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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
Although nomadic and denotified tribes make up nearly 10% of India’s population, they face an uphill battle for education and social dignity.
Celebrating the birthday of Mother Earth means to think and celebrate the difficult existence of Mother Earth herself, with identity, dignity, rights, her own stories.
Set in the wider arc of history, Earth Day stands as a reminder of the importance of fact-based and community-grounded advocacy for moving the needle on inclusive, just environmental policy and practice.
The United Nations Secretary-General called the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “a litany of broken climate promises” showing the world is “on a fast track to climate disaster.”
Since Ambedkar’s passing, Ambedkarites have been leaving a mark in various arenas, from politics to academia to employees’ organisations and more. Yet, as Anand Teltumbde puts it, “Every Ambedkarite, whether they are conscious of it or not, experiences some crisis.”
The Mumbai-based organisation has questioned the ‘complicity of the police’ in the communal clashes reported recently.
The Central Board of Secondary Education has removed several other chapters too, including chapters about the Non-Aligned Movement, the Cold War era, the rise of Islamic empires in Afro-Asian territories, the chronicles of Mughal courts and the industrial revolution.
Economists are sceptical of the claim that the country’s food security scheme helped avert a rise in extreme poverty. Here’s why.
Compared to upper caste Hindus and other backward castes, Adivasis die four years, Dalits three years and Muslims a year earlier, and the Muslim life expectancy has worsened over the last 20 years, according to two new studies. The disparities are not due to wealth alone …
The freedom to cite ‘national security’, unexamined, and as a reason to withhold information, or have a matter adjourned, or use the ‘sealed envelope’ method, are illustrations.
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