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Space Laws: What Governs Intellectual Property Rights in Outer-Space?

This article seeks to explore the current IPR regime, how it applies to outer space law, and how it may be adapted to be a better fit for the same. It seeks to do this through an analysis of the current IPR regime (by the means of various articles of international treaties and their inadequacies…
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Inefficient Fiscal Management, Extreme Populism and Increasing Dictatorial Powers: The Making of the Sri Lankan Economic Crisis

Given the problem of ‘twin deficit’– a budget shortfall as well as a current account deficit – it is natural to ponder how a country that consistently performed better than its neighbors in terms of various social indicators dug itself deep into this bottomless hole?
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The Black Flag Rises Again: A Resurgent Islamic State and its Security Implications On the Neighborhood

The rise of the Islamic State in Afghanistan portends serious challenges to the fragile security situation in the Afghan neighborhood. Its history and present situation give us a picture of the existing challenge.
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War History: How the ‘Mukti Bahini’ Anchored the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971

This article pertains to the domain of war history and analyzes the origin and role of Mukti Bahini in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. The article also argues that the war was much more than the duality of India-Pakistan rivalry and included equally significant players like the Mukti Bahini.
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The Future of Hydrogen Vehicles

By holistically understanding the properties of hydrogen fuel, a comparison between hydrogen fuel and other alternatives can be drawn which will help to further understand the best and most sustainable option in the world today.
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How Data Localization Will Boost India’s Economic Growth

This article tries to analyse the data localisation regime in India hitherto and the changes that are sought with the Personal Data Protection Bill with reference to the Joint Parliamentary Committee Report. It lays emphasis on how the data localisation is likely to boost the economic growth of India.
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AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM AND THE MARITAL RAPE EXCEPTION : THE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE OTHER SIDE – PART I

Despite widespread scholarly opinion endorsing the unconstitutionality of the marital rape exception within the IPC, as well as its deplorability in a egalitarian society, neither the Judiciary nor the Legislature have yet wielded their constitutional powers to eradicate it.
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Fashion Diplomacy: First wives and Fashion Statements

This article delves into how fashion is used as a tool of diplomacy by First Wives. It uses a comparative analysis between Melania Trump’s and Michelle Obama’s sartorial choices to portray the difference between people’s perceptions of America’s sovereignty.
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International Water Conflicts

Each country wishes to provide for and protect the welfare of its own citizens but in the case of attempting to safeguard their water resources, a lot of countries start infringing on the water rights of other nations.
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Evolving Secularism: An Enquiry into its Different Forms

Various aspects of secularism can be found throughout the history of various rulers and empires, from the Maurya Empire under Ashoka to that of modern-day India and more radically in that of Turkey. Therefore, the evolution of secularism in the past, and more importantly its applicability in different societies in the present, through different means,…
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Thirteen Years of the Right to Education Act: A Stocktaking Brief

The article discusses the implementational status of the Right to Education (2009) Act, 13 years after its enactment. It picks a few key factors and promises by the law and provides a commentary on how they have fared against the test of reality.
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How Sustainable is Tourism?

While it is great to see the world jump back to normal, climate change and global warming are still a massive threat to life and the environment, and ensuring ecotourism and sustainable tourism is the right path for economies to recover from the pandemic.
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Space Laws: What Governs Intellectual Property Rights in Outer-Space?

Inefficient Fiscal Management, Extreme Populism and Increasing Dictatorial Powers: The Making of the Sri Lankan Economic Crisis

The Black Flag Rises Again: A Resurgent Islamic State and its Security Implications On the Neighborhood

War History: How the ‘Mukti Bahini’ Anchored the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971

How Data Localization Will Boost India’s Economic Growth

AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM AND THE MARITAL RAPE EXCEPTION : THE NEED TO LISTEN TO THE OTHER SIDE – PART I

Fashion Diplomacy: First wives and Fashion Statements

International Water Conflicts

Evolving Secularism: An Enquiry into its Different Forms

Thirteen Years of the Right to Education Act: A Stocktaking Brief