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Are Social Media Apps ‘Dangerous Products’?

“You have blood on your hands.” “I’m sorry for everything you have all been through.” These quotes, the first from…

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What Can Lichens Tell Us About Atmospheric Pollution?

Lichens are composite organisms born out of a mutualistic alliance between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner, typically algae or…

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Our Fight Is Against RSS & BJP, Says Kharge

Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress president, has said that Rahul Gandhi is taking out the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra (BJNY) under adverse…

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How A Cancer Diagnosis Can Bring Financial Ruin In India

Meenati* arrived at the clinic with a painful lump in her left breast, which she had first noticed three months…

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Why Funding For Refugees Has Been Politicized

At least a dozen countries, including the U.S., have suspended funding to the UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible for…

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Mangroves: Rising Tides, Rooted Solutions

Mangroves have multiple ecosystem services including carbon sequestration, flood mitigation, protection against wind and waves, fisheries and habitat for biodiversity.…

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‘EVMs A Threat To Fair ’24 Lok Sabha Elections’

On Thursday, February 2, thousands of Ambedkarites, lawyers and other members of civil society gathered at Delhi's Jantar Mantar to…

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This Is Why Disability Inclusion Is Important For Climate Resilience

Globally, more than a billion people have a disability. Most live in poverty and 80 percent live in low- and…

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Where Climate Activism Is Headed Next

Climate activism has been on a wild ride lately, from the shock tactics of young activists throwing soup on famous…

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Al Jazeera Scribe To Be Kerala’s ‘Mediaperson Of The Year’

On February 2, the Kerala Media Academy has announced that Wael Al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera's Gaza bureau chief, has been selected…

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Why The Humanities Are Needed In Health Care

While there is a long history of doctor-poets – one giant of mid-20th-century poetry, William Carlos Williams, was famously also…

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How To Even-Up Climate Change Playing Field

The whole world needs to adapt and prepare for climate change. The problem is, lower-income and less developed countries are…

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1 bn People Exposed To Heat Stress By Gaps In Climate Monitoring

2023 was the hottest year on record. Humidity is rising too. Heat and humidity are a dangerous combination, threatening all…

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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…

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Gyanvapi: Muslims To Peacefully Keep Shutters Down In Varanasi Today

In protest against puja performed in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque -- a day after the district court…

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SA’s Genocide Case Against Israel: Its Proudest Foreign Policy Moment

On 11 January 2024, South Africa hauled Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the charge of violating the 1948 Genocide…

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U’khand Faces Tunnelling Disasters As Norms Are Ignored

In the early morning of 12 November 2023, a 57 metre wide section of an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarakhand…

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Native Pastoralists From Gujarat Demand Their Land Rights

The central government approves a cheetah breeding and conservation centre in Gujarat’s sprawling Banni grasslands. Banni has historically remained a…

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“Modi’s Guarantee A ‘Jumla’, Youth Going To Israel For Jobs”

On January 30, hitting out at the Narendra Modi government at the Centre over people seeking jobs in Israel, Congress…

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Sundarbans: Nowhere Else To Go On Islands Swallowed By Water

Panchanan Dolui, who lives on Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans, has shifted homes three times due to floods and…

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Why Are So Many Robots White?

Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like…

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Ability Of Forests As Carbon Sinks In Question Amid Global Warming

The ability of forests to take up carbon dioxide is driven by multiple feedback loops, which grow more complex as…

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If Stubble Burning Ended In Dec, Why Is Delhi’s AQI Still ‘Severe’?

Although the days when parali (stubble) burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana was blamed solely for rising…

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Explainer: Is Criticism Of Israel Antisemitic?

There has been a sharp increase in antisemitism around the world since the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by Hamas and…

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No Climate Campaign In South Asia’s Elections

South Asia has five elections this year, with two already concluded in Bangladesh on January 7 and Bhutan on January…

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