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Back to SearchWhy 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 martia…
1 year, 3 months 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.…
1 year, 3 months 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 f…
1 year, 3 months 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 b…
1 year, 3 months 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 emer…
1 year, 3 months 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…
1 year, 4 months ago
Why did the plastic pollution talks in South Korea fail to yield a treaty?
The fifth meeting of the UN’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) has ended without delivering a legally binding treaty to address global…
1 year, 4 months ago
Decoding Maharashtra election controversies
Today, we are discussing an important topic concerning the elections in Maharashtra. Now after the results that were announced on the 23rd of this mo…
1 year, 4 months ago
Decoding the Maharashtra poll verdict: What changed between June and November 2024?
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Agadi (MVA) won 30 out of the 48 seats, while the Maha Yuti could get only 17 seats. B…
1 year, 4 months ago
Does what you eat affect how your brain works?
The connection between the gut and the brain has for long been established, but recent research is increasingly finding that problems in the gut are …
1 year, 4 months ago