Month: January 2021
Month: January 2021
Talking To An Expert: What Can I Do About The Climate Crisis?
We ask Jessie Ma, energy-efficiency and storage researcher In the spring, Canadian federal government released Canada’s Changing Climate Report, a pretty depressing analysis of what’s in store for us. Is doomsday as close as it sounds? Not necessarily. In that report, scientists predict what will happen to our climate at different levels of carbon emissions. In the
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Children: Their Rights, And Why They Matter
The child population in India today stands at more than 400 million, which is more than the total population of many countries in the world. As a large country with diversity in economic attainment, political and institutional histories and cultural specificities, the protection of children’s rights continues to represent a key challenge. While there have
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Republic Day 2021: History, significance of the day India became a republic
72 Republic Day: 26 January was chosen as the day to announce India becoming a republic in the year 1930 and on the same day, the Indian National Congress denounced colonial rule and proclaimed Purna Swaraj, “complete freedom from the British”. India celebrates Republic Day annually on 26 January, and this year the country will celebrate its
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NEP 2020: The Good, The Worrisome And The Ambiguous
What does the National Education Policy 2020 mean for school education in India? When the government announced the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, it was greeted with a great deal of apprehension. Since Independence, India has had two major education policies, the first in 1968 and the second in 1986. The government appointed several commissions
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