.

Chennai: Ridhima Dilawari will try and keep her winning momentum going as the second leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour tees off at the TNGF's Cosmo Golf Course here on Wednesday.

Bambolim, Goa: Kerala Blasters take on Bengaluru in Hero Indian Super League here on Wednesday desperately trying to turn their season around to stay alive in the tournament.