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Crimes increasing, cases piling up: State of India’s environment
March 10, 2021
Soon after the release of State of Indian Environment, 2021, a report about the current state of the environment in India, public interest litigation was filed in the Supreme Court asking the top court to issue directions for urgently filling up of large-scale vacancies that have...
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Farm talks at WTO continue to undermine Indian farmers
March 9, 2021
On March 10, the agricultural negotiations committee of the World Trade Organisation will undertake yet another round of discussion on numerous contentious issues that have been lined up for discussions by the Geneva-based trade regulator. These talks are significant for several ...
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Unemployment pushes Malayalee exodus to return to Gulf
March 9, 2021
Gijo Panchachikkal, 51, worked in Bahrain as a manager in a private automobile firm for over 10 years. However, in November 2020, Panchachikkal was forced to go back to Kerala as he lost his job due to the pandemic. Since then, he has been trying to run a business in Kerala by as...
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Remembering Sahir Ludhianvi – the pacifist poet
March 8, 2021
“Kaho ki ab koi tajir idhar ka rukh na kare, Ab is ja koi kavari na bechi jaegi; Ye khet jag pade, uth khadi huyi fasalein, Ab is jagah koi kyari na bechi jaegi” Roughly translates to ‘ask no traders to come here, no more girls will be sold, And tell them that fields have [...
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Freedom House report not a surprise, say activists
March 7, 2021
To many human rights and freedom of expression activists and lawyers, the latest report of Freedom House, an American NGO that ranks democracies around the world on their scores of relative freedom each year, did not come as any surprise. The Freedom in the World 2021 report dro...
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Patchy progress in ‘world’s largest vaccination drive’
March 6, 2021
India was rather late off the block in the roll out of the vaccination drive, that began after much dilly dallying only on January 16, almost a month after dozens of other countries had already been immunising their populations against the pandemic. There was another major differ...
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Guru Nanak College all set to host 7th Pavit Singh Nayar Memorial Intercollegiate T20
March 6, 2021
India’s most exciting inter-collegiate T20 cricket tournament is back. The 7th edition of the Pavit Singh Nayar Memorial Intercollegiate T20, an All-India Intercollegiate Cricket Tournament for Men & Women 2021 will be held from March 8-12 at the cricket grounds of the Guru...
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Digital media & OTT rules: Freedom & privacy under siege
March 5, 2021
Introduced to ‘curb misuse’ of digital platforms, new rules by the Indian government for the OTT and digital news platforms has led to worries about the freedom and privacy of individuals online.
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Prize unwise: Bollywood award shows
March 4, 2021
After a gap of over a year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Bollywood award season has begun again. Dadasaheb Phalke Awards, considered one of the most prestigious awards in Indian cinema, concluded on February 26 and Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone and Akshay Kumar bagg...
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Hurun Global Rich List & LSE: Inequality shoots up in pandemic
March 3, 2021
The year 2020 was disastrous for the global economy as the GDP in practically every country collapsed by record numbers mainly due to the lockdowns that were imposed across the globe. Close to 500 million jobs may have been lost and hundreds of millions pushed into poverty. Howev...
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Gond paintings: Of tribes, traditions and art
March 3, 2021
“Art in India does not wait for a canvas or paint. Rock surfaces and caves, a village wall, the floor, a palm leaf, a piece of wood, or even the palm of a hand is space enough and that is exactly what Gond represents – staying in harmony with nature,” says Gareeba Singh...
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Haunted homes of Rajasthan’s Kuldhara
March 2, 2021
Ghost stories have a very different kind of charm to lure readers with old forts, ruins of castles, deserted alleys, sinister houses and abandoned spirits. Lying 21 km from the Golden City of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, Kuldhara a large village has a similar story to tell. Straight ...
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