The rights of lovers in Tamil Nadu; false news travels faster and deeper than the truth on Twitter; and more

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [One Year In, Adityanath Has Struggled to Articulate an Economic Vision for Uttar Pradesh]( Noor Mohammad [Perhaps as a result of the chief minister's disproportionate preoccupation with law and order issues, the state government is yet to unveil a strategy to address issues plaguing Uttar Pradesh such as infrastructural bottlenecks, chronic power shortages, broken healthcare and education systems, and unemployment.]( [Naresh Agrawal’s Defection from SP to BJP Threatens to Throw UP RS Polls off Balance]( Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta [That BJP has brought one of its arch enemies into the fold proves just how serious it is about its intention to win every election – from panchayat to parliament.]( [On Twitter, False News Travels Faster and Penetrates Deeper Than the Truth]( The Wire Staff [Study finds that falsehoods spread much faster, wider and deeper than truths and that humans, not bots, are responsible for this trend.]( [A Fly's Blood-Brain Barrier Is More Permeable in the Evening]( The Wire Staff [Discovery of what makes the barrier more permeable could be the key to delivering drugs to the brain.]( [In Forgiving His Father’s Assassins, Rahul Gandhi Makes a Case for Compassion in Politics]( Monobina Gupta [Paying attention to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks is important not because they ‘sound’ noble, but because our present social and political order is so deeply guided by the desire for vengeance and retribution.]( [Love in the Time of Parental Rage]( Amba Salelkar [The Tamil Nadu government is attempting to take the rights of young lovers back by decades.]( [Watch: Interview With Sri Sri Ravishankar on Faith vs Constitution in the Ayodhya Case]( The Wire Staff [Arfa Khanum Sherwani interviews Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of The Art of Living', about his recent comments on the Ayodhya case.]( [Discard Regressive Laws That Legitimise Violence Against Transgender People]( Ajita Banerjie [Colonial legislations, such as the Telangana Eunuchs Act, 1919, continue to criminalise queer persons.]( [Assam Government Sanctions Rs 11 Crore to Curb Roadkills in Kaziranga]( The Wire Staff [The sanctioned amount is earmarked to be used to set up sensor-operated automated traffic barriers to prevent animal hit-and-runs.]( [Charges of Intimidation of Diplomats, Families Roils India, Pakistan Relations]( The Wire Staff [Pakistan alleges that the children of one of its diplomats stationed in Delhi were left "traumatised" by unidentified men who blocked their cars as they were returning from school.]( Copyright © 2018 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book](//thewire.us11.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6b988b13445248b1268a308f2&id=4808224841) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](