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Political Parties Pivot To Urban Priorities In 2024 Election Manifestos

The manifestos for India’s 2024 general election from major national political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National…

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Will Regional Parties Be Able To Stop The Modi Juggernaut?

The battle for India is being fought in the states as the general election turns local. India's parliamentary election is…

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Cashing In On Women’s Health, Unscrupulously

Women’s health has been sidelined for centuries. But now that women are finally being heard, some unscrupulous companies are cashing…

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A Women-Led Initiative Offers Relief To Women Dairy Farmers

Dairy farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor, known for its high milk production, are facing challenges due to extreme heat, which…

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Rahul Gandhi “100% Ready” To Take On Modi In A Debate

On Friday, May 10, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that his party has also made mistakes and will have to…

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Reimagining Climate Adaptation

Being at the forefront of climate disasters, India has experienced flash floods, droughts, cyclonic storms, heat waves and other indirect…

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What Happens When Femvertising Backfires

The rise of femvertising — using feminist ideals in advertising to promote products — has sparked debates about its role…

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As Cities Become Megacities, Their Lanes Lose Green Cover

A study of street trees in Kochi, Kerala and Panjim, Goa reported low density of roadside trees and a decline…

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Palestinian Writers Have Long Explored Horrors Of Amputation

Words fail as 2,000-pound bombs shred lives and limbs. The sheer number of children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza…

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MCC Turned Into ‘Modi Code Of Conduct’ Under BJP Rule: Mamata

On Tuesday, May 7, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Election Commission had turned a blind eye…

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How Bioengineering Saved A Himalayan Road From Floods

On 14 August 2023, heavy rainfall in North India triggered flash floods and landslides, devastating the region. Kishori Lal, the…

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Media Coverage Of Campus Protests Focuses On The Spectacle

Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally and figuratively. For protesters, demonstrations are usually…

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MDBs Must Prioritize Clean & Community-Led Energy Projects

Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), governments, and corporations across 160 countries consider or approve more than one investment per day in…

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How News Gatherers Can Respond To Social Media Challenge

Print and electronic media are coping admirably with the upheavals being wrought by social media. When 29-year-old YouTuber Dhruv Rathee…

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Kashmir: Indoor Saffron Farming Offers Hope Amid Declining Production

Kashmir, the world’s second-largest producer of saffron has faced a decline in saffron cultivation over the past two decades. Some…

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Pilgrim’s Progress: Keeping Workers Safe In The Holy Land

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Christianity’s holiest shrine in the world, is an unlikely place to lose yourself in…

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How Advertising And Not Social Media, Killed Traditional Journalism

The debate over the future relationship between news and social media is bringing us closer to a long-overdue reckoning. Social…

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PM Modi Reading From 2014 Script, Misleading People: Shrinate

On Sunday, May 5, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate claimed that PM Narendra Modi was reading from his 2019 script for…

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Killing Journalists Cannot Kill The Truth

As I write, the grim count of journalists killed in Gaza since last October has reached 97. Reporters Without Borders…

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The Corporate Takeover Of India’s Media

December 30, 2022, was a day to forget for India’s already badly mauled and tamed media. For, that day, influential…

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What Shakespeare Can Teach Us About Racism

William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy “Othello” is often the first play that comes to mind when people think of Shakespeare and…

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Student Protests Look Familiar But March To A Different Beat

This week, Columbia University began suspending students who refused to dismantle a protest camp, after talks between the student organisers…

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Free And Fearless Journalism In The Midst Of A Fight For Survival

Freedom of the press, a cornerstone of democracy, is under attack around the world, just when we need it more…

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Commentary: The Heat Is On, From Poll Booths To Weather Stations

Parts of India are facing a heatwave, for which the Kerala heat is a curtain raiser. Kerala experienced its first…

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India Uses National Interest As A Smokescreen To Muzzle The Media

The idea of a squadron of government officials storming a newsroom to shut down news-gathering and seize laptops and phones…

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