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A Message from Lord Hewart: The Guiding Principle Of Natural Justice
Read more: A Message from Lord Hewart: The Guiding Principle Of Natural JusticeThe Supreme Court created a committee of four members to deliberate over the recently passed farm laws that have led to massive protests and resistance from the farmers in and around Delhi. This article analyses the constitution of the committee and the legal problems associated with it.
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Power Play: Deterrence vs Denuclearization
Read more: Power Play: Deterrence vs DenuclearizationThis article delves into a debate centred around nuclear weapons that has existed for almost as long as the weapons themselves – the debate between Nuclear Disarmament and Nuclear Deterrence. In the context of the current socio-political climate, it examines whether the world will ever be able to resolve this age-old dilemma.
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Vaccines: A Silver Bullet For The Economy?
Read more: Vaccines: A Silver Bullet For The Economy?This article contrasts the concepts of risk and uncertainty and examines the effect of the potential vaccination of the population on the recovery of economies from the Covid induced crisis. It also looks at consumer behaviour and other macroeconomic effects.
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When Disaster Descends & the Need to Revisit Our Himalayan Policy
Read more: When Disaster Descends & the Need to Revisit Our Himalayan PolicyThis article explores what led to the glacial disaster that struck Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on the 7th of February 2021, the looming threat of glacial retreat in the Himalayas and the need to revisit our developmental policies in the Himalayas.
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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…
