Recent developments around the India–Mauritius tax treaty have reopened a fundamental debate in international taxation: should India tax foreign capital at source, or respect residence-based taxation anchored in...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described his government as being in “Reform Express” mode. Recent moves—ranging from income-tax changes and GST rationalisation to labour reforms, tweaks in the...
China’s population has been in steady decline since 2022, marking a historic reversal for the world’s most populous country. United Nations projections suggest that by 2050, China’s population...
Child trafficking continues to cast a long and disturbing shadow over India’s constitutional promise of dignity and protection for every child. In a recent judgment in “K. P....
On January 13, a two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered a split verdict on the constitutional validity of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption...
The recent reunification of ancient gems associated with the corporeal remains of the historical Buddha—excavated over a century ago at Piprahwa in present-day Uttar Pradesh—has reopened an old...
India has moved to further tighten oversight of cryptocurrency platforms. On January 8, the Financial Intelligence Unit–India updated its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Countering the Financing of Terrorism...
Nearly six years after Parliament amended the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 to create a dedicated regulatory body for arbitration, the Arbitration Council of India (ACI) remains on...
The Supreme Court has once again reopened a long-simmering debate around the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. While hearing a bail matter last week,...
Even as Iran’s government claims it has brought recent unrest under control, uncertainty now centres on Washington’s next move. Over two volatile weeks, US President “Donald Trump” has...
