While numerous studies have examined gaps in health and educational outcomes across castes, there is little evidence on caste gaps
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The under-representation of women in leadership positions is often attributed to systematic gender differences in the inclination to compete. Do
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As women, we may have a fascination for pink and orange over blue. After years of working in the social
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SYLLABUS TOPICS: FORMS OF UNTOUCHABILITY The practice of manual scavenging has accursed Indian society since time immemorial. The efforts to
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Avijit Pathak, Professor of Sociology at JNU, in a recent article (‘Where the student is without fear’, IE, February 27)
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SC issues notice to govt. UPSC The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the government to respond to a plea alleging
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The Influenza pandemic of 1918 killed about 5% of India’s population. This article finds that districts most adversely affected by
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Workfare programmes are an old tool to provide necessary income support to the poorest in times of recessions, droughts, and
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Providing their perspective on Drèze’s DUET proposal for an urban work programme, Gupta et al. contend that its objective should not just
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While numerous micro-founded studies examine the household-level effects of MNREGA, little is known about its aggregate macro effects and long-term
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Law can be simply defined as a system of rules that are used to regulate a society or rather control
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Of these, there were 12 million new displacements involving children, including around 3.8 million of them caused by conflict and
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Delhi Budget 2021-22: Sisodia, who holds the finance portfolio, said his government was building infrastructure to cater to a population
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Amid the Covid-19 crisis, three out of four Indians are experiencing their first recession. As might be expected, women are
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