Punishing an innocent person violates their basic human rights and natural justice. The legal insanity defense recognises this principle, exempting mentally disordered offenders from punishment. It is recognised in many civilized nations' legislation, including India's Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code. However, in the recent past, Germany, Argentina, Thailand, and some US states have banned the insanity defense, leading to a serious debate among legal and psychological professionals.

Punishing an innocent person violates their human rights. Legal insanity defense recognises this, exempting mentally unstable offenders from punishment. Many nations have banned this,leading to a debt

Behind the Legalese Understanding: Section 84 of IPC as an Insanity Defence

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JM Financial Asset Management Company is expanding its Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) platform with the launch of Rs 1,000 crore early-stage real estate fund to address the sector's financing gap.
"Our objective is to build a comprehensive AIF ecosystem that supports India's next phase of enterprise growth. We are creating strategies that are thematic, real asset-?backed and focused on non-traditional opportunities," JM Financial Asset Management Ltd MD and CEO Amitabh Mohanty told PTI.
The AIF platform will offer specialised pools of capital across credit, real estate and pre-IPO opportunities, he said.
JM Financial has launched its early-stage real estate (RE) fund, which capitalises on the group's expertise and track record over more than a decade managing real estate credit, he said, adding that the fund aims to bridge the capital gap that traditional lenders are unable to address due to regulatory constraints.
The fund aims to raise Rs 1,000 crore, with likely first close o

The AIF platform will offer specialised pools of capital across credit, real estate and pre-IPO opportunities, JM Financial Asset Management Ltd MD and CEO Amitabh Mohanty said

Press Trust of India

Unmetered intelligence, human-supervised 'digital colleagues' and continuous skilling as the key safeguard amid big shifts will shape an AI-rewired future, Puneet Chandok, President, Microsoft India and South Asia has said outlining his top predictions.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during his visit to India earlier this month had announced plans to invest USD 17.5 billion here to help build infrastructure and sovereign capabilities for the country's AI-first future - the bold commitment marking the tech giant's largest investment ever in Asia.
Chandok said AI has moved beyond hype, delivering real impact today.
"...the next phase will be defined by how responsibly, inclusively, and thoughtfully we scale it," Chandok told PTI.
His headline predictions for the rearranging world and frontier AI include intelligence moving from being scarce to abundant, with compute increasingly translating directly into cognition for organisations, in an era of "unmetered intelligence".
AI 'agents' wi

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President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, the Rural Development Ministry said.
The VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, was passed by Parliament, amid opposition protests.  It seeks to replace the existing rural employment law, MGNREGA, and guarantees 125 days of wage employment per rural household per financial year.
According to the government, the new scheme aims to establish a rural development framework aligned with the national vision of 'Viksit Bharat 2047'.

It seeks to replace the existing rural employment law, MGNREGA

Senior BJP leader Rajendra Rathore on Sunday rejected former chief minister Ashok Gehlot's claim that the Union government's report redefining the Arvallis would destroy 90 per cent of the mountain range in the state, and claimed it lays down a stricter framework for its conservation.
The Supreme Court, on November 20, 2025, accepted the recommendations of a committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on the definition of Aravalli Hills and Ranges.
According to the new definition, "Aravalli Hill is any landform in designated Aravalli districts with an elevation of 100 metres or more above its local relief" and an "Aravalli Range is a collection of two or more such hills within 500 metres of each other".
However, Rathore noted that the 100-metre criterion is not limited to height alone.
"According to the court-approved definition, all hills of 100 metres or more, their slopes, and terrain within 500 metres between two hills remain outside the mining ambit

Citing the Survey of India analysis, Rathore assured that mining will not expand under the new definition

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Behind the Legalese Understanding: Section 84 of IPC as an Insanity Defence

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