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Empty Promises & Broken Taps In Uttarakhand

Basanti Devi sits in her courtyard, surrounded by plastic containers, most of them empty. She points to a tap, held…

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History’s Key Role In Students’ Deadly Protests

In their struggles against authoritarian rule, Bangladesh’s students have always relied on their history’s many artefacts. To better comprehend the…

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Is India Ignoring Its Athletes’ Mental Health?

Normalising conversations around mental health in sports is the gateway for positive mental wellbeing and the best performance by Indian…

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Urban Fumigation: What’s Killing The Buzz?

The need to control disease-causing pests will rise with urbanisation and climate change. Insect fumigation uses harmful chemicals that have…

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No Respite From Heat For Workers In India

In June, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of ‘severe heatwave conditions’, sixty-year-old Mohd Zaffer fed fuel to the…

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Does The Value Of The Olympic Games Still Justify The Cost?

A country doesn’t host the Olympic Games to make a profit. So why do they bother? South Korea held the…

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A Day In The Life Of A Farmer Widow

Widows grapple with hardships post farmer deaths related to agricultural distress in Marathwada. This story follows the day in the…

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Warning: Your Smartphone May Be Messing With Your Mind

Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, is the first cohort to grow up as digital natives. With the pervasive…

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A Sure Way To Help Teachers Be More Inclusive

Bindu* works as a teacher within a special needs department in a private school in Bengaluru that segregates students based…

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A Blooming Tale Of Transformation

A Coonoor-based civil society group took over the town’s solid waste management five years ago, transforming the open municipal dumpyard…

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How Art Therapy Can Empower Neurodivergent Students

Interventions like art therapy in schools benefit neurodivergent students and their neurotypical peers by promoting empathy and different ways of…

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Rethinking Master Plans For Our Growing Cities

India’s share of the urban population has more than doubled over six decades, with some estimates highlighting that India’s urban…

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Major Global IT Outage — Expert Explains What Happened And Why

A major IT outage recently hit businesses across the world, grounding planes as well as affecting banks and the healthcare…

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Massive IT Outage Spotlights Vulnerabilities In Global Info Ecosystem

The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, that paralyzed organizations ranging from airlines to hospitals and even the…

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Shedding Light On Asia’s Racism Problem

South Korean racism may grab headlines in Asia, but racism is more widespread. Fame is no shield from racism. Lalisa…

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Automatic Ice Stupa Offers Hope For Farming In Rural Ladakh

An automated ice reservoir is built in Igoo village in Ladakh. Fitted with sensors, valves, a control panel and an…

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India’s Polluted Rivers Are Becoming A Global Pollution Problem

Towering landfills are testament to poor waste segregation practices in India that have persisted for decades. But India’s mounting, untreated…

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Nomadic Changpas Struggle Amid A Changing Climate

Pashmina shawls, known globally for their warmth and luxury, are made from the fine wool of Changthangi goats in Ladakh.…

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How Older People Are The Hidden Victims Of Climate Change

When Rahman, 72, looks out over the azure waters of the Makassar Sea from her home in the coastal area…

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‘One Inch From A Potential Civil War’

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another…

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Burden Of Loneliness Isn’t Older People’s Alone

The devastating impact of loneliness in later life became evident to me when, some years ago, I met an octogenarian…

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Green Credit Rules: Death By Trees?

The government of India issued the Green Credit Rules (GCR) in October 2023 under the Green Credit Programme (GCP), which…

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Loneliness Or Inclusivity? India Must Choose

For Pri, a Hyderabad-based gender-nonconforming legal advisor, traditional gender roles and expectations isolate those who do not conform. This isolation…

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Consequences Of Indian Arms Exports To Israel

India’s foreign policy balancing act in the Middle East has come under scrutiny with arms shipments to Israel during the…

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Air Pollution Deaths Spotlight Need For Health-Based Air Quality Standards

New study estimates at least 33,000 people die from exposure to air pollution in 10 Indian cities on an annual…

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