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Opinion: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light the tragedy of malnutrition in India
India is home to half of the wasted children globally While we have all been focused on the ongoing global pandemic and all the challenges that it has brought alongside, a set of reports have brought to light a catastrophic tragedy that has been taking root in India in the past five years. Ever since
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This Severe Inequality Hurts
India is amongst the richest countries in the world, but also one of the poorest India is suddenly in the news for all the wrong reasons. It is now hitting the headlines as one of the most unequal countries in the world, whether one measures inequality on the basis of income or wealth. So how
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Unequal Worth, Unequal Pay
This is a shocking reality even today. Why we need equal and diverse workplaces-since there is still room for doubt The fans in our flat are cleaned every month. We call the young man who does odd jobs around the house and pay him Rs 50 per fan. When one month he cannot come, the
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Does The State Have A Moral Right To Extinguish Human Life?
Bombay High Court advocate Rajiv Wagh wrote for the ‘In My Opinion’ column for Reader’s Digest in the December 2012 issue. This was written soon after 26/11 Mumbai terror convict Ajmal Kasab’s execution There is no denying that Ajmal Kasab’s crimes are beyond description. The Supreme Court has rightly held, while upholding his death sentence,
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The US-Taliban Deal: A Year Later
The U.S.-Taliban “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan” has so far yielded few concrete results and bloody fighting and attacks are continuing across the country. On February 29, 2020, the United States and the Taliban — after having been at war for over 19 years — signed the historic Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan. The
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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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Mistakes make your brain grow bigger
Failures and mistakes are like dots in the big scheme of things. They trace the right path for you. We all need to be reminded that they are just fine and that they are a huge part of growth and success While I was growing up, I often heard my teachers say things like to
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