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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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‘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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Working With Natural Materials To Add To The Sustainable Energy Mix

To find solutions to energy security challenges, by diversifying the energy basket, scientists are turning to natural materials. The International…

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Gandhi’s Image Is Under Scrutiny 75 Years After His Assassination

Mohandas Karamchand “Mahatma” Gandhi remains, even 75 years after his assassination, a useful symbol for many in India. For secularists,…

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Of India’s Online Schooling Emergency And The Lessons Unlearned

Millions of children in India may never return to school following the severe disruptions of rolling COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020…

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Opinion: India Raises The Heat On The Indus Waters Treaty

India has delivered a message to Pakistan that it wants to modify the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). The treaty was…

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Hundreds Join Wangchuk On Final Day Of His Hunger Strike

(Source: PTI) Hundreds of people on Monday joined education reformist Sonam Wangchuk on the final day of his five-day hunger…

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‘Fraud Cannot Be Obfuscated By Nationalism’

(Source: PTI) US short seller Hindenburg Research has rejected the Adani Group's charge that its report was an attack on…

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Doomsday Clock Is At 90 Secs To Midnight

On Jan 24, history was again made when the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists organization moved the seconds hand of…

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Human Activity Degraded Over 3rd Of Amazon Forest: Study

(Source: PTI) The Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a much greater extent than scientists previously believed with more than…

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Kashmir’s Nourishing Karewas Crumble Under Infrastructure Burden

In the vast saffron-growing land of Pampore, a national highway (NH44) cuts through the middle. Ishfaq Ahmad, a saffron grower,…

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Sprawling Kolkata Faced With A Tall Order For A Sustainable Future

In many ways, Kolkata is a victim of its own success. Such has been the population growth in India’s ‘first…

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Indian Economy Yet To Revive From Effects Of Pandemic: CPI (M)

(Source: PTI) Ahead of the Union Budget, the CPI(M) has alleged the Indian economy is yet to revive from the…

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New Pipelines Will Fragment Assam’s Protected Forests: Environmentalists

Four oil and gas pipelines being laid through protected forests in Assam could be “disastrous” for wildlife, environmentalists have told…

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The Role Of Urban Foraging In Building Climate-Resilient Food Systems

Kush Sethi does not remember the day, but he remembers the exact moment when he started paying attention to urban…

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Now, A ‘Private’ Sainik School Linked To RSS?

Recently, news has come in that a 'most modern' private Sainik School will be opened in Madhya Pradesh by Vidya…

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