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Kho Kho’s Grand Resurgence: A Historic Step Towards Global Recognition

January 7, 2025

Kho Kho’s journey to international prominence has been a long one. Last showcased at the 1936 Berlin Olympics as part of a demonstration of traditional Indian sports, the game’s reemergence in the global spotlight represents more than just a sporting event—it’s a

India and the Pollution It Breathes

Jyoti Verma

June 15, 2022

Commentary

The latest Air Quality Life Index by the Energy Policy Institute of University of Chicago has found air pollution to be one of the biggest health threats for India. Toxic air pollutants are reducing life expectancy by five years in the country, with pollution

What’s The Length of An Ideal Work Week?

Jyoti Verma

May 17, 2022

Commentary

From July 1, the government of India may shift to a different working and wage style. The labour ministry is in the final leg of clubbing 44 central labour laws into four broad codes of wages, industrial relations, social security and occupation

India Must Beat the Heat with Precautions and Planning

Jyoti Verma

May 9, 2022

Commentary

The summer season of 2022 has begun with the highest average maximum temperature ever recorded over Northwest and Central India in the past 122 years–35.9 degrees Celsius and 37.78 degrees, respectively. While sharing the data, the Met Department also cautioned about the

Act Now on Emissions to Meet 1.5 Degrees Celsius Target: IPCC

Jyoti Verma

April 12, 2022

Commentary

Other than the shocking reactions to the gory images of civilian killings in Ukraine’s Bucha, which surfaced last Saturday, the world has been busy deliberating on its other massive failure—controlling carbon emissions and delaying, if not saving, the planet from disasters coming

Hobson’s Choice

Vivek Mukherji

April 3, 2022

Commentary

Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has split wide open the deep faultlines that already existed in the global energy matrix long before Russian bombs and missiles started raining down on the largest country in Europe. The inability of European powers to push

Philanthropy: The Opportunity to Serve Social Sector

Jyoti Verma

April 1, 2022

Commentary

A philanthropy report has found that India’s super-rich has sharply reduced their philanthropic contributions despite a surge in net worth in the past six years, from the financial year 2015-16 to the financial year 2020-21. The tally of retail contributors, or individuals

Groundwater May Help Humans Survive Climate Change

Jyoti Verma

March 26, 2022

Commentary

A new United Nations report, launched last week, has “looked underfoot to solve global water crises”. The focus of the latest edition of the UN World Water Development Report (WWDR) is not only to highlight the increasing importance of groundwater, a resource

Hate Speech Rules and Significant Exceptions In The Times of Conflict

Jyoti Verma

March 14, 2022

Commentary

The Monday news from Russia carried accounts of bloggers and small businesses “relishing” their final moments scrolling through Instagram on Sunday. March 13, 2022, was Instagram’s last day in Russia, as Moscow asked the photo and video-sharing social networking service to shut

Brace For Impact as International Crude Prices Surge

Vivek Mukherji

March 9, 2022

Commentary

The much-anticipated post-Covid-19 party is over before it could even begin. The dance floor is likely to remain empty in the foreseeable future and the music that started fading out long before the pandemic struck the Indian shores has now stopped playing.

World Needs Reforms to Improve Legal Equality for Women

Jyoti Verma

March 8, 2022

Commentary

Around 2.4 billion women of working age are not given equal economic opportunity and 178 countries maintain legal barriers that prevent their full economic participation, says the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2022 report. In 86 countries, women face some form of

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Kho Kho’s Grand Resurgence: A Historic Step Towards Global Recognition

India and the Pollution It Breathes

What’s The Length of An Ideal Work Week?

India Must Beat the Heat with Precautions and Planning

Act Now on Emissions to Meet 1.5 Degrees Celsius Target: IPCC

Hobson’s Choice

Philanthropy: The Opportunity to Serve Social Sector

Groundwater May Help Humans Survive Climate Change

Hate Speech Rules and Significant Exceptions In The Times of Conflict

Brace For Impact as International Crude Prices Surge

World Needs Reforms to Improve Legal Equality for Women

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