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Why is Sri Lanka in an economic emergency? | In Focus podcast
The Sri Lankan government declared an economic emergency last week. The immediate trigger seems to have been rising food prices, with reports of shortages of essential items such as milk powder, suga…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Should the government be pushing for oil palm cultivation? | In Focus
Last month, the Union government announced that it would invest ₹11,000 crores under a centrally sponsored scheme, The National Mission on Edible Oils—Oil Palm (NMEO-OP), to promote oil palm cultivat…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
What you need to know about the Nipah outbreak in Kerala | In Focus
After a gap of more than a year, the Nipah virus is back in Kerala. After a 12-year-old boy died of the infection in Kozhikode district, 11 more people have shown Nipah symptoms. A team from the Nati…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Why does India have such low rates of women in the workforce? | In Focus
The COVID-19 pandemic caused not only a health emergency in the country, but also led to mass economic distress with the loss of jobs and livelihoods. India already one of the lowest rates of women i…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
The state of para-athletics in India | In Focus
Just a few weeks ago, we were celebrating India’s best ever medals tally at the Tokyo Olympics. And now India has produced its best performance ever at this year’s Paralympics. We have already bagged…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
A new Great Game at the UN? | In Focus
The United States has literally fled Afghanistan. Other Western nations, most of them part of the G-7 had wanted an extension beyond August 31 so that repatriation flights could continue, but U.S. Pr…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
What you need to know about oil bonds and fuel prices | In Focus
The price of petrol is more than ₹100 per litre in several parts of the country – the highest it’s ever been. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has blamed the UPA-era oil bonds for the high fuel pr…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Have the Taliban changed? | In Focus
Afghanistan continues to hog the headlines. Nearly two weeks after the Taliban drove into Kabul, and former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, the world is still debating whether the Tal…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
Malnutrition in India | In Focus
Earlier this month, the Union Education Ministry told a parliamentary panel that the plan to serve breakfast to students in government schools had to be shelved as the Finance Ministry had refused to…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
How can India build a sporting culture? | In Focus
Since good health is both a pre-condition and an outcome of sporting activity, is there a case to be made for linking sports policy to public health? Can this be done in a way that makes commercial s…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago