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School girls in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. (file photo)

10 million girls at risk of dropping out of school because of the COVID-19 pandemic: RTE Forum

Ten million girls in India could drop out of secondary school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Right to Education Forum policy brief. With

In the aftermath of Cyclone Fani’s landfall at Itchhapuram in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, about 30 km from Gopalpur of Odisha, on May 03, 2019.

India among countries worst affected by climate change: Global Climate Risk Index 2021

India was ranked the seventh worst-hit country in 2019 in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, released by environmental think tank and sustainable dev

Chief Minister Bhupesh BagheL (third from left) performing a ritual after a ‘holy dip’ in Mahadev Ghat in Raipur on November 30, 2020, on Kartik Purnima. The Chief Minister had posted this picture on Twitter.

Congress seeks to beat the BJP at its Hindutva game in Chhattisgarh

In a bid to retain power and be one up on the BJP, the Congress in Chhattisgarh is utilising Hindu symbols to the core.

Migrant workers and their children on their way to Chhattisgarh from Mahabubnagar district in Telangana on account of the lockdown, in May 2020.

Human Rights Watch paints grim picture of India in its latest report

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre increasingly harassed, arrested, and prosecuted rights defenders,

A view of the Dr Ambedkar Government Law College in Chennai. A file picture.

Bar Council of India’s notification abolishing one-year LLM course challenged in Supreme Court

On January 4, the Bar Council of India (BCI) issued a notification that sought to abolish the one-year LLM (Master of Law) course in India and partly

At a refugee camp for Rohingyas at Kalindi Kunj in New Delhi, a December 2019 picture.

Migrants face more obstacles in India than in any other Asian country: Migrant Integration Policy Index 2020

If a new policy study is to be believed, India is not a great country for migrants. The Migrant Integration Policy Index 2020 (MIPEX), published by th

People playing Holi with cow dung in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a 2018 picture.

Modi government announces the institution of an online examination in ‘cow science’ to raise awareness about the superiority of indigenous cows

A spate of murders and violence under the pretext of cow protection has rocked the country over the past six years (at least 44 incidents until Februa

Paramilitary personnel deployed in the Shiv Vihar area of Northeast Delhi, which witnessed most of the violence during the riots, on March 14, 2020.

In Northeast Delhi riots case, court grants bail to three accused, criticises investigation and charge sheet

On January 4, while granting bail to three persons accused of violence in the Northeast Delhi riots of February 2020, a Delhi court made stinging rema

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of the new Parliament building, in New Delhi on December 10, 2020.

Supreme Court nod for Central Vista project to redevelop the Lutyens zone including Parliament House and other heritage structures

The controversial Central Vista project in Delhi, touted as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “dream project”, received a nod from the Supreme Court on J

The Post Matric Scholarship scheme is expected to benefit more than four crore Scheduled Caste students in the next five years.

Central government approves Rs.59,000 crore for the Post Matric Scholarship scheme for Scheduled Caste students

After four years of under-funding the Post Matric Scholarship (PMS) scheme, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, on December 23, approved an inv

A view of Ambedkar University Delhi.

Ambedkar University Delhi on the boil as 17 Deans and Directors write a letter to the Vice Chancellor, voicing concerns about her style of functioning and the disregard for the reservation policy in the admission process

In an unprecedented move, 17 Deans and Directors of Dr B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi have written a letter to Vice Chancellor Prof Anu Singh Lather,

At the SRM Medical Hospital at Kattankulathur in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, on August 6. It was one of several institutions across India that were tasked with carrying out phase II human clinical trials of Covaxin, the coronavirus vaccine indigenously developed by Hyderabad’s Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the ICMR.

COVID-19 patients are being treated with drugs such as itolizumab even though there is insufficient evidence on their efficacy against the disease

Some pharma companies appear to be using the ongoing pandemic as an excuse to bypass some of the necessary steps to get government approvals so that t

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