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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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Raising Houses Above Rising Flood Waters

Residents of flood-prone Kuttanad in Kerala are increasingly adopting architectural solutions to combat waterlogging and flooding. Kuttanad’s distinctive geography combined…

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India’s Arms Sales To Israel During A War Is A Political Statement

India’s diplomacy in the Middle East is again under pressure from conflicting parties of the Arab-Israeli crisis. India’s traditional policy…

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Exam Debate Betrays India’s Next Generation Of Leaders

The NEET exam scandal has emerged as an enormous breach of trust and appears to have caused irreparable harm to…

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The Feral Elephants Of The Andaman Islands

In the late nineteenth century, Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were introduced to the Andaman Islands to work in timber operations…

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Can Humanity Address Climate Change Without Believing It?

Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change. While…

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Hajj In Extraordinary Heat: What A Scholar Of Islam Saw In Mecca

At least 1,300 people died because of scorching heat during the Hajj pilgrimage in June 2024. It’s not the first…

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Northeast India’s Battle Against Drugs

When deadly ethnic clashes erupted in Manipur in India’s northeast frontier with Myanmar in May 2023, it was attributed to…

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What Is A People’s Biodiversity Register?

The People’s Biodiversity Register catalogues local flora, fauna, and traditional knowledge, ensuring ecological treasures are not forgotten. The objective of…

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Thousands Hit As Sardar Sarovar Dam’s Water Level Is Altered

With the change in the backwater level of the Narmada river, the number of villages declared as submergence-affected in Madhya…

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Echoes Of Despair: Why Aren’t We Doing More About Youth Suicide?

These headlines in India over just three days last week make for depressing reading. ‘18-year-old Instagram influencer kills self in…

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Placing Health Over Handcuffs: A Public Health Approach To Drug Use

The ambition to achieve a “drug-free society” has shaped current drug laws in many countries by prioritising abstinence and criminalisation…

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Too Late To Save France From The Far-Right?

France’s prime minister Gabriel Attal has called for calm across the country following a surge in violence against political candidates…

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