Learn from Assam mistakes
In the context of determination of illegal migrants, sane decision-making and using the proportionality principle will help policymakers Though the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) and the protests surrounding it have been highly politicised, the fact remains that the leaders involved in amending the Act have not made any effort to...
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Destroying Delhi’s dil
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Abrogate leaders
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The flaming forests
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An economic epidemic
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Blowing cold and hot...
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Policing lessons
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Far from Home
07 February 2020 | Ajoy Kumar
Nations must act now to end STIs
Sexually transmitted infections pose a major public health problem in the region. All stakeholders must refocus attention, resources and energy in this direction There are two things everyone should know about sexually transmitted infections (STIs). First, almost all STIs can be prevented through the use of a highly-effective technology — condoms....
Be reformist not protectionist
In view of the economic slowdown, populist, protectionist policy measures have to be discarded for a pro-market, pro-reforms mindset The Union Budget 2020-21 came at one of the toughest times the Indian economy is facing in recent times. Domestic demand for goods and services, export order books, India’s gross domestic product...
Social contract of social forestry
Local problems require solutions based on different strategies. This is why the key person may or may not be a forester but one who links the community to the store of expertise and gets things done There is an ongoing fierce debate in the country about successful strategies of natural resources...
Return of the cheetah
With shrinking habitats and a reduced prey base, translocating this cat species isn’t a good idea Following the green signal by the Supreme Court, India will soon be reintroducing cheetahs into the wild by flying in the carnivore from Africa, over 50 years after the animal was declared extinct in the...
NRC on hold?
This may just be a placatory gesture and will be back given the BJP’s performance in State polls For long, the ruling establishment has demonised the countrywide protests over the citizenship law as anti-national betrayal, an elitist-liberal conspiracy and an attack on the Hindu way of life. The party with a...
Democracy’s true grit
India rewrote history by upsetting the conventional wisdom that democracies could exist only in developed nations. Yet our foreign policy undermined our chances It is speculative how the military parade became the centerpiece in Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath. The Republic Day commemorates January 26, 1950, the day the bulk of...
How climate change births a virus
The relationship between rising temperatures and increasing spread of viruses has been much researched. The American Society of Microbiology released a report on this in 2010 citing conditions for pandemics The Coronavirus, with its epicentre in Wuhan, China, is wreaking havoc and creating an immense fear psychosis around the world. In...
