Politics
Indian Smart Cities and urban planning drowns unde...
August 9, 2021
India has been undergoing rapid urbanisation as millions of people continue to migrate to the nearest city in search of better opportunities. This has already pushed the ratio of urban population higher in the country. Studies estimate that between now and 2030, another 500 milli...
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Government in denial over manual scavenging deaths
August 5, 2021
Last week, in response to outcry from activists over continuous deaths of manual scavengers, minister of state for social justice and empowerment, Ramdas Athawale, told the Parliament that no deaths had taken place from manual scavenging, adding that there were only 66,692 regist...
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Controversy over caste census divides politicians ...
August 2, 2021
Exactly 90 years after it was dropped, there has been a growing controversy surrounding demand by some political leaders, notably Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi, to revive the practice of caste-based enumeration in the country again. Along with t...
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Blinken blinks on human rights in Delhi visit
July 31, 2021
On his day-long debut visit to India, United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinked arrived in New Delhi earlier this week and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishanker and other prominent players during a civil society roundtable, which inclu...
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Covid-19 leaves trail of orphaned children & ...
July 28, 2021
A recent report by British medical journal, The Lancet, said that the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an estimated 1.5 million children facing the loss of a parent or a caregiver, either a grandparent or other older relative in their home, including over a million who lost one ...
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Amidst large-scale dropouts due to Covid-19, saffr...
July 27, 2021
As the economic and social cost of the Covid-19 pandemic becomes clearer, worrying reports of hundreds of thousands of students from various states either dropping out, giving up education entirely, or move from the more expensive private schools to government-run schools that ar...
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A tightrope walk for Delimitation Commission in Ja...
July 25, 2021
The Delimitation Commission which was tasked with the reorganisation of constituencies from March 2020 to March 2021 says it has made a thorough note of the dissent and opposition by the public and political parties, in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. While many Kashmir...
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‘Kisan Sansad’ at Jantar Mantar, aims to creat...
July 22, 2021
As the farmers’ protest against three farm laws rammed through the Parliament last year by the government without any debate enters its eighth month, the farmers have upped the ante on their by and large peaceful protest to pressure ruling party as well as opposition parliament...
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Upcoming festive season: A trigger for third wave?
July 22, 2021
Ever since the pandemic hit India, different state governments as well as the Centre officially promoted social distancing and banned large gatherings. However, the reality as seen in pictures and various events was something else. According to a study by Indian Council of Medica...
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Pegasus Project: ‘An attack on democracy’
July 21, 2021
Within hours of emergence of latest scandal surrounding the use of Pegasus, a spyware developed by Israeli company NSO, while the French justice ministry opened an investigation into it, the Indian government was dodging the issue, terming it an attempt to discredit the governmen...
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