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Back to SearchDoes India need to decriminalise abortion?
Earlier this month, a married woman, who was 26 weeks pregnant, approached the Supreme Court, asking to be allowed to terminate her pregnancy. This w…
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History of the Israel-Palestine conflict - Part 3
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the origins of this conflict, which began with the steady influx of Jewish settlers in Palestinian territories…
2 years, 10 months ago
History of the Israel-Palestine conflict – Part 2 (Wars from 1948 to the present)
In the first part of this series, we looked at the origins of this conflict, which began with the steady influx of Jewish settlers in Palestinian ter…
2 years, 10 months ago
What can we do to get MNCs and billionaires to pay their fair share in taxes?
When it comes to taxes, there is one definitive trend in all countries: the wealthiest entities, be it billionaires, or multinational corporations, e…
2 years, 10 months ago
History of the Israel-Palestine conflict – Part 1 (Origins)
The Israel-Palestine conflict has turned into a giant humanitarian crisis over the past week, with thousands of civilians, including women children b…
2 years, 10 months ago
Decoding the Supreme Court's judgement against same sex marriage legalisation
The Supreme Court, in a judgement this week refused to give legal recognition to same sex marriages. The court had heard a series of petitions asking…
2 years, 10 months ago
What’s life like for the elephant that leads the Dussehra procession?
The Dussehra festivities are here, and so are Dussehra processions. In Mysore, like every year, this time too, the elephant Abhimanyu will carry the …
2 years, 10 months ago
How much of an impact will the Women’s Reservation Bill have?
It has taken the country over 25 years to pass the Bill, after it was first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1996, by the then Deve Gowda-led United Fr…
2 years, 10 months ago
Does the Bihar Caste Survey point to a need for a national caste census?
Earlier this month, the Bihar government published the ‘Bihar Caste-based Survey 2022’. The survey data showed that extremely backward classes (EBCs)…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Israel-Hamas war and its geopolitical implications
More than 3,000 people -- Israelis and Palestinians -- have been killed following a surprise attack on southern Israel by the militant Palestinian gr…
2 years, 10 months ago