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Threats to the Kulsi river in Assam

The Kulsi river in Assam is a habitat of the endangered Ganges river dolphin, but illegal sand mining and the existence and construction of bridges ar

Sushanta Talukdar, Ritu Raj Konwar

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Interview: Akeel Bilgrami

Akeel Bilgrami on the nature of subjective identity

Interview with Akeel Bilgrami.

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Missing forests: Govt report makes tall claims

The latest Forest Report makes tall claims of rising forest cover but a closer look at the details and the methodology used reveals that all is not we

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Interview: Dr Kafeel Khan

Interview with Dr Kafeel Khan: ‘Chief Minister needed a scapegoat’

Interview with Dr Kafeel Khan, author of The Gorakhpur Hospital Tragedy.

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Wasim Kapoor: People’s painter

Wasim Kapoor’s (1951-2022) deeply-rooted secular beliefs, his steadfast commitment to the Leftist ideology and, above all, his enormous compassion for

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Vanishing village victim of hydro electric power project

A tiny village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district is getting wiped out because it has been chosen as the site for dumping debris generated by work on t

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World Affairs: Yemen

Yemen’s unending tragedy

Fresh military attacks by both the Houthi movement and the United States-backed, Saudi Arabia-led coalition signal a serious escalation of Yemen’s sev

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World Affairs: Ukraine

The U.S. fuelling tensions in the face of what it says is an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine

Both Russia and Ukraine have rejected the West’s propaganda that a Russian invasion of that country is imminent, but that has not deterred the U.S. an

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Safe In India report on injuries in auto factories

‘Epidemic’ of injuries: Report exposes lack of safety measures in auto component makers

In a shocking report on accidents and injuries in auto component making units, Safe in India Foundation reveals the widespread lack of safety measures

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Assam connection

A tea estate in Assam boasts of its association with Ronald Ross, claiming that his discovery of the malarial parasite happened at its hospital labora

Biman Nath,Somava Biswas

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Economic violence: Oxfam's latest report tears into inequality

The latest Oxfam report highlights how man-made inequality killed more people than COVID-19 did during the pandemic and suggests a redistribution of w

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Ordinance route to amend Kerala Lok Ayukta Act: Diluting a law?

The Kerala government’s plan to pass an ordinance amending key provisions of the Kerala Lok Ayukta Act, 1999, when the Assembly session is just around

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The Constitution

Rights & duties

In the debate over constitutional rights vs duties, the political thrust on duties is highly problematic in terms of India’s deeply intermeshed caste

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Reservation Policy

Milestone in social justice: Supreme Court verdict upholds OBC reservation in all-India medical seats quota

The Supreme Court’s historic verdict upholding OBC reservation in the all India quota of medical seats is a major achievement in the history of social

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Assembly election: Goa

Goa Assembly election: Congress, BJP back as main contenders

As the dust settles on the run-up to the election in Goa, the BJP and the Congress re-emerge as the main contenders, with the ruling party perceived t

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ASSEMBLY ELECTION: MANIPUR

Manipur Assembly election: A battle of wits

The BJP has fielded its candidates in all the 60 seats while the Congress forms a six-party alliance to contest the two-phase Assembly election. The N

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Assembly election: Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Assembly election: Different strategies

Both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress in Uttarakhand are trying to woo the electorate, especially the youth and women, wi

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Interview: Amarinder Singh

Amarinder Singh: ‘I feel the farmers’ sympathy is still with us’

Interview with Amarinder Singh, leader of the Punjab Lok Congress and former Chief Minister.

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COVER STORY: UP Assembly Election

Uttar Pradesh Assembly election: A sticky wicket in the west

The first two phases of the election cover western Uttar Pradesh, the hotbed of the historic farmers’ agitation against the now-repealed farm laws. Th

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Interview: Sunil Jakhar

Sunil Jakhar, Congress campaign chief in Punjab: ‘We have brought Punjab back on track ...’

Interview with Sunil Jakhar, Congress campaign chief.

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Interview: Harpal Singh Cheema

Harpal Singh Cheema: ‘This time, everybody’s with the AAP’

Interview with Harpal Singh Cheema, Aam Aadmi Party leader.

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ASSEMBLY ELECTION: Punjab

Punjab Assembly election: Old issues, new hope

The Assembly election is not going to hover around identity politics. It will be dominated by the real issues affecting people’s lives.

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Tamil Nadu suicide case: Politics over a tragedy

The Sangh Parivar goes all out to whip up communal frenzy in Tamil Nadu alleging that a minor girl’s suicide is the result of an attempt at forced rel

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Assembly Election: Punjab

Dalit wind in Congress sails in Punjab

The Congress, which has replaced Amarinder Singh with a Dalit Chief Minister, looks well poised to secure a major chunk of the Dalit votes in Punjab.

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Three separate and spaced exposures to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein confers high immune protection, say scientists in two studies

The key finding of two foreign cohort studies seems to imply that three separate and spaced exposures to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein—either from thre

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Tamil Nadu Suicide case: Straight out of movies

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Economic Perspectives

Union Budget 2022-23: Government reduces spending on welfare, sticks to conservative fiscal stance

The Narendra Modi government choosing to stick with its regressive fiscal agenda in an election year sends out a clear message: it places all its bets

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Book Review: Saeed Naqvi's play 'The Muslim Vanishes' is a fable for our time

Saeed Naqvi’s play, a tragi-comedy in four scenes, is a riveting narrative about the state of affairs in the country. Othering, nostalgia, betrayal, i

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Book Review: S.S. Sharma's 'The Great Tragedy of India’s Partition’ helps to understand the circumstances of India’s Partition

This book is a significant addition to contemporary history and should be read by anyone who wants to understand the circumstances of the partition of

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The battle for Punjab

Punjab Assembly election: Riveting race

It is a three-cornered fight between the ruling Congress, the challenger Aam Aadmi Party, and the Shiromani Akali Dal, but the run-up to the upcoming

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