Why Did BJP Talk To Musharraf, Asks Tharoor After Tweet Backlash
(Source: PTI) With several BJP leaders accusing him of "eulogising" Pervez Musharraf in his condolence message, senior Congress leader Shashi...
Month: February 2023
Iran Acknowledges ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Held In Mahsa Amini Protests
Source: PTI Iran's supreme leader on Sunday reportedly ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for tens of thousands...
Death And Dying: How Different Cultures Deal With Grief & Mourning
Grief is a universal emotion. It’s something we all feel, no matter where we come from or what we’ve been...
Jamia Nagar Violence: Court Says The Accused Were Made ‘Scapegoats’
(Source: PTI) A court in New Delhi on Saturday discharged 11 people, including student activists Sharjeel Imam and Asif Iqbal...
Originality Is Capacity To Bring Freshness To Old Narratives: Gurnah
Literature can tell familiar or unknown histories, but the narrative should be built in ways that develop a writer-reader intimacy,...
Adani Rise Outcome Of PM Modi’s Patronage: CPI (M)
(Source: PTI) Alleging the "patronage" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi behind the growth of the Adani Group, the CPI(M) has...
How A United South Asia Can Beat Air Pollution
At a recent meeting for the launch of a new World Bank report on air pollution, held in Kathmandu, Pema...
Ban On BBC Docu: SC Directs Govt To Produce Original Records
(Source: PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday directed the central government to produce original records relating to its decision to...
Confronting Himalayan Water Woes Before It Is Too Late
Last week, Ladakh-based maverick climate activist Sonam Wangchuk went on a 5-day fast to raise awareness about receding glaciers and...
No Action Against Hate Speeches Despite Our Orders, Laments SC
(Source: PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday lamented that nobody was taking action against hate speeches despite its orders, and...
Budget ’23-’24 Has Very Little For Marginalised Sections: Rights Groups
(Source: PTI) Various rights groups Thursday alleged that the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 has very little to...
Limiting Global Warming To 1.5 Degrees Is Not Plausible: Report
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, according to a new report. Climate policy, protests, and...
I Struggled: Siddique Kappan After Release
(Source: PTI) "I struggled," Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan said minutes after he walked out of a Lucknow jail on Thursday...
Why Has West Given Billions In Aid To Ukraine But Ignored Myanmar?
Two years after Myanmar’s coup on February 1, 2021, the country’s large and growing resistance forces receive almost no attention...
How Riots Formed Kolkata’s Ghettos
Confrontation, contests and conflict have been key characteristics of Kolkata since colonial times. Class, caste and religious divides have defined...
‘Callous’ Budget, Hopes Of Majority Betrayed: Chidambaram
(Source: PTI) Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday claimed that the Union Budget has “betrayed” the hopes of a vast...
Kerala College Students Break Taboo Around Sex Education
(Source: PTI) "Why is consent so important in sex?" asked Nirmal, a second year BA student at a prominent college...
Earth Likely To Cross 1.5-Degree Warming In Next Decade: AI Study
(Source: PTI) The world will cross the global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius within 10 to 15 years, even...
Covid-19 Remains ‘Global Health Emergency’, Says WHO
(Source: PTI) The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be a “global health emergency” and the deadly virus will remain a “permanently...
