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A Free Ticket Can Be a Ticket to Freedom

While fare-free schemes for urban public transport ease financial barriers on mobility, their real impact is in empowering women through better city access. An…

▶16-Feb-2025

Nishant, Archana Singh

Stray Cattle and Crop Destruction

Chhattisgarh’s stray cattle problem is enormous. While cattle shelters may prove useful in the interim, a long-term plan to make livestock economically viable…

▶19-Feb-2025

Joshua Lobo

Is the Rise in Female Work Participation due to an Odd Set of Instructions to Enumerators?

Given the high degree of informality in the Indian economy, national employment surveys have drawn up complex instructions to capture all those who work. This…

▶10-Feb-2025

Aloke Kar, PC Mohanan

'We need everything': Gazans Ponder Mammoth Task of Rebuilding

Gaza ceasefire is only 'first step' as Palestinians confront magnitude of reconstruction challenge.

▶24-Jan-2025

Nazih Osseiran

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

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