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 Lok Sabha reply on hit-and-run cases gives useful road-safety data. However, it also exposes a serious gap between accident numbers, claim registration, and compensation payment. The answer explains the 2022 compensation scheme, yet it does not directly address the Banka district concern. Therefore, India needs automatic claim triggers, district dashboards, and stronger accountability to turn paper relief into real victim justice.
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A Lok Sabha question on annual toll rate escalation has brought India’s highway toll formula back into public debate. Although the Government explained the 2008 Rules, WPI-linked rise, and fixed 3% yearly increase, it did not share key data on cost recovery, toll collection, road upkeep, or the timeline for the NITI Aayog
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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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