Vaccine and other developments in the fight against COVID-19

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U.S. foreign policy under Joe Biden will not be greatly different from that of the past

Under Joe Biden the foreign policy goal of U.S. primacy will remain. To this end the U.S. will continue to undermine the ties China and Russia have es

West Asia

‘The end of the oil state era in West Asia is approaching fast’: Patrick Cockburn

Interview with Patrick Cockburn, journalist and author.

Western Sahara

SANDRP report points to increasing violence by illegal sand miners and calls for urgent need to regulate riverbed mining

SANDRP’s report on deaths caused by incidents relating to illegal sand mining and attacks on law enforcement agencies exposes the devastating impact o

Spotlight

Lignite mining triggers tremors in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat

Even as lignite mining operations in the seismically unstable region of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat cause mild tremors and sudden elevations in patc

Online education

Digital divide deprives have-nots of proper online education

The experience of Vidya Bhawan Society (VBS) in Udaipur shows that an enormous gulf exists between the digital haves and have-nots in the realm of onl

Essay

How a Supreme Court judgment brought back the sedition law in India

K.M. Munshi’s amendment had removed “sedition” from the Constitution, arguing that its scope was too broad to be compatible with free speech in a demo

Social Issues

Tablighi Jamaatis' acquittal shows evidence of innocence

The acquittal of Tablighi Jamaat members from abroad nails the widespread lie that they were wilfully spreading COVID-19 and raises questions about th

Defence Pension

General Bipin Rawat’s proposals to increase retirement age and slash pension benefits for armed forces face criticism

The Department of Military Affairs’ new proposals to increase the retirement age of officers and lower the stipulated pension of officers opting for p

Defence Ministry

The rising cost of the defence pension bill

Crimes against women

Women’s organisations in Maharashtra want a holistic approach, not the Shakti Bill

The Maharashtra government defers the Shakti Bill, a proposed law on crimes against women and children, after women’s rights lawyers and activists pro

Jammu and Kashmir

BJP’s game plan gone awry in Jammu and Kashmir

The outcome of the first-ever District Development Council elections has put paid to the BJP’s plan to raise an alternative mainstream leadership in J

West Bengal politics

Bengal BJP workers, victims of violence by Trinamool cadre, protest against TMC leaders joining the saffron party

The Trinamool Congress suffers a huge setback as heavyweight leader Suvendu Adhikari and several others join the BJP, but workers of the saffron party

Kerala local body elections

LDF achieves trailblazing win in Kerala local body elections

With its impressive governance record in Kerala, the Left Democratic Front registers a thumping victory in the local body elections, countering a barr

Interview: Major Singh Punnawale, AIKS (Punjab)

Major Singh Punnawale: ‘We never asked for these laws’

Interview with Major Singh Punnawale, general secretary, All India Kisan Sabha (Punjab).

Farmers' Agitation

Farmers in Punjab stand in for those involved in the Delhi agitation by fulfilling their farming roles

Giving a boost to the agitation, the practice of friends and neighbours standing in for the agitating farmers by collectively carrying out farming act

Farmers' struggle

Farmers' struggle in India offers a lesson in resilience

A month into the protests, farmers are determined not to yield. And they have alternative media, books, songs and a similar protest in history to keep

COVID-19 Update

As the first vaccine doses are administered for COVID-19, there is light at the end of the tunnel

Developing a vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic is an extraordinary feat of science made possible by of years of scientific work and investment in u

COVID-19 Update

The emergence of two new variants of the virus poses concern amid plans for the roll-out of vaccines

A global second wave of infection spread with the new UK-variant is possible unless the usual precautions are strictly adhered to and other restrictio

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THREATENED ECOSYSTEMS

Book review: Urgent need for conservation action to save India’s habitats

Comprehensive and thought-provoking essays dealing with the state of India’s wilderness and wildlife and the conservation strategies under way.

COVID-19 Update

COVID vaccination poses both a challenge and an opportunity

It would be premature to believe that the epidemic has burnt out and unpardonable to leave the population unguarded against a possible catastrophe. Th

C.P. Chandrasekhar

Little value from global chains

The episode of violence at a Wistron iPhone assembling facility near Bengaluru was not the ploy of a set of rogue managers but is in tune with the nat

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U.S. foreign policy under Joe Biden will not be greatly different from that of the past

‘The end of the oil state era in West Asia is approaching fast’: Patrick Cockburn

Sahrawis betrayed again as Trump bats for Morocco

Roddam Narasimha, an illustrious master

Roddam Narasimha as scientist & mentor

Mangalesh Dabral: Poet of the masses

SANDRP report points to increasing violence by illegal sand miners and calls for urgent need to regulate riverbed mining

Lignite mining triggers tremors in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat

Digital divide deprives have-nots of proper online education

How a Supreme Court judgment brought back the sedition law in India

Tablighi Jamaatis' acquittal shows evidence of innocence

General Bipin Rawat’s proposals to increase retirement age and slash pension benefits for armed forces face criticism

The rising cost of the defence pension bill

Women’s organisations in Maharashtra want a holistic approach, not the Shakti Bill

BJP’s game plan gone awry in Jammu and Kashmir

Bengal BJP workers, victims of violence by Trinamool cadre, protest against TMC leaders joining the saffron party

LDF achieves trailblazing win in Kerala local body elections

Major Singh Punnawale: ‘We never asked for these laws’

Farmers in Punjab stand in for those involved in the Delhi agitation by fulfilling their farming roles

Farmers' struggle in India offers a lesson in resilience

As the first vaccine doses are administered for COVID-19, there is light at the end of the tunnel

The emergence of two new variants of the virus poses concern amid plans for the roll-out of vaccines

Book review: Urgent need for conservation action to save India’s habitats

COVID vaccination poses both a challenge and an opportunity

Little value from global chains

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