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The Government of India's crèche scheme, now renamed as Palna, needs revised guidelines and procedures. This analysis questions its sustainability and…
25-Oct-2024
Before the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine, the permanent five members of the UN Security Council shielded their allies from censure. Since R2P, they…
07-Oct-2024
While Kamala Harris’s mother emigrated to the U.S. from Tamil Nadu, Usha Vance’s parents are immigrants from Andhra Pradesh.
17-Sep-2024
Voters see the Jammu and Kashmir elections as a significant political development towards resolving local governance issues, rather than as an instrument for…
10-Sep-2024
To tackle youth substance abuse, police departments in many states are launching prevention campaigns with local communities. Implementing these programmes at…
01-Aug-2024
‘If water is ‘unruly’, to what extent does it need to be ruled, if at all? What are the ecological and human costs of taming it to an extent that we either…
17-Aug-2024
Reservations and voting rights are crucial gains that need to be protected and used to fight social inequality in India. While people are aware of their…
05-Aug-2024
Indian-Americans say they do not enjoy any privileges, but since 1976 Indian businesses have availed of US government benefits to minorities, which they should…
29-Jul-2024
In an economy characterised by a massively skewed distribution of resources, resulting in undeserved deprivation for the very many and equally undeserved super…
02-Jul-2024
Many practical solutions on sanitation fail because they ignore cultural and social attitudes, and the role of caste. Therefore, promoting behavioural change…
03-Jul-2024
Decline in wheat production over the past two seasons because of rising temperatures has reduced domestic availability.
01-Jul-2024
The first-past-the-post system, once useful, now struggles to fit India’s complex socio-political landscape. It is time for India to rethink its electoral…
08-May-2024