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Bridging the Covid-19 Amplified Gender Digital Divide

Gender discrimination against women in the digital ecosystem has had many harmful ramifications, further amplified due to COVID. This article explores the causes and consequences of this divide and, most importantly, the solutions to bridge it through effective policies and measures to empower women both economically and socially.
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Relooking the Altruistic Model of The Surrogacy Bill, 2020

As the current Surrogacy Bill of 2020 rests on an Altruistic Model and completely bans Commercial Surrogacy, this article converges various feminists opinion and legal cases to examine the current model exploring the possibility of making the practice commercial.
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India’s Stance on Ukraine: Will it Impact Quad?

This article examines how India’s stance vis-à-vis Russia, on the Ukraine crisis has been different from other Quad members. While the US has not publicly criticised India it remains to be seen as to how New Delhi’s decision to not criticize Russia and purchase oil will impact the New Delhi-Washington relationship.
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THE PLIGHT OF THE POOR IN NARELA: A LOOK AT FOOD, HOUSING, AND HEALTHCARE

While the government schemes and provisions to uplift the urban poor have been highly appreciated, especially during the pandemic, its infrequent and uneven benefits are testimony to the fact that there is much more that still needs to be done.
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Budget 2022: Taxing of Cryptocurrency in India

In the budget speech, Finance minister Nirmala Sithraman announced a flat 30% tax rate on income generated from the transfer of digital assets. However, later she clarifies that this does not mean that these assets are legitimised, which was received with scepticism. This article first discusses how the legality of these assets is irrelevant to…
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Viewing Caste as a Global Human Rights Crisis

Caste is a deeply embedded phenomenon in the social realities of the subcontinent, and while numerous practices under the ambit of caste are dehumanizing and restrict liberty of thought and movement, it is not clearly considered a human rights crisis by the Indian State.
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Why it is Premature to Present AAP as a National Alternative to the BJP

There is no denying AAP’s success in the recent elections in Punjab. However, it would still be premature to present AAP as a national alternative to the BJP.
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Impact of Private Health Insurance in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in India

The article focuses on understanding the effect of Private Health Insurance on the three dimensions of Universal Health Coverage: access to care (utilization of inpatient and outpatient care), coverage principle, and financial protection.
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Bullet Trains: A Risky Gamble For India?

The Indian government has an ambitious plan of establishing four new high-speed rail corridors under the National Rail Plan by 2031. NHSRCL, the implementing agency, has recently invited bids for preparing detailed project reports for these routes. However, the success of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor, currently under construction, strongly determines the implementation of further HSR corridors.…
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Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Sports: Examining the Gender-based Wage Discrimination Across Sports

Between particular sports, there are vast discrepancies in pay for men and women, ranging from tennis, where pay is comparable in terms of winnings, to cricket, football, and hockey where the pay gap is a minimum of 10-folds.
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The Feminist Economics Critique to Neo-Classical Economics

All the societal norms, rules and frameworks have a bearing on the market as the market is not a black box existing outside the society but inside it. Gender, here, is a key stimulus in determining the economic outcomes for an individual.
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Insanity and the Law: How a 19th Century Test is Used to Prove Insanity Under Criminal Law

This article will discuss using Insanity as a defense under Criminal law which has always been a very fascinating and to some extent an ambiguous aspect under the General Exceptions. While it might be only a defense in case of a Criminal Trial, it has a possibility of being misused as there is no fixed…
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