The spirit of Chipko needs to be revived
Some years back in a series of highly inspiring actions, Himalayan villagers in many parts of what is now present day Uttarakhand prevented the axing of forest trees.
Some years back in a series of highly inspiring actions, Himalayan villagers in many parts of what is now present day Uttarakhand prevented the axing of forest trees.
India’s worsening air pollution crisis has long been a public health emergency, but the proposal by insurers to hike health premiums in New Delhi due to pollution-related illnesses threatens to turn it into an economic crisis as well.
The decision to dissolve the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, its largest opposition grouping, is stark confirmation of the city’s shifting political landscape.
India's biggest challenge is not just unemployment, but the unemployability of over 60 crore youth.
Visiting a district, decades later, opens up floodgates of memory. When I think of Kakinada, the district headquarters of the famous East Godavari district of undivided Andhra Pradesh, where I had served in 1979-81, certain images endure.
Freedom from terrorism is just one important element in the larger scheme of things - climate emergency, unprecedented economic crisis, massive social breakdown, to list just a few.
Many groups/communities that expose state violence, Islamophobia, social injustices, unequal pay, envionmental degradation, Israeli colonial practices and racism are labelled as deviant.
A collection of studies have recommended reducing Military Engineering Service manpower and outsourcing the majority of their tasks.
Legal provisions were put in place to ensure the continuity of this ecosystem by dedicating an entire Act for its governance.
For the first time, the bill will allow Medicare to negotiate prices of medicines directly and cap the amount recipients pay out of pocket for drugs each year at $2000.
