Hindu law has evolved from ancient scriptures, with significant codification in 1956 through acts like the Hindu Succession ...

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has included Ayurveda in the science curriculum following ...

There are three major ways by which the rate of genetic drift can be modelled in the simplest type of population: increase in variance of allele frequencies; approach to identity by descent of all ...

Following a 10-day trial costing each side an estimated £350,000, the Honourable Mr Justice Michael Green said in his judgment: “It is unfortunate to say the least that this case has had to come to ...

America is built upon the principle of federalism, a form of government in which power is balanced and responsibilities are shared between the states and the federal government. The Trump ...

A lesser-known inheritance tax loophole is allowing families to save significantly on their IHT bills – and financial advisers say they are using it with more clients than ever since chancellor Rachel ...

NEW DELHI: In keeping with the times, an upgraded and modernised textbook for Grade VII has been released by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), an autonomous ...

My wife and I are 80. What are the tax implications and pitfalls, if we sell our house and buy another jointly with my son and his family in order to live together? What can we do to mitigate these? A ...

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Several courts have adopted a nonsensical principle that, as one court put it, “[w]hen documents are prepared for dissemination to third parties, neither the document itself, nor preliminary drafts, ...