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Leaf carving: Intricate Chinese art gains popularity in India

Leaf carving: Intricate Chinese art gains popularity in India

December 10, 2020

It’s hard not to love the brilliant display of colourful foliage that signals the arrival of autumn each year, but as the cold winter winds prevail, those leaves that once beautified the landscape are left to collect on the ground or begrudgingly raked in some weekend chore...

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International Anti-Corruption Day: “Zero tolerance of corruption remains just a slogan in India”

International Anti-Corruption Day: “Zero tolerance of corruption remains just a slogan in India”

December 9, 2020

Q. How effective are the laws on anti-corruption in India? Anti-corruption laws in India like POCA, RTI, Lokpal and Lokayukta Act are stringent per se but because of the social and political climate in the country which accepts bribe-giving and corruption as a regular affair, ant...

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Sowing the seeds for tomorrow’s climate leaders

Sowing the seeds for tomorrow’s climate leaders

December 9, 2020

To mark the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change, and in an effort to boost the global commitment to slow down global warming and arrest climate change, Climate Ambition Summit is being hosted by United Nations, UK and France, in partnership with Chile and Ita...

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Bharat Bandh draws nationwide support for farmers’ protest

Bharat Bandh draws nationwide support for farmers’ protest

December 9, 2020

 “Soora so pehchaniye, jo lade din ke het, purja purja kat mare, kabhun na chhade khet (Brave is the one who fights for the rights of the poor/weak. Even if his body is chopped to pieces, he does not leave the battlefield),” says Satnam Singh, a sevadar (volunt...

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Not enough progress on net zero carbon emissions

Not enough progress on net zero carbon emissions

December 8, 2020

A number of nations, including the European Union, Japan and the United Kingdom, have already announced new & more ambitious targets for carbon emissions targets agreed to in Paris. India looks well poised to do the same. But it’s unlikely to slow down global warming or arrest ...

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Thousands gather at Delhi’s Singhu border in support of farmers

Thousands gather at Delhi’s Singhu border in support of farmers

December 8, 2020

On the eve of the nationwide strike or Bharat Bandh called by the protesting farmers, leaders of National Alliance of Peoples’ Movements (NAPM), along with advocates, student organisations

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Indian diaspora supports farmers’ protest in India

Indian diaspora supports farmers’ protest in India

December 5, 2020

farmer protest in india, A large number of people from Indian diaspora have come forward in support of the protesting farmers in their native country with activism, digital campaigns and donations.

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36 years of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Victims’ battle for justice continues

36 years of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Victims’ battle for justice continues

December 3, 2020

The residents of JP Nagar have no way to escape the ghosts of their past. The ramshackle neighbourhood, on the outskirts of Bhopal, stands just metres away from the chemical factory where an explosion occurred just after midnight on December 2, 1984, and poisoned their lives fore...

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Recollections of Bhopal Gas Tragedy on the silver screen

Recollections of Bhopal Gas Tragedy on the silver screen

December 2, 2020

Wednesday, December 2 marks the 36th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy. While 2,259 people were reported dead immediately, on the night of Dec 2-3, 1984, after poisonous gas leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, the toxic gas affected over a million people....

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Pandemic pushes battle against HIV/AIDS on backfoot

Pandemic pushes battle against HIV/AIDS on backfoot

December 1, 2020

On the occasion of 33rd World AIDS Day, reports about the state of the dreaded disease are not very encouraging. After decades of being pushed back by scientific advancements as well as better availability of drugs and of course a much higher awareness amongst the people, the Hum...

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French journalists on streets against Macron’s law

French journalists on streets against Macron’s law

November 23, 2020

French media houses are up in arms over the new law passed by the French Parliament last week which bans publication of photographs of police personnel on duty.

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Lockdown boosts entertainment consumption online in India: Dolby Laboratories

Lockdown boosts entertainment consumption online in India: Dolby Laboratories

November 23, 2020

Months of Covid-19 lockdown and shutting down of offices, colleges and schools, has driven a majority of Indians to online entertainment platforms. Dolby study shows that Indian consumers are spending more for a better experience on OTT.

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