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Kashmir’s Dal Lake, Chinar Trees Under Threat

While Kashmir continues to be a popular tourist destination, the increasing pollution is affecting its ecology The unabated flow of…

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Israel’s Attacks On Lebanon Could Sow Seeds Of Its Next Threat

Israel’s attack on Lebanon to achieve lasting security is doomed to fail. Just look at history. Israel claims its escalating…

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Millions Go Unaccounted For In India’s Invisible Slum Crisis

Across India’s bustling cities, a crisis of staggering proportions is unfolding, largely unseen and uncared for by those who don’t…

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Schools Feel The Heat As Closures Rise Due To Extreme Weather Events

Schools in India have seen increasing disruptions due to extreme weather events, over the last few years. Many Indian states…

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Our Clean Energy Transition Needs A Delicate Balancing Act

India aspires to be a developed nation by 2047 with inclusive, people-centric sustainable growth and improved living standards, without compromising…

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Four Obstacles To India Joining UNSC

Indian politicians have argued for decades that the nation deserves to be a member of the United Nations Security Council…

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Kashmir’s High-Stakes Polls For A Low-Power Assembly

In one sense, not very much is at stake in the ongoing election to the legislative assembly of the Union…

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Even The UN Is Struggling To Meet Its Gender Parity Goals

The UN's leadership still lacks gender balance, with only a fraction of member states appointing female diplomats despite global targets…

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Urban Expansion Drives Forest Loss In India’s Biodiversity Hotspots

Urban expansion and land use changes in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats are driving significant forest loss. A recent…

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Reforms That Could Renew The UN’s Purpose & Power

The United Nations rests on three equally important and interdependent pillars:  sustainable development, peace and security, and human rights. In…

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Women Leading The Green Charge

Inspiring women are driving sustainable solutions and empowering communities, showcasing their potential to shape a more equitable and sustainable future.…

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India Yet To Jump On The Global Green Goods Boom Bandwagon

Embracing green trade could accelerate India’s export diversification and growth as global demand for low-carbon goods and services is rising.…

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Is The Jammu and Kashmir Election A Quest For Political Agency?

In the run-up to its first assembly election in 10 years, Jammu and Kashmir is charged with a mix of…

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Death Penalty Not The Whole Answer To Rape

The West Bengal legislative assembly recently voted unanimously to alter the punishment for rape by amending relevant sections in the…

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Pollution Dips, But Fine Particulate Matter Still Top Public Health Threat

India’s particulate pollution slightly dropped in one year, between 2021 and 2022. Despite this decline, the annual average particulate pollution…

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2nd Attempt On Trump’s Life Is Shocking, But…

Former President Donald Trump survived his second assassination attempt on Sept. 15, 2024, marking the latest chapter in a long…

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What’s At Stake As Kashmir Goes To The Polls

The Indian government will have to take a considered view on doing more than statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Embarking…

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Modern Slavery Rife In ‘Last Frontier’ At Sea

Sustained pressure, from governments to seafood shopping consumers, could help end the suffering of migrant workers in offshore illegal fisheries.…

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Terrorism Has Evolved… Are We Keeping Up?

Today’s terrorism is fragmented and flexible. New counterterrorism strategies must adapt by focusing on effects, not ideology. When members of…

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Tea Gardens Can Aid In Landscape Preservation

Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills situated in the eastern Himalayas are part of a biodiversity hotspot and host several endangered species.…

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The Importance Of Mapping Forest Resources

Plant ecologist Purabi Saikia is one of this year’s Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar winners Mapping forest resources has applications in aiding…

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How Kashmir’s Parties Are United In Agenda But Divided By Politics

As Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) goes to the polls, there is just one pre-electoral alliance in place — between the…

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Why Netanyahu Chooses War Over Peace

War-weary and angry, hundreds of thousands of Israelis are taking to the streets week after week, calling for Prime Minister…

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Lessons About 9/11 Often Provoke Harassment Of Muslim Students

Near the start of each school year, many U.S. schools wrestle with how to teach about 9/11 – the deadliest…

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‘Op Bhediya’ Reveals Gaps In Human-Wildlife Conflict Mitigation

Wild animals, presumed to be wolves, have attacked people in an Uttar Pradesh district, causing deaths.  The forest department identified…

1 year ago

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