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“I’ve not known the restraints now being imposed on the academic freedom to exist on the IIM campus during the last five years. But things have changed”, says the author.
Hybrid Bt cotton, the only commercialised GM crop in India, has failed conclusively. Based on this failure and the evidence on GM crops to date, the Union of India’s proposal to commercialise herbicide-tolerant (HT) mustard will destroy not just Indian mustard agriculture but citizens’ health.
‘The Idea of Ram, and the Idea of India’: Those using Ram as a political mascot must consider how their actions impact the ideals of an inclusive, democratic and just society India aims to be. Also: ‘PM Modi in Ram Temple Pran Prathishtha: End of Secularism as “Distance” Between State and Religion?’.
The third and final part of Aditya Mukherjee’s presidential address at the 82nd session of Indian History Congress (IHC), conducted from December 28-30, 2023, at Kakatiya University, in Warangal, Telangana.
‘As Snowfall and Rain Elude Himalayas in the Peak of Winter, Worries Mount’: There has been a decline in the frequency of the western disturbance tropical storm, which brings rain and snow to northern India, say scientists. Also: ‘Kashmiris Look to Heaven, with Prayers and Hope, as Snow Stays Away Through Coldest Phase of Winter’.
‘The January 22 Ram Temple Inauguration Is a Political Event. It’s a Crucial Test for Indian Politics’; ‘Why Congress Clearly Saying January 22 Is Part of RSS/BJP’s “Political Project” Matters’; ‘Gandhi, Vivekananda, Tagore, and Temple Consecration’.
In 2023, India hit a new low in press freedom, with the Central government signalling zero tolerance for a free and vibrant media.
A long look at 2023 and how the courts let India down.
The optics are being built for creating an environment in which India accepts an unfavourable negotiated solution that reinforces and rewards China’s aggression on the Ladakh border.
GOI efforts to spin a jobs growth narrative has meant the following: it is not willing to recognise a glaring problem, and hence no concrete efforts are needed to change economic policy to make the growth pattern more labour-intensive.
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