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Back to SearchDecoding the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025
After a long wait of sixteen months, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on January 3, 2025, unveiled the draft rules for implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) A…
Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Understanding HMPV: Why there is no need to panic
Just as the New Year 2025 began, there was panic once again in the media. Reports of a supposedly new respiratory virus that had caused a surge of infections in China began to do the rounds, fuelling…
Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Key episodes of 2024
In this special year-ender episode of the In Focus podcast, our hosts discuss the key episodes from this past year. From environmental issues and health-related topics, to international affairs and l…
Published on 1 year ago
What does overusing paracetamol do to your body?
A recent study conducted in the U.K. found that paracetamol, a common, over-the-counter medication can have serious stomach, heart and kidney complications in senior citizens who take it repeatedly. …
Published on 1 year ago
Why did the now-impeached President of South Korea declare martial law?
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol has been impeached by the country’s National Assembly. His impeachment follows his sudden declaration of martial law on December 3, a move he was forced to withd…
Published on 1 year ago
Why are rice farmers facing profitably challenges?
The Indian government fixes a Minimum Support Price or MSP for 22 crops - paddy, wheat, several pulses, oilseeds and millets are a part of this list. The objective of declaring MSP is to help farmers…
Published on 1 year ago
What is the scale of environmental risks and biodiversity losses linked to the Great Nicobar mega-project?
The Great Nicober Island is the southernmost island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago in the Bay of Bengal. It is home to species of flora and fauna not found anywhere else on the earth. It is d…
Published on 1 year ago
What are the implications of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria?
After battling insurgency for 13 years, the Bashar al Assad regime has collapsed in Syria. Assad and his family have fled to Russia where they have been given asylum. An Al Qaida affiliate that today…
Published on 1 year ago
Is air pollution one of the reasons behind high rates of heart disease in India?
For the past month, the news has been filled with headlines about Delhi’s toxic air. Air quality levels deteriorated so sharply that a number of emergency measures had to be put in place, from shutti…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago
Understanding the Sambhal violence that led to five deaths
Five people were killed and many were injured in clashes that followed protests over a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Chandausi, in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district.
The police have arrested dozen…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago