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Is the footwear industry putting their best foot forward?
Read more: Is the footwear industry putting their best foot forward?India is the second-largest producer and second-largest consumer of footwear globally. Post-covid demand for formal footwear has been deeply impacted while that of open (casual) footwear has seen a good revival. In this article, Ashu Jain analyses the footwear industry in India.
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Cooking-Fuel Choice and Time-Use of Women
Read more: Cooking-Fuel Choice and Time-Use of WomenThe article looks at data and the nature of biofuels and other fuel choices for cooking to understand the participation of women in different economic and non-economic activities.
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Mohalla Clinics: A way to achieve Universal Health Coverage
Read more: Mohalla Clinics: A way to achieve Universal Health CoverageThis article talks about the Mohalla Clinics, which was initiated by the Aam Aadmi Party Government in New Delhi, with an aim to provide community-level primary healthcare. The authors also discuses its’ basic services offered through the lens of overall coverage of the scheme.
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Side-lined States: Qatar and economic blockade
Read more: Side-lined States: Qatar and economic blockadeIn this article, Amisha Singh looks at the diplomatically isolated country, Qatar and how it has done well despite the economic blockade, imposed by the Saudi-led coalition in June 2017. Which continues to date.
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Who got us here? Demographics in the US election
Read more: Who got us here? Demographics in the US electionWith Joe Biden being declared President-elect, this article analyses the voter break down to comment upon the role of gender and race in the 2020 Election.
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NEP 2020 : Homeschooling messed up; where the vision of the visionaries went opaque
Read more: NEP 2020 : Homeschooling messed up; where the vision of the visionaries went opaqueNational Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is indeed a well thought, futuristic, long-awaited education policy reform that turns the whole paradigm upside down. Nevertheless, no policy is flawless. Here the author presents one critical aspect of the NEP that has so far managed to hide from the intellectual lenses; homeschooling messed up.
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‘Beyonce Sharma Jayegi’: Are you guilty of outrage for all the wrong reasons?
Read more: ‘Beyonce Sharma Jayegi’: Are you guilty of outrage for all the wrong reasons?This article investigates the present political and cultural climate from the lens of colourism in India. It is the third article in the series ‘Identities through Art’.
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Liberalization: the importance of institutional reform
Read more: Liberalization: the importance of institutional reformThis article will delve into the positive economic aspects brought about by the liberalization of the Indian economy, while also analyzing to some extent why institutional rigidity has marked India as largely unsuccessful in improving the public good distribution in the same period.
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Privacy and Surveillance Capitalism: Debord’s Reality in 2020
Read more: Privacy and Surveillance Capitalism: Debord’s Reality in 2020This article critically delves into the concept of privacy through various lenses. The core argument is that in the recent past with the information revolution privacy has transformed from a state of existence to commodity.
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Why was Jammu and Kashmir such a challenge for the Indian leadership: A Historical Perspective
Read more: Why was Jammu and Kashmir such a challenge for the Indian leadership: A Historical PerspectiveThis article explores the historical debate on Kashmir’s unique status. Offering the perspectives of significant leaders, this article gives a comprehensive view of the key decision-making regarding J&K.
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Tick–tact: The politics of time
Read more: Tick–tact: The politics of timeIn this article, Vanshika Shah argues that time zones are social constructs that are politically loaded and are tools that have been used to assert dominance and cultural unification.
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Sidelined States: The Rising Importance of Ethiopia
Read more: Sidelined States: The Rising Importance of EthiopiaIn this article, Akanksha Mishra explores the rise of Ethiopia in the realm of regional security in Africa and in the larger economic sphere of the world after the coming of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
