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What next for school education? | In Focus
Schools began opening across the country in September this year, following the devastating second wave of COVID-19. By then, most of India's 24 crore…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Oting killings, Naga insurgency, and AFSPA | In Focus
The ghastly killing of six innocent coalminers and another nine civilians and a soldier on December 4 in the Mon district of Nagaland has sent shockw…
4 years, 6 months ago
Why has Putin amassed troops near the border with Ukraine? | In Focus
Tensions have been rising at the Ukraine-Russia border. There has been a massive troop build-up on the Russian side, within 300 km of the Donbas regi…
4 years, 6 months ago
What we know, and do not know, about the Omicron variant | In Focus
There is much that is still unknown about Omicron, the newest Sars-CoV-2 variant, that has been designated as a 'variant of concern' by the World Hea…
4 years, 6 months ago
Is India particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases? | In Focus
Over the last decade, India has seen the emergence, or re-emergence, of a number of infectious diseases. Not only have seen an alarming surge in the …
4 years, 6 months ago
What next on agricultural reforms? | In Focus
The sudden televised withdrawal of the three contentious farm laws by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 19 was as dramatic as pushing through …
4 years, 7 months ago
Why should we care about mental health of death row prisoners? | In Focus
The welfare of convicts who have been sentenced to death is probably the last, if at all it figures, in anyone’s list of welfare priorities. Since th…
4 years, 7 months ago
What happens to your body when you breathe in polluted air | In Focus
Every year in November and December, the residents of Delhi and the National Capital Region, find it hard to breathe. Toxic air chokes the lungs, doc…
4 years, 7 months ago
How safe is India’s crypto gold rush for ordinary investors? | In Focus
These days, if you turn on the TV, there is no escaping the flood of advertisements urging you to invest in cryptocurrencies. Everyone seems to be bu…
4 years, 7 months ago
Tennis star Peng Shuai’s sexual assault allegations and the Chinese Communist Party's response | In Focus
On November 2, Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai shared a post on micro-blogging site Weibo accusing a senior Communist party leader, Zhang Gaoli, of …
4 years, 7 months ago