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Urbanisation and expansion of agriculture linked to increased lightning in north and northeast India
A new study shows that areas with significant human activity, such as farmlands and cities, have more lightning strikes because without vegetation cover the gro...
Targeting Waqf: New Threat to Muslims in India
Proposed amendments to the Waqf Act could strip Muslim communities of their historic rights, deepening marginalisation under the Hindutva agenda.
Tahawwur Rana Extradited: Can It Bring Closure To The 26/11 Terror Attack?
David Headley remains inaccessible in the US, and so do the masterminds in Pakistan.
Modi Visits RSS HQ: Sangham Sharnam Gacchami?
The narrative of minor “differences” aside, BJP has always pushed the Sangh’s agenda, whose shakhas have always helped the party gain electorally and in politic...
Kashmir’s Silent Agony of Disappearances
Gujjar community, marginalised pastoral group, has borne the brunt of Kashmir’s decades-long conflict, this time reeling under mysterious disappearances.
Waqf Act has Put Indian Secularism to the test
New Waqf Law: A Challenge to India's Constitutional Secularism
DIR Floortime Therapy: A Transformative Therapy For Children With Autism And Neurodivergent Conditions
The Transformative Power of Relationships and Connection Changing Lives, Shaping the Futures of Special Children.
Sanitising The Supremo: How RSS Is Trying to Rewrite its Own History One Step At a Time
RSS's Historical Revisionism: The Rebranding of Hedgewar and the Erasure of Golwalkar
Ranjini, Mahmoud, Rumeysa…
Trump-Era Crackdown on Student Activists Sparks Outrage and Protests
Trump and his impossible return to the past
In an act of desperation, Trump is trying to stop the clock to revive the ‘golden age’ of imperialism
New Wakf Law Virtually Bans Communal Camaraderie
Communal harmony faces a legislative roadblock as the new Waqf law bans non-Muslims from donating to Muslims, threatening a legacy of interfaith solidarity.
How the New Waqf Law Strips Muslims of Their Legacy
Sweeping amendments in the management and control of Waqf properties is being resented by Indian Muslims who fear that the alterations may disempower the commun...
Can we exit from a world of debt?
Half the world’s population (3.3 billion) lives in countries that allocate more of their budget to pay off the interest on debt than to pay for either education...
Germany and the EU embrace military Keynesianism
Germany’s outgoing parliament has passed sweeping constitutional changes to enable unlimited military spending.
4 key myths that manufacture an immigration ‘crisis’
A so-called Australian immigration crisis is a central election issue but it's based on misconceptions easily debunked by any examination of the evidence.
20 deaths a day: Australia’s ongoing COVID toll
COVID-19 is still killing Australians — and the full picture shows sobering numbers and a lack of action on some of the key lessons of the pandemic.
Bomb with Everything You Have: Israel Sets the Tone for the Genocide of the Palestinians
Escalating Conflict: Concerns Grow Over Israel's Actions Against Palestinians
Trump 2.0: US revivalism driven by tech oligarchy
The Tech Oligarchy – the big tech monopolies and their billionaire owners are front and center in the Trump administration and its ambitious efforts to reshape ...
Donald Trump’s Reverse Kissinger Strategy
While Kissinger sought to befriend China to isolate Russia, Trump aims to reverse this by aligning with Russia to counter China.
Macedonia’s Foreign Policy Between Two Suns
Small Nation Faces Big Choices in an Uncertain Geopolitical Landscape