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Scarred to Death

The persistence of silicosis puts at risk India's aims to eliminate tuberculosis this year. The great tragedy is that it is easily preventable.
▶21-Jan-2025
Arkaprabha Sau

Summer is Around the Corner. Is India Ready for the Heat?

Heatwaves have become a regular phenomenon in the summer. Policymaking needs to step up to mitigate the effects of extreme heat on vulnerable sections of the…
▶13-Jan-2025
Naresh Singh, Priti Agarwal, Geeta Sinha

China's Medog Dam Project: Can India Turn the Challenge into an Opportunity?

The Medog dam project will grant China significant control over the Brahmaputra’s flow, potentially affecting water availability downstream. While it showcases…
▶12-Jan-2025
Ashok Swain

Justice in India: Between Retribution and Reform

Balancing popular desire for immediate justice with the principle of due process is a delicate act, especially when there is distrust against the system and…
▶17-Dec-2024
N. Anand Venkatesh

Anti-Immigrant Politics is Fuelling Hate toward South Asian People in Canada

Mainstream politics in Canada has normalised narratives that South Asian migrants will transform the country into a nation with a non-white majority.
▶11-Nov-2024
Reena Kukreja

Ladakh has a Job Crisis. The Administration Vacuum Makes it Worse.

With few educational or job opportunities, Ladakh's youth have to rely on precarious and seasonal employment. Their uncertain future is what is stoking…
▶07-Nov-2024
Thupstan Tsewang, Akriti Kanodia

Poor State of Crèche Schemes in India

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
Neeha Susan Jacob, Shraddha Jain

The Empty Slogan of 'Never Again'

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
Aidan Hehir

Vegetable Or Chicken Curry In The White House?

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
Ignatius Chithelen

Jammu and Kashmir Enters a New Electoral Phase

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
Aijaz Ashraf Wani

Community Involvement Vital to Humane Policing on Substance Abuse

To tackle youth substance abuse, police departments in many states are launching prevention campaigns with local communities. Implementing these programmes at…
▶01-Aug-2024
Ajazuddin Shaikh

Fluidity and Flow of Water

‘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
Sreedeep Bhattacharya