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Diagnosing India’s Growing Health Problem

The Indian health story has trended upwards going by the standard indicators of health. Besides significantly increasing the longevity of its citizens and keeping a check on i...

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Internet Freedom: Why Access Is Becoming A Human Right

When most people think or speak about internet freedom, they are often concerned with the right, for example, to say what you want online without censorship and without being ...

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A Universal Cancer Vaccine Might Be Closer Than You Think

There are so many cancers and so many things that can work in concert or independently to increase a person's cancer risk—to say nothing of the sheer scope and scale of ...

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Parties Discuss Aspects Of Global Stocktake At Bonn Climate Talks

On Tuesday, the Ad-hoc Working Group on Paris Agreement (APA) asked parties to discuss three issues related to global stocktake—inputs needed for conducting the stocktak...

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40th Anniversary Of The NATO Committee On

Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow welcomed on Tuesday (31 May) the 2016 annual Conference of the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives (NCGP). Ambassador Vershbow wa...

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High Death Rate Mars Health Score

After the dust of the political campaigns and victory rallies settles, as the government begins to set the agenda for the next five years a look at the health status of the st...

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No Middle Ground: The Risks Of Being A Human Rights Defender In India

The middle ground for human rights work throughout India is eroding fast. Social activists, civil society leaders and “right to information” activists—who ha...

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How Worried Should We Be About The 'Nightmare Bacteria' Making Headlines?

 “It’s not that this bacteria is highly transmissible,” said Dr. Emil Lesho, director of WRAIR’s Multidrug-resistant Organism Repository and Surve...

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Plants Know When They’re Being Touched

By and large, most research seeking to attribute a mental life to plants has been discredited over the years. Yet new research coming out of the University of Western Australi...

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It’s Not Just The Toy Aisles That Teach Children About Gender Stereotypes

Children are born into a world of pink or blue. A walk down a department store toy aisle demonstrates a clear gender divide: princesses and dolls for the girls, superheroes an...

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MARDAANI 3 RETURNS WITH GRIT AND LIMITS

In his review, critic Arnab Banerjee examines how Mardaani 3 revives Shivani Shivaji Roy...

February 2 2026

BOB DYLAN’S IMMIGRANT LAMENT STILL HAUNTS US

In this searing cultural meditation, Khalid Mohamed revisits Bob Dylan’s protest s...

February 1 2026

KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL 2026: AHEAD OF CURVE

Mumbai’s iconic Kala Ghoda Arts Festival returns for its 26th edition, transformin...

January 31 2026