With the increased digitalization, data protection and privacy are a growing concern in India. In that line, the Supreme Court of India in 2017 declared the right to privacy as a fundamental right under article 21 of the Indian Constitution. This was followed by the Personal Data Protection Bill which...

  Familiar vistas greet visitors in most Indian cities. Dust-laden, congested roads clogged with cars serve as a reminder of the monumental failure of the Indian state in providing liveable areas and public spaces to its citizens. Cities in India have long been serviced with nonexistent planning measures, duct-tape solutions...

The United States along with European Union (EU), the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia have declared a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. For a while now, several countries have encouraged nations to boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing over the alleged Chinese government's abuse of human rights....

Accelerating economic action and fossil fuel ignition in the last century have hastened climate change impact to phenomenal extents. Ecosystem decline, loss of biodiversity, and stratospheric ozone consumption are a portion of these climate changes. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned from time to time over the risk...

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code states - “Unnatural offences: Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall...

[caption id="attachment_1299" align="alignnone" width="1209"] Source: Schoolnet India Limited[/caption] India is home to 472 million children, the largest child population in the world. When it comes to children, basic rights, the right to education and healthcare come into light as basic asks. On which, Indian Policymakers have been trying to progress...

In the first week of August, India sent a fleet of four warships into the South China Sea on a two-month deployment that will incorporate exercises with Quad partners- United States, Japan and Australia. These naval exercises are being done to broaden the friendly ties between countries as well as...

Imagine a child who has never been to a school. Imagine a child who hasn’t had a permanent home. Imagine a child who is forced to use destroyed buildings and rubble as a playground and bombs and guns as toys. Agreed, it is a difficult situation to imagine but yet...

In today’s time, it’s not every day when we hear 2 countries locking horns with one another and being upfront about it. However, it’s even more teeth grinding when it’s between countries that have a past of cold war relations (Ukraine was a part of the erstwhile USSR). In the...

Education has been the heart of welfare policy in India, with its inclusion in Fundamental Right to numerous policies across states to increase enrollment rates like Mid-day Meals. The policies had shown an impact with a decline in the drop out rate to 0.11% in 2019 from 0.22% in 2016-17....

“Nuclear weapons were, and are, the gravest threat to humanity's survival” George Shultz, Former Secretary of State, USA The Strategic Deal and Agreement In July 2015, Iran and six global powers also known as P5+1 ( US, France, the UK, China, Russia and Germany)arrived at a historic arrangement called the...

In 2018, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated concerns on trading and working with exchanges of virtual currency by any entity. This was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2020 and was viewed as a positive step towards cryptocurrency acceptance in India. This comes in light of the...

As per a 2020 report, India is expected to face a 50% labour shortage, and well the fact is evident at the moment. A year after the nationwide lockdown in 2020, India’s labour force in the non-farming sector stood short of 11 million in February 2021.The unemployment rate has seen...

Pandemics have had a significant socio-economic cost to humanity over centuries and have troubled civilizations throughout history. While outbreaks occur frequently, every outbreak does not amplify into a global pandemic like the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has. The COVID-19 Pandemic has severely strained the health care system of our country. The...

The COVID-19 pandemic has massively disrupted and brought out the shortcoming of health care systems (HCSs) around the world in both the public and private sectors. It has brought to the forefront, the loopholes and significant gaps that pointed blankly overlooked by us all till we were made to pay the...

In India, medical termination of pregnancy was legalized through the 1971 act which was limited in its statute: it allowed abortion only in cases of risk to life, rape or incest. A provision was also made for the termination in cases of failure of contraceptive, but it only applied to...

Hunger was the fisherman who said dolphins are like women, we took them from the sea and had our way with them. Ecofeminism is a movement that seeks and exposes the connection between the repression of women and the environment; views it as interlinked and rooted in patriarchal structures. The...

India is known for its diversity in culture and tradition but now we can also add the growing risk of climate change to this list. In 2020, the state of Uttarakhand was hit with an environmental tragedy where 51 hectares of land was burnt due to forest fires in multiple districts...

Labour productivity is directly influenced by temperature and heat. As two researchers, Heal and Park, recently wrote, whenever days are hotter than usual, labour productivity is lower per person. And whenever the temperature is colder than average, productivity increases. Over the past few decades, the global temperature has witnessed a significant...

We just witnessed the five year anniversary of the monumental 2015 Paris accords. The agreement put the plans into action to fight global warming and climate change, which had been in the pipeline since the 1990’s. The aim was simple. All parties to the agreement were to commit and demonstrate immediate...

We have heard and read a lot about Climate change, global warming, it’s effects on health, economy, politics, industries, animals, humans, etc. Despite that, climate change’s effect on mental health is in itself a not much talked about and deliberated upon. So, here we tried to bring out some interesting...

Digital media is a growing global language used and known to almost 60% of the world’s population. Whether it’s an office meeting or connecting with kins, it is integral to every sphere. India’s digital growth has been exponential with it being the second-largest mobile market in the world and also accounts for...

India is the second-largest populated country in the world with an estimated population of 1.380 billion and currently has the second-largest internet user base, with more than 700 million users. Digital India is one the prominent schemes of the current government, recently endorsed by the Prime Minister at the Bengaluru...

In July 2017, a committee chaired by Justice B. N. Srikrishna, was set up to assess the various issues related to data protection in India. Soon after, in August 2017, the Supreme Court of India held that privacy is a fundamental right, flowing from the Right to Life and Personal...

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” — Albert Einstein. India accounts for 700 million Internet users, along with 375 reported cyberattacks reported in a day. From Financial transactions to connecting with our closed ones, digitalisation has become a prominent part of our lives. Does the concern exist...

The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a double whammy for surveillance all over the world. To begin with, the isolated nature of the pandemic and call for social distancing has force-moved everything online. From work to social interaction, the internet has become the backbone that is enabling all global collaboration,...

In August 2020, a video went viral on social media claiming it to be of the ‘King of Bahrain’ and his robot. A man wearing a thwab (robe) was referred to as the king and the 8 feet robot following him as his bodyguard. The post also mentioned the features of the...

The Turkish attack of Kurdish-held domains in northern Syria has convoluted a generally clamorous war. What started eight years prior as a progression of peaceful fights against the Syrian government transformed into a global clash, between many nearby groups, the Islamic State and a few foreign nations. This has been...

Regularly in papers and on TV we hear requests from periphery bunches calling to change the social fabric to an oppressive system from a parliamentary popular government, limiting a network from casting a ballot and so on. The knight in sparkling protection that spares India from these crazy requests is...

Student protests have since long led to systemic societal failures as well as political inadequacy and dissatisfaction to the forefront of our consciousness. These protests have been part of the history of numerous countries on their way to live in a more equitable and just society. Countries like Britain, France,...

Indo-US ties remain at the helm of India’s bilateral engagement in the international sphere. This partnership is deep rooted and reflected in people-to-people ties,common values of democracy and the rule of law. Consequently, paving way for a stronger engagement throughout the years irrespective of the party or leader in the...

The premise According to Election Commission of India 2598 political parties are registered in the country, while a majority of them are smaller players. In 2019, 7 national and 52 state parties of the total took part in the elections. In which members belonging to 37 parties (including independents) found...

A sneak peek into democratic and electoral ideals of Myanmar and what does it mean for the world. Myanmar has a long history of tension in their politics and elections. Myanmar gained independence in 1948 with the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League (AFPFL) coming into power and U Nu became the...

During the 2019 Loksabha Election, nearly 6.5 million people opted for the None of The Above (NOTA) option. This is more than the population of Ahmedabad. NOTA, or “None of the Above”, is the option that allows the voter to officially register a vote of rejection for all candidates who...

In the state of Bihar, with the bitter campaigning and personal spat among the candidates of the leading parties, the NDA won the state elections with a slim majority of 125 seats. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) rose as the largest party in the state, under the able leadership of Tejashvi...

The USA went into polling on November 3, 2020, and the election result was projected by Associated Press on 7th November night IST. During these 4 days, people across the world were glued to their screens with growing uncertainty of when the result would be declared and who would be...

Providing access to education is not sole responsibility of any stakeholder, rather every person, every individual is equally responsible in the process. These NGOs and Individuals have created an impact with their small and consistent interventions. Pratham Education Foundation They created a series of 70 videos that showcased children from...

What is inclusive education? What do these words mean? Does it mean getting all children to school? Or does it mean ensuring that all the children are learning at the same pace?   Maybe it might mean making accommodations to give an equitable opportunity to children with special needs. There...

The Naxal movement inspired by the teachings of Mao has been raging in the country for almost as long as we have known India as a nation. Left Wing Extremism (LWE), as it has been labelled by the government has its footholds in several districts of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra...

India holds a vibrant and arduous history in the area of education. At the advent of the 21st century, education policies were strengthened and implemented with a zeal like Right To Education (RTE) 2012, and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). RTE was a landmark step as it brought provisions for free...