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Environmental Racism: Cities Where Children Only Know of Black Waters and Skies
Read more: Environmental Racism: Cities Where Children Only Know of Black Waters and SkiesIn this two-part article, Noor Sharma talks about environmental injustice by taking into view the prevailing situation in India and the United States. She discusses how underprivileged communities in these countries face challenges no one fully acknowledges yet.
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Balancing the Budget: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Read more: Balancing the Budget: The Good, Bad and UglyPresented at a time when India is facing high and rising unemployment, low and falling labour participation, high and rising deaths due to the virus, abysmally high inequalities and poverty rates and poor performance of PSUs, does Sitaraman’s third budget provide one stop solution to all these mounting problems? Let’s see.
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The GameStop Frenzy—Explained
Read more: The GameStop Frenzy—ExplainedThis article walks one through the various themes around the GameStop incident. It first breaks-down the forces that led to the whole commotion and explains the terms ‘shorting’ and ‘short-squeeze’. It then ventures into the predictability of the event, and the SEC’s failure as a regulatory body. Ultimately, it takes the Indian perspective into account…
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Why have nuclear powers rejected the TPNW nuclear treaty?
Read more: Why have nuclear powers rejected the TPNW nuclear treaty?In this article, Rahil Chamola considers the recently introduced TPNW treaty that places legal restrictions on nuclear weapon handling, and the hidden motivations of the nuclear powers that refuse to sign it. What does this mean for the future of nuclear disarmament?
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The Last Frontier of Cooperation: The significance of ‘soft-power’ in improving India’s relationship with Latin America
Read more: The Last Frontier of Cooperation: The significance of ‘soft-power’ in improving India’s relationship with Latin AmericaThis article attempts to examine the history of India’s relationship with Latin American countries, it’s trajectory over the past few years and the scope for continued cooperation, in light of recent geopolitical developments in the region. It argues that New Delhi’s Latin America policy must, while continuing to bolster trade relations, prioritize the improvement of…
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Data and Digital Dominance: How data is changing the world
Read more: Data and Digital Dominance: How data is changing the worldData has been termed as the “oil of the digital age”, fueling the digital economy and driving growth in the information age. The power of the data economy is however concentrated in the hands of a few. This article discusses the influence of tech giants and the scope of regulation by the governments.
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People, Planet and Profits: How do corporations prioritize the 3Ps?
Read more: People, Planet and Profits: How do corporations prioritize the 3Ps?As a working individual how would you prioritize “People, Planet and Profits”? How would the executives in your institution prioritize the same? In this article, the author takes a look at the Triple Bottom Line Framework and explains how the different priorities of the executives and the employees result in an ineffective switch to sustainable…
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Obsolete and Panoptical – The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897
Read more: Obsolete and Panoptical – The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897Several state governments in India have invoked provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to tackle the coronavirus pandemic that began in the March of 2020. Activists, journalists as well as public health experts and medical scholars have termed this colonial-era legislation as draconian and obsolete since it enables state excesses and does not outline…
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Internet Shutdowns in India – Legality, Constitutionality and Instances
Read more: Internet Shutdowns in India – Legality, Constitutionality and InstancesThis article aims to show that shutdowns, suspensions or blocking of internet services are unconstitutional and go against the fabric of democracy when used frequently to silence the voices of the citizens.
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Going Beyond GDP: Women and Unpaid Household Work
Read more: Going Beyond GDP: Women and Unpaid Household WorkFor centuries, the burden of unpaid household work (UHW) has unequally been borne by our women. Kamal Hassan’s recently proposed to pay women for their domestic work. The idea originally comes from proposals by Western feminists to monetise household work but the cost of such labour is high in the west, unlike India. In this…
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Role of Diaspora in Bollywood — National Identity and Associated Normative Behaviour
Read more: Role of Diaspora in Bollywood — National Identity and Associated Normative BehaviourThis article explores how Bollywood has played a crucial role in national identity formation — how Hindi movies have contributed to the transmission of ideas, heightening the awareness of a global lifestyle and thus, establishing normative ideas of behavior that are often influenced by national identity. It especially focuses on diaspora and the NRI identity.

