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Right to Information
Growing number of vacant positions at Information Commissions threaten RTI Act
The transparency law faces an existential crisis due to a shortage of commissioners, regressive amendments, and a lack of political support.
Ashutosh Sharma
Forest Rights
Tribal communities in Madhya Pradesh face persecution for defending their rights
While tribal activists are arrested on false charges, forest officials are accused of colluding with timber smugglers.
Priyansha Chouhan
Public Health
India’s Air-pocalypse: Understanding the air pollution crisis in Delhi and beyond
A toxic spectre is haunting the nation. How shall we tackle it?
TEAM FRONTLINE
Queer Rights
Amidst disappointment, there is a glimmer of hope in Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage verdict
The ruling has opened a path for potential progress in LGBTQIA+ rights.
Bastian Steuwer
Development Issues
How Jal Jeevan Mission has failed drought-prone Bundelkhand
Women toil for water, even as the mission claims 98 per cent coverage. Villagers allege corruption and mismanagement.
Ismat Ara
Photo Essay
The 3G teacher of Namo Jamdoba
In Deepnarayan Nayak’s free school for underprivileged children in West Bengal’s Namo Jamdoba, mud walls serve as blackboards and roads as classrooms.
Sudip Maiti
Supriyo vs Union of India
Supreme Court’s LGBTQIA+ rights verdict ignites debate on justice and equality
The debate centres on whether the judiciary should enter the legislative sphere to ensure equality and rights.
Arvind Narrain
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Modern medical technology has saved millions of lives—and led to invasive fungal infections.
Deutsche Welle
In the Supreme Court of Erewhon: The unseen sixth judge renders his verdict in Supriyo v Union of India
“Without equality and fraternity, we are a lost tribe.”
Sriram Panchu
M.S. Swaminathan (1925-2023): The Rice man of India
Despite his share of controversies, the father of the Green Revolution was responsible for averting a mass famine in the newly independent India.
Devinder Sharma
‘Culture plays a vital role in cultivation’: Swati Nayak
The scientist and Norman E. Borlaug Award recipient discusses climate change, high-yielding seed varieties, landraces, and more.
Aishwarya Mohanty
Conflating Hinduism with Vedic religion is a dangerous distortion
It will wipe out internal debate and reformist tendencies within the tradition.
B. Jeyamohan
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