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Proving India’s lithium deposits would be a boost in the arm for the country’s ambitious net-zero-emissions plans. But lithium mining could itself contribute…

A survey of pricing practices in private hospitals in Maharashtra during Covid-19 brings out the extent of price gouging that took place in spite of government…

Women’s participation in work turns out to be much higher than usually estimated when modifications are made to the questions asked in surveys, the time period…

What value are exams such as the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for assessing students? Can we imagine a more equitable and just method for admitting…

"'We the People' need to stand up to collectively raise their voices and demand that the central government and its functionaries stop the…

Regulations to maintain standards of PhD programmes have led to the curbing of university autonomy.

The outcry in Bareilly last month over students singing an Iqbal poem reminds us that we live in a hyper-nationalist time, where leaders glorify territorial…

Though the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana has outperformed previous central housing schemes, the performance of individual components has varied. The slum…

The government's desire to project India as a significant defence exporter are more apparent on paper than in the order books.

We cannot negate determined acts of Indian Muslim women to wear the hijab as mere social indoctrination. At a time when being a Muslim is a significant threat…

Most digital public goods disempower publics and distract from strengthening more fundamental democratic devices. It is time to design and manage them not as…

'We would like to call upon the government and the courts to enable a wider process of evidence gathering and public consultation across the entire…