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Unemployment hits its highest in 45 yrs, but why?
Ministry of Labour & Employment data says that 93 per cent of the workforce is in the unorganised sector, with little or access to any social security benefits or job security
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The future of our water resources must be conserved
The effects of climate change have hit regions all across the world. These climatic anomalies that nature has unleashed upon the world can no longer be ignored
- Kavitha Reddy
- | 02 Feb, 2024
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Where is Sri Lanka going?
It is crystal clear that the parliament is legal, but not legitimate. But a political class able and willing to recognise its errors and determined to mend its ways could have rendered the parliament legitimate.
- KP Fabian
- | 02 Feb, 2024
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RS ex-dy chairman Rahman Khan urges MPs to reject Waqf Amendment Bill
K Rahman Khan claimed the bill, introduced by Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju in Lok Sabha on 8 August, blatantly reflects prejudice
- K Rahman Khan
- | 09 Sep, 2024
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No country for daughters: Why rapes never stop
It’s been almost 12 years since the Nirbhaya gangrape case in Delhi. There was national outrage then too, but has anything changed? This time, it was a medico, gangraped in the land that worships Goddess Durga.
- Anushree Chakraborty
- | 15 Aug, 2024
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Homecare is a rich sector with growing pains in India
Even though the large part of the population is dependent on the government healthcare system the private market is growing exponentially, and so is the important homecare sector
- Kavitha Reddy
- | 17 Jul, 2024
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Islamophobia & narratives in the Lok Sabha election
The new discourse blended many myths, imagined histories, negation, and refusal despite being as old as colonialism. During the campaigning, the minorities were much maligned, slandered, and vilified.
- Muzaffar H Assadi
- | 02 Jun, 2024
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Absence of effective Muslim leadership and its causes
The erosion of Muslim influence was exacerbated by the absence of cohesive leadership after the demise of prominent figures such as Maulana Ali Mian, Qari Tayyab Sahib, Dr Mehmood, Dr Faridi and Sheikh Abdullah
- Mohammed Adeeb
- | 10 May, 2024
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PM flays MGNREGA despite it helping millions
Declaring to continue a scheme which he did not believe in, only to put the previous government in a bad light, was unbecoming of the Prime Minister of world’s largest democracy
- Kavitha Reddy
- | 05 Mar, 2024
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Nariman's contribution to Karnataka immeasurable
Beginning his service of the State in 1986, he fought a long and arduous battle to protect the State's water rights
- Brijesh Kalappa
- | 22 Feb, 2024
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'Awaaz ki duniya ka dost' goes quiet forever; RIP Sayani sir!
Ruling listeners' hearts from the early 1950s till the mid-1990s, Ameen Sayani brought in a new wave in the radio and voice-over industry and paved the way for so many young aspirants to try their luck in the voice industry
- Kalpana Swamy
- | 22 Feb, 2024
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Ameen Sayani passes away... and with him a golden era
It is upsetting that the master of vocal jugglery, full of charm, warmth and style, is no more. However, it is comforting to think of his life and the legacy he has left behind for his fans in the way of precious recordings and memories
- Brahmanand S Siingh
- | 22 Feb, 2024