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A fisherman casts his net in the Yamuna river, laden with foam, on a smoggy morning in New Delhi. The foam is a result of high levels of pollutants, particularly ammonia and phosphates, from industrial and wastewater discharges. | Photo Credit: AFP Every year, during the preparations for and festivities of Chhath Puja in Delhi, … Read more

Women voters have become a central point of discussion in elections in India in recent times. Rightly so, because parties in power roll out women-centric schemes, sometimes even direct cash transfer ones, to win their support. Opposition parties too make promises about initiating schemes for women’s welfare, if elected. These promises seem to making some impact, which … Read more

When the conflict in West Asia, which began with the U.S. and Israel’s attack on Iran on February 28, escalated into a regional war, analysts said that the war would last as long as Iran had missiles or until the Gulf nations ran out of interceptors. However, with “emergency” military sales, piling monetary costs and … Read more

Low voltage: An electric vehicle charging station at Freedom Park in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J The surge in global oil prices after the U.S.-Iran war has exposed the differing levels of energy vulnerability in Asia’s two largest economies, India and China. Since the conflict began on February 28, crude and refined fuel prices … Read more

West Bengal’s higher education system is increasingly being defined by an unusual feature: an exceptionally high reliance on temporary teachers. While contractual and ad-hoc faculty are not uncommon across Indian universities, the scale observed in West Bengal is far beyond the national norm. Evidence from the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) reveals that … Read more