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Back to SearchWhat is behind the escalating violence in healthcare spaces in India | In Focus podcast
For nearly a month now, the country has been rocked by protests by medical professionals – services at many hospitals stalled, at many others, health…
1 year, 9 months ago
Making sense of the Israel-Hezbollah tit-for-tat attacks
Israel and Hezbollah exchanged heightened military strikes over the August 25 weekend. While Israel carried out large scale ‘pre-emptive’ air strikes…
1 year, 9 months ago
Post-Hema Committee: How to ensure women’s safety in the film industry
The K. Hema Committee report has shaken up the Malayalam film industry, bringing into the public domain all kinds of horrors. Based on direct testimo…
1 year, 9 months ago
Why are combination drugs in India being banned
The Central government, a few days ago, banned 156 fixed dose combination drugs, or FDCs. An FDC is a drug that has more than one active ingredient –…
1 year, 9 months ago
View from Dhaka: What do the people of Bangladesh want?
Bangladesh is in the midst of tumultuous change. After former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took charg…
1 year, 10 months ago
US Open 2024: Preview and analysis of the men’s and women’s draw | In Focus podcasts
The last Grand Slam of the year, the US Open kicks off on Monday, with all the top players in attendance on both the men’s and women’s section. The d…
1 year, 10 months ago
Does India need to be concerned about the global Mpox outbreak?
Another public health emergency has hit the world, and this time it’s mpox, previously known as monkeypox. The outbreak is sweeping through west, cen…
1 year, 10 months ago
Does Kamala Harris's candidacy mean Indian-Americans have fully arrived in the US?
A few weeks ago, Donald Trump told Black journalists in Chicago, USA, that Kamala Harris had identified herself as Indian, not Black. He was trying t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Should India reconsider its China FDI policy?
In 2020, the Indian government issued a directive that made changes to its FDI policy. The Directive, called Press Note 3, made it mandatory for comp…
1 year, 10 months ago
What lies ahead for Bangladesh?
The fifth of August changed the course of history in Bangladesh. The images of a once-powerful Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country in a …
1 year, 10 months ago