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Back to SearchMaking 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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 –…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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…
2 years 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 …
2 years ago
How did the near-extinction of vultures in India contribute to thousands of additional human deaths?
How did the rapid decline in the population of vultures in India affect human beings? A new study, published in the American Economic Review, says th…
2 years ago