Rethinking cadre allocation procedures in civil services The allocation procedure of All-India Services’ officers to states is an important aspect
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Food Waste Index Report : UNEP
Indian households waste 50 kg of food per person per year, says UNEP The latest Food Waste Index Report, released
Continue readingORAL DEMOCRACY
Critical scrutiny of the challenges of electoral democracy including elite capture, corruption, and patronage has led to a revival of
Continue readingUSING MOBILES TO IMPROVE GOVERNANCE
Measuring how well major public programmes are implemented remains a core governance challenge. With the increasing mobile-phone penetration in the
Continue readingCOVID-19 and the crumbling world order
COVID-19 will fundamentally transform the world as we know it: the world order, its balance of power, traditional conceptions of national
Continue readingRoll Call: Describing the pandemic
The Covid-19 epidemic is not the proverbial ‘elephant in the room’ but a ‘black elephant’ event ‘The Coronavirus is the
Continue readingTRANSGENDERS AS CONSTABLES
In a 1st, Chhattisgarh inducts 13 transgenders as constables..In a reflection of changing times, transgenders popularly known as kinnars, have
Continue reading“House Will Be Known By Daughter’s Name”
Uttarakhand’s New Initiative : “Our government is dedicated to the betterment of women. The house will be known by the name
Continue readingReading Marx in times of COVID-19
Karl Marx writings helps us understand how situations like the pandemic do not affect all sections of the society in
Continue readingImmunity passports might be inevitable as we go along
In the first phase of the covid-19 pandemic, most countries tried to starve the disease of the oxygen it needed
Continue readingOpposing Same-Sex Marriage In Court, Government Cites “Indian Ethos”
The Centre has said that the top court by its judgement in the Navtej Singh Johar case only decriminalised a
Continue reading“ESSENTIAL RELIGIOUS PRACTICES”
How Supreme Court’s Sabarimala verdict differs with Ayodhya order In Adelaide Co. of Jehovah’s Witnesses Inc. v Commonwealth (1943), Australia’s
Continue readingPATRIARCHAL RELIGION
Men join campaigns against female genital mutilation rituals among the Bohra MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Men in India and
Continue readingSociocultural and Religious Factors Complicate India’s COVID-19 Response
Ensuring awareness and dispelling pseudoscientific practices is a necessity for India to confront the coronavirus. The Diplomat has removed paywall restrictions
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‘Social recession’: how isolation can affect physical and mental health As countries across the globe hunker down, long-term isolation can
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