Ahmedabad Meat Ban: Does the Law Give Indians the Right to Eat the Kind of Food They Want?
From partial restrictions to total bans, the judiciary has swayed in its interpretation of this question.
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Electoral Bonds are a Threat to Indian Democracy
The electoral bonds system allows corporates to anonymously donate theoretically infinite amounts of money to political parties, triggering concerns that the ruling party will return the favour through corporate-friendly public policy.
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Modi Govt Keeps Financial Deal with Bharat Biotech Secret; Covaxin Among World’s Costliest Vaccines
The supply of Covaxin—one of the world’s cheapest vaccines by investment but among the costliest in the market—is marred by shortages. The financial details of the deal are secret, production capacity is unclear and royalties to the government are likely underpaid.
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Second China-Constructed Enclave in Arunachal, Show New Satellite Images
The anti-India popular outbursts in Bangladesh, soon after the liberation of the country (that was brought about through the military intervention of the same India), need to be understood in the context of the complicated relationship between the liberators and the liberated.
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Culture | India | Online Blog
Bengal’s Youngest Poet Deserves to Be Celebrated, Not Buried in Oblivion or Neglect
Had he lived longer, Sukanta Bhattacharya could obviously have given us much more, but we should be grateful for what he left behind.
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India in 2020 Incurred a Loss of $87 Billion Due to Climate-Related Hazards, Says Report
The World Meteorological Organisation report shows how every part of Asia was affected, from Himalayan peaks to low-lying coastal areas, from densely populated cities to deserts and from the Arctic to the Arabian seas.
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More Than 11,000 Businesspersons Died by Suicide in 2020: NCRB
In 2020, when COVID-19 halted trade and ravaged businesses across the country, as many as 11,716 businesspersons died by suicide, a 29% jump from 2019 when 9,052 businesspersons had taken their own lives, found latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau.
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A Regime of Drain, External Control, and Impoverishment
While India celebrates its 75th anniversary of Independence, the Indian authorities are putting the finishing touches on a financial regime that will perpetuate an unprecedented level of control of India’s economic policy by foreign investors.
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Forest Conservation Act: How the Proposed Changes are Likely to Make Our Climate Change Goals Unachievable
The proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act are not only antithetical to the Forest Rights Act, but are likely to delay achieving India’s commitments on climate change.
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No Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan? Implemented Fully, BJP’s Hindutva Renaming Will Wipe Out a Lot of India
Given India’s association with Persian, the BJP’s renaming spree, taken to its logical conclusion, will end up wiping away substantial portions of what Indians find familiar.
