Jatinder Kaur is a veteran online health and social research journalist at ABC Live, based in Chandigarh, India. With a Master’s in Philosophy and over 16 years of experience since 2008, she specializes in in-depth reporting on public health and societal issues.
The Supreme Court in Dhananjay Rathi v. Ruchika Rathi delivered an important ruling on the force of court-referred mediated settlements, the limits of post-settlement DV litigation, and the use of Article 142 to dissolve a marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown. The judgment strongly protects mediation finality. However, it also raises difficult questions about later claims of economic abuse under the DV Act.
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NITI Aayog’s report on improving R&D culture in state universities reshapes the debate on the ease of doing research and development in India. However, while the report diagnoses the problem well and offers a structured reform agenda, it remains weaker on funding design, state-level differentiation, and the political economy of university autonomy.
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GLP-1 drugs have moved from specialist practice to the centre of a much wider health debate. They treat type 2 diabetes and obesity. However, they have also raised serious concerns about side effects, misuse, and easy access outside proper medical care. Therefore, the debate no longer concerns treatment alone. Instead, it now also concerns public health, patient safety, and regulation.
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New research suggests the female pelvis changes across life, becoming most childbirth-suited during peak reproductive years and shifting again later. In an age of delayed motherhood, that gives the obstetrical dilemma new relevance.
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