The rise of conspiracy theories and fantasies
Complex political, economic, demographic shifts and the mushrooming of social media sites have all contributed in making fantastical explanations, that were once relegated to the lunatic fringe, migrate to the mainstream In 2005, an independent filmmaker, Dylan Avery, made a documentary called Loose Change. The film explores the many conspiracy theories...
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Unsung hero of the downtrodden
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Beating desertification
23 September 2019 | VK Bahuguna -
India closer to fulfilling Nehru’s dream
21 September 2019 | Sapna Singh -
Planned desert in offing in NCR
21 September 2019 | Shivaji Sarkar -
India’s development warriors
21 September 2019 | Moin Qazi -
A time of reckoning for babus at last
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The Modi-Trump bromance show
20 September 2019 | Kumardeep Banerjee
Focus on making history
There is a lesson to be learnt from the coverage of the Chandrayaan-2 mission and that is there is a difference between witnessing an epic feat unfold and achieving it There is a performance zone in which we all thrive. When handling critical projects, teams not only require resources but also...
Ship-breaking poisoning the environment
The pipes and steel body of a vessel hold an average of 1,40,000 PPM mercury, that is released into the air during the dismantling process. This puts labourers and technical staff at risk The ship-breaking business in India is booming as many nations across the world have completely banned dismantling of...
The mystery of drone strikes
Though Pompeo blamed Iran for the attacks on Saudi oil, Trump doesn’t want a full-scale war with it and neither does the kingdom US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed the Houthi claim that the Yemeni rebel group had carried out Saturday’s strike on two huge Saudi Arabian oil processing facilities....
Free the land to save Earth
Degraded tracts can be used for orchards and agro-forestry to help store more carbon in the soil. This will help mitigate the effects of climate change The fire of humanity’s end has started to burn the Amazon rainforests. Our hunger for destruction of forests is older than the Roman Empire’s greed...
Will Modi bite the UCC bullet?
‘One nation, one law’ is a necessity and the sooner the Uniform Civil Code comes, the better, though it is a sensitive issue and should be handled delicately by having more public debates and discussions Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi go for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), particularly after being prompted...
Time to up the game
India is losing to China in the fight to woo Myanmar, the latest geo-economic battleground, says Rupesh Dutta In the last five years, India has achieved notable success in strengthening relations with its immediate neighbours, Sri Lanka and Nepal. However, the other major economy in the region, China, is determined to...
The need of the hour
To mitigate environmental risks , we have to make costly adaptations. Nations need funds for this, making climate finance a vital resource Every nation and individual is exposed to the risks of climate change and we have to make several adaptations to mitigate them. These largescale measures are costly. So nations...
