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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…

3 days ago
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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…

5 days ago
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Indian Democracy’s Tryst With Trust

Indian democracy is at a crossroads. People are more invested in elections even as they become more sceptical about politicians…

2 weeks ago
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India Belongs To All Religions, Say 79% People In Lokniti-CSDS Study

Seventy-nine percent of respondents -- an overwhelming majority -- to the Pre-Poll Study 2024 by the Centre for the Study…

4 weeks ago
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Why Elderly Women Are Better Off Living With Their Daughters

Asia faces a unique demographic crisis. By 2050, the continent will have over a billion elderly people, the most in…

4 weeks ago
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Youth Taken For A Ride By BJP’s Double Engine Govt In UP: Congress

On Tuesday, April 9, the Congress alleged that the youth have been "taken for a ride" by the BJP's "double…

4 weeks ago
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In Kashmir, Upcoming Elections Do Not Inspire Much Hope

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is favoured to win a third term in office when the country holds its massive…

4 weeks ago
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China & India’s Intense Contest For Influence

India has kept a close watch on China’s activities and responded strongly where its security was directly affected. Under a…

2 months ago
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Domestic Workers Deserve Workplace Benefits

Every day, millions of women in India enter their employers’ homes and perform duties such as cooking, cleaning and child…

2 months ago
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Abused, Abandoned, Neglected: The Plight Of India’s Older Women

Restoring dignity in women’s labour can give older women the care and respect they deserve in late life. Amrit Kaur…

2 months ago
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How India’s Economic Policies Are Hurting Its Farmers

Thousands of farmers from northern Punjab are protesting at two inter-state border points with Haryana demanding a legal guarantee on…

2 months ago
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Human Impact Upon Wildlife Behaviour In India

In landscapes heavily altered by human activity in Maharashtra, a study suggests that the Indian wolf may be adapting by…

3 months ago
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India Adds Five More Wetlands To Its List Of Ramsar Sites

India now has 80 Ramsar sites covering an area of 1.33 million hectares. Five new Ramsar sites, added ahead of…

3 months ago
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When Two Livelihoods Collide

The brackish water ecology of the Little Rann of Kutch is made up of a mix of seawater, river run-off…

3 months ago
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On Building A Hydrogen Economy In India

Hydrogen and its derivative energy carriers are projected to play an important role in reaching net-zero emissions. India’s hydrogen policy…

3 months ago
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Is Poverty Really Decreasing In India?

Around 248 million people living in India escaped multidimensional poverty in the past nine years, according to a report by…

3 months ago
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Living With Wildlife In Urban Indian Spaces

A review of published literature on human-wildlife interactions in Asia, including India, reveals that urban Asia is undergoing rapid land…

4 months ago
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Stronger Ties With S Asian Govts: India’s Gains, Minorities’ Losses?

India’s regional politics are shifting. It is seeking to strengthen ties with South Asian ruling elites, including in Nepal and…

4 months ago
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Why Can’t We Treat Our Women Better?

A case involving fratricide has again shone the spotlight on deep-seated misogyny in India. The incident involves a woman CEO…

4 months ago
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Hit & Run Cases: Transport Unions To Protest At Jantar Mantar

Transport unions from across India were scheduled to join a protest against the new penal law on hit-and-run cases at…

4 months ago
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How COVID Enabled New Forms Of Economic Abuse Of Women

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a “shadow pandemic” of domestic…

5 months ago
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Extreme Weather Events Struck India On 235 Of 273 Days In 2023

The recently-released Climate India 2023 report by Down to Earth paints a grim picture of the nation grappling with extreme…

5 months ago
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Why Women In India Are Less Likely Than Men To Find Jobs

Women in urban India want to work but are not in the labour force in significant numbers, found a 2019…

5 months ago
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About FRA & A Women-Led Forest Stewardship Scheme In Odisha

In 2021, the village of Kodalpalli in Odisha’s Nayagarh district became one of the few places in India where the…

5 months ago
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Measuring Urbanization: Why India Needs To Re-Think Its Methodology

This blog delves into the definition and measure of ‘urban’ in India to discuss the methodological gaps in existing definitions.…

6 months ago

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