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Why is Ethiopia at war again? | In Focus
Ethiopia is in the middle of a civil war. In November 2020, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, ordered what seemed lik…
4 years, 4 months ago
Why did India have a bad dengue season this year? | In Focus
Even as India is recovering from its battering by COVID-19, there has been a significant rise in cases of another viral disease: dengue. States acros…
4 years, 4 months ago
What the Facebook papers reveal | In Focus
Facebook has had its share of problems over the years, from privacy issues to data leaks to fake news. Now, internal documents made public by former …
4 years, 4 months ago
How will a new party affect the electoral playing field in Punjab? | In Focus
With Punjab just a few months away from assembly polls, former Congressman Captain Amarinder Singh has announced that is launching launching a new pa…
4 years, 4 months ago
India's net zero commitment at CoP 26, explained | In Focus
The 26th Conference of parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), or CoP 26 as it is popularly called was held a few days ago…
4 years, 5 months ago
A public void between Pakistan PM and Army chief over the ISI | In Focus
After presenting a picture of being on the same page for a considerable length of time, the appointment of a new chief of the Inter-Services Intellig…
4 years, 5 months ago
RBI’s new recurring payments norms and their implications | In Focus
The Reserve Bank of India’s new norms and guidelines for recurring payments came into effect this month. One of them, for instance, lays down that ba…
4 years, 5 months ago
Why is Mercedes-Benz selling cars directly to customers in India? | In Focus
German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has started a new model of retail in India – what it calls ‘Retail of the Future (ROTF), under which it is now s…
4 years, 5 months ago
Will Merck's new anti-viral drug help fight COVID-19? | In Focus
The new anti-viral drug brought out by Merck Pharmaceuticals, Molnupiravir, seems to be a promising development in the global fight against COVID-19.…
4 years, 5 months ago
What does 'Indianisation’ of the justice system mean? | In Focus
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court N.V. Ramana recently spoke of the need to ‘Indianise’ the justice system. He said that there were a lot of practic…
4 years, 5 months ago