Palak Chawla
Queer coding in Hindi cinema
May 25, 2021
For years when queerness could not be spelt out on screens, filmmakers used clichéd characteristics to express the sexuality of a character to send a message to those in the know in the audience without divulging, which has come to be known as queer coding. Queer coded character...
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Increasing cyclones and garbage deposits, a nod towards extreme climate change
May 23, 2021
Over the past couple of years, instances of cyclonic storms have increased considerably along the Indian coastline. India faced three cyclones in 2017, seven in 2018, eight in 2019 and five in 2020. Together, these cyclones killed over 500 people. In 2021 alone, post the destruct...
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Indian cryptocurrency trades jump 30 pc
May 20, 2021
Transactions in cryptocurrencies in India have reportedly increased over 30 pc in 2021 in comparison to 2020. Crypto exchanges facilitating the transactions have recorded a considerable hike in their valuations. Coin switch Kuber has raised USD 25 million at a USD 500 million val...
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International Day of Families: Changing face of families in India
May 15, 2021
Gone are the days when a family could only be defined as nuclear or joint, comprising a heterosexual married couple and their children. Over the past decade due to rising awareness and acceptance in the society many newforms of families are emerging like, same sex couples, single...
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CoWin app: Turning blind eye to data privacy & digital gap
May 15, 2021
The Indian government has made registration on CoWin app mandatory for Covid-19 vaccinations. This has opened up debates on data privacy as well as life threatening digital divide in the age of pandemic.
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Social media the new Covid helpline in face of healthcare collapse
May 14, 2021
In a country where social media platforms have long become synonymous with hatred, fake news and doctored images and videos, used to divide people on the lines of religion, caste, gender and even political inclination, over the past few weeks, the same platforms have helped the c...
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App to help people save trees
May 12, 2021
Over the past decade, as people have become much more conscious of the ever increasing environmental concerns, India has observed many protests and demonstrations against the felling of trees in various parts of the country like Aarey Forest in Mumbai or the Aravali Biodiversity ...
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Culinary tourism: Exploring India’s enormous treasure trove
May 10, 2021
The unmatched variety of traditional Indian cuisines with their flavours, spices and curries are becoming increasingly popular among international tourists giving the country a chance to capitalise on its ancient culinary traditions. “Two-three pc of our international tourists ...
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Pandemic puts pupils in peril
April 26, 2021
The education sector all around the world and especially in India has been grappling with the sudden transformation from classroom teaching to digital education. The sudden shift of mode of teaching has made many students vulnerable to stress and anxiety of coping up with the tr...
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Earth Day: Eight states in eastern India highly vulnerable to climate change
April 22, 2021
A recent report, jointly prepared by Indian Institutes of Technology Mandi and Guwahati, as well as the Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Science (IISc) says that in 2019 and 2020, eight states namely, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh an...
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Supace: AI tool to address delays in the Indian Judiciary
April 19, 2021
Chief Justice of India SA Bobde launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) portal, Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Courts (Supace) with the hope to ease the burden of the ever increasing pending cases in India which have reached over 40 million as of April 19,2021.
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Two more Indian-American women in Biden administration
April 18, 2021
On April 14, 2021, Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate 10 members of his administration to key positions in agencies like the Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, and Department of Energy. They include Meera Joshi and R...
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