Year: 2017
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Journalism: A Brave Affair?
By Arifa Khan, Post Graduate College of Law, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air. -Henry Anatole Grunwald Journalism is a…
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The Google Tax in India: An Analysis
By Somya Pahi Jena, NALSAR, Hyderabad The Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech in 2016, announced the imposition of an equalisation levy or the Indian version of a ‘google tax’ to be enforced from the 1st of June, 2016. In furtherance of the same, the Equalisation Levy Rules, 2016 were published in the…
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Trafficking as Modern Slavery and the Youth of Today: A Socio-Legal Study
By Minakshi Goswami, Research Fellow, Vivekananda Kendra Institute of Culture, Assam. Human trafficking refers to a process wherein individuals are placed or maintained in an exploitative situation for monetary gain. Trafficking can occur within a country or may involve movement across borders. Anyone anytime may become a victim of trafficking. Whether women, men or children. The motive…
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Cashless India: Utopia or Reality?
By Somya Pahi Jena, NALSAR, Hyderabad. India’s Dependence on Cash India’s cash to GDP ratio indicating the dependence of an economy on cash stands at 12.2% as per the data revealed by the International Labour Organisation. India is considered to be one of the most cash intensive economies in the world with its cash to…