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Whatsapp Privacy Policy: How secure are your whatsapp chats?

Lately, Whatsapp has been creating headlines and outcry amongst the technology experts or the billionaires, government organizations and specially the privacy advocates. All the Whatsapp users would have come across a pop-up screen a few days back that asked them to accept the terms and policies whatsoever presented to them by the application company. Some might have agreed without reading while others found it too vulnerable to their privacy. On one hand Whatsapp tells that the changes are significant ones to integrate better with the other Facebook products and on the other, it was made to push the deadline for the same to the month of May. But before that, let’s know why it is updated as a controversial one.

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CLAT Preparation Guide

CLAT is the focal point of all the exams related to law admissions for the students who have just passed their 12th standard. At this time the major concern is for the preparation of the exams. You may have started your preparations for CLAT when you are in 11th standard or 12th standard so that you are able to cover all the syllabus.

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CLAT 2021: Application Forms, Revised Exam Dates, Cut-Offs & Eligibility Criteria

CLAT UG 2021 exam dates have been revised and it is going to be conducted on the 13th of June, 2021. The test is conducted on a rotational basis by twenty- two National Law Universities of India every year.

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How to Prepare for CLAT 2021?

Holidays are round the corner and so is the CLAT entrance exam that’s all set to gift anxiety, pressure, tension and loads of topics that are still required to be covered. CLAT has always been a topic of great discussion in India either for its unpredictable changes in the syllabus or for the level of difficulty that they put into setting the question paper for a 12th pass out. In spite of that, it never restrains the determined minds to come up with flying colors. So what capacitates them in doing so? It takes strategy, consistency and a lot of hard work. Let’s look into some of these.

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Did Google and Facebook abuse their monopoly in their competitive markets?

Well, one way or the other, Google never fails to update us with the happening news headlines, isn’t it? This time, Google was the one making the headlines. A few days back, the Attorney General of Texas i.e.; General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google. The lawsuit was more of a claim that Google allied with Facebook (which is considered to be its top-notch rival) for a deal which is certainly illegal in its nature to manipulate the auctions for all the advertising that takes place online.

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Nationalization of Banks: History of Indian Banks

The Indian banking system has a history of bank nationalization, particularly during the 1960s and 1980s. The first major wave of bank nationalization was seen in 1969 under the leadership of PM Indira Gandhi & the second wave of bank nationalization took place in 1980.

Legal

Abortion Law: Conditions under which Abortion is allowed in India

'Women must have control over their own bodies’- a quote by Rebecca Brown, but are we actually cohering to it? It has been almost 50 years of enacting the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 (MTP act) but the issue of pregnancy and aborting the same still remains a controversial topic to discuss and not just in our country but every part of the world. The MTP Act in spite of being quite flexible with its provisions did not succeed at eliminating the delusions. According to a report based on abortions that had taken place from 2000-2004, more than half of them i.e. 56% of them were unsafe and thus it contributed to 13% of the total maternal deaths. Needless to mention that we need more awareness regarding a mother’s right to choose abortion.

Constitutional developments

Making of the Indian Constitution

December is a remarkable time in the journey of India to become an independent country because it was exactly 70 years back on December 9th (1946) that the Constituent assembly of India sat together for the first time to draft the constitution. And not just the constitution but India also acquired its National flag, Anthem and a lot more which accelerated the journey of attaining independence.

Constitutional developments

Delhi Chalo Protest- Will the Farm Laws be amended?

Thousands of farmers have marched towards the (NCT) National Capital of Delhi on their tractor-trolleys and other vehicles protesting against the Centre. Here, the protest is being popularly referred as the "Delhi Chalo Protest" from the Delhi- Haryana border with respect to the three agriculture-marketing laws or farm laws enacted at the Centre in the month of September due to their fear that the new farm laws will dismantle the monopoly of the Mandi System in India indirectly and the Minimum Support Price System.

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How Does the Basic Structure Doctrine Contribute to Ensuring Free & Fair Elections?

The first instance of booth capturing in India was recorded in the 1957 Bihar general assembly election, which stained the democratic election process. Not only booth capturing but voter intimidation, ballot suffering and other such malpractice activities also challenged the credibility and fairness of the electoral process in Bihar at that time.

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Free Speech vs. Contempt of Court: A Face Off

Ever heard of someone being charged with a fine of Re.1? Sounds surreal but is true! One of the most eminent advocates of our country- Mr. Prashant Bhushan was asked to pay it. Well, it was just the matter of a tweet which was made by the renowned advocate about the Chief Justice of India, accompanied by a picture where he could be seen on a bike. (That picture went pretty viral, in case you aren’t aware) and ultimately landed Mr. Bhushan in a lot of trouble because not only it amounted to ‘contempt of court’ but it also invoked the concept of ‘freedom of speech’.

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India vs. USA Elections: Parliamentary System vs. Presidential System

Queen Elizabeth II, Hans Adam II, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Akbar or Henri, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, who were they? All these were the monarch who ruled their countries. Monarchy was the form of government recognized all around the world. A renowned phrase, "Raja ka beta hi raja Banega", was the concept of monarchy.

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Career in Law: A great opportunity

“Make crime pay, become a lawyer” - Will Rogers The desire to enter a legal profession is basically drawn from inspiration. Previously, law was a family profession as most of the law aspirants took the inspiration from their family members. From Mahatma Gandhi to Barack Obama, the list of inspirators who have used the legal profession as a stepping stone to greatness, runs long and wide. Nowadays, law have become widely popular in India as it has evolved with time and law aspirants tend to seek the profession of law out of interest and the interest is no longer related to it being the family profession.

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Music Industry and Copyright Law in India

Do you remember iconic songs like ‘Tamma Tamma’, ‘Badan pe Sitaarein’, and ‘Urvasi’ of 70s, 80s or 90s? These songs were the biggest hits of their times because of their eccentric dance moves and catchy music tunes. Nowadays, we are witnessing the latest trend of remixes of these legendary old Hindi songs in Bollywood. Did you ever notice that the remix versions of these legendary old melodious songs are in violation of copyright laws or not? Or Does a person has the legal authority to launch a remix version of the song that is the original work of an author?

Constitutional developments

The Aadhaar Verdict: Key Highlights of Supreme Court's Judgement

The Apex court had upheld the validity of the Aadhaar (Targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016 in the judgement of K.S. Puttaswamy II, decided in 2018.

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Right to Protest in India: Is it a Fundamental Right?

Recently the newspapers and news channels are flooded with the news of farmers protesting against the Farmers bill 2020 and marching towards the capital city from various places in the Punjab and Haryana. While some quotes it as a political conspiracy, others categorise it as a genuine protest to cease the final enactment of the bill due to some apparent shortcomings. The protest is taken on a massive note and farmers got successful in arranging a meeting with the officials but they were not the only one to suffer. It appears that the residents had to also go through a lot of trouble.

Legal

Caste Based Violence in India

Crimes against the historically marginalized Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes by the upper caste represents an extreme form of prejudice and discrimination. Similar to the hate crimes in other parts of the world, these groups have remained target to the crimes and atrocities at the hands of the upper caste people mainly on account of their-low caste identity in the form of rape, abuse by police personnel, harassment, illegal land encroachments, forced evictions and so on.

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Legality of Phone tapping in India

Phone tapping refers to the monitoring of internet-based communications and phones by a third party by secret means. The word ‘phone tapping’ also means wiretapping or line bugging or interception of the phone. It was first commenced in the USA in the 1890s after the invention of the telephone recorder. Communication surveillance are broadly accepted as a necessary evil.

Whatsapp Privacy Policy: How secure are your whatsapp chats?

CLAT Preparation Guide

CLAT 2021: Application Forms, Revised Exam Dates, Cut-Offs & Eligibility Criteria

How to Prepare for CLAT 2021?

Did Google and Facebook abuse their monopoly in their competitive markets?

Nationalization of Banks: History of Indian Banks

Abortion Law: Conditions under which Abortion is allowed in India

Making of the Indian Constitution

Delhi Chalo Protest- Will the Farm Laws be amended?

How Does the Basic Structure Doctrine Contribute to Ensuring Free & Fair Elections?

Free Speech vs. Contempt of Court: A Face Off

India vs. USA Elections: Parliamentary System vs. Presidential System

Career in Law: A great opportunity

Music Industry and Copyright Law in India

The Aadhaar Verdict: Key Highlights of Supreme Court's Judgement

Right to Protest in India: Is it a Fundamental Right?

Caste Based Violence in India

Legality of Phone tapping in India

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