Academic freedom has gained a sense of urgency in India over the past decade. While there were fleeting attempts in the past, the current rightward sh
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India’s forthcoming Union Budget presents an opportunity for policy makers to correct a chronic financial disorder haemorrhaging Indian Railways (IR)
Although home to 43.6 crore children and the largest number of adolescents in the word, India has consistently fallen short in public spending for its
India’s informal sector remains a chronic conundrum for scholars and policymakers. It has been studied widely and deeply for decades but a clear under
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Why do parties with ideologies corrosive to basic democratic values - liberty, equality, and fraternity - enjoy democratic endorsements in India and e
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As India steps into its 77thyear of Independence, it has moved a considerable distance from its lofty founding vision of ushering in a new
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For every operation that Israel launches on Gaza and the Palestinian people, the resistance becomes stronger and more determined.
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