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Back to SearchHow will the change in surrogacy rules impact prospective parents?
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act was passed in 2021, but over two years later, it continues to be mired in some amount of confusion and on-going cases …
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Why hasn't England's 'Bazball' delivered in India?
Ever since the English cricket team arrived in India, ‘Bazball’ is on the lips of every cricket buff. It is a unique style of play that paid rich div…
1 year, 10 months ago
Cross-voting and defections in Indian politics
Engineered cross-voting to win extra seats in the Rajya Sabha and organized defection to bring down duly-elected State Governments appear to have bee…
1 year, 10 months ago
What drives the illegal organ trade in India?
From time to time, stories of the commercial dealings in organs, or cash for kidney scams, surface in the media. In December, one such possible organ…
1 year, 10 months ago
Two years of the Ukraine War: What’s in store next? | In Focus podcast
It’s now exactly two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, so far 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have perished in…
1 year, 10 months ago
Why are house prices so high in India?
Housing is a basic requirement for dignity of life. But affordable decent housing remains a distant dream for most Indians, especially in urban India…
1 year, 10 months ago
Why plastic recycling is not a solution
Most of us are familiar with the plastic waste crisis and public awareness campaigns on the need to recycle plastic. Now a new report by the Centre f…
1 year, 10 months ago
What can India learn from the recent shifts in geoeconomics?
The headline in a recent article was arresting – India fears losing out to China in smartphone exports race. Another broke the news that Mexico had o…
1 year, 10 months ago
Where is the farmers' protest heading?
Farmers are back at the barricades, this time they have been stopped by the Haryana police at the Punjab-Haryana border. Twenty-two-year-old Shubhkar…
1 year, 10 months ago
How does a chip in your brain work?
Controlling a computer with just your thoughts seems to be something straight out of a science fiction movie, but that’s exactly what scientific expe…
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