India ranked 142nd out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index, 2020, an annual document published by Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF)
The Cockroach's Evolution: Acquiring a Life Beyond the Insult
The CJP’s journey, however, is no longer confined to the politics of examination failures and youth precarity. Its School Thik Karo campaign has extended the movement’s work towards accountability for basic public-school infrastructure, while its latest mobilisation has turned to electoral accountability.
‘Himalayasia’: Can a Mountain Range Give South Asia the Identity It Never Had?
Whether or not “Himalayasia” ever catches on as a name, the underlying question it poses is a serious one for a region that houses a quarter of the world’s population, spends tens of billions of dollars a year arming itself against its own neighbors, and still trades more easily with the far side of the globe than across its own borders
South Asia Needs Cross-Border Internships, Not Only Degrees Abroad
South Asia often discusses youth mobility after a student has already decided to leave the region. A stronger regional system would give students another option before that point: international experience that is close enough to be practical, but different enough to change what they learn.
School Absenteeism and Growing Coaching Culture: Are we Compromising the Future of an Entire Generation?
If dummy admissions, prolonged school absenteeism, and an unregulated coaching culture continue unchecked, we may end up producing students who have spent enormous amounts of time and money on education without actually receiving the education they need.
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CHRI urges court-monitored investigation of encounter killings in Uttar Pradesh, ‘investigate each officer under suspicion’
New Delhi, July 13, 2020 – The India Executive Board of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) today called on the Allahabad High Court to institute and monitor an investigation into the encounter killing of Vikas Dubey and his associates, in line with the requirements laid down by the Supreme Court in the 2014 landmark judgement (PUCL v. State of Maharashtra and Ors)
Environment as an enabler of identity in South Asia
Appreciation of the natural environment has been an integral part of human society
Wishes aren’t horses...
The Morning Sun, that intrepid Ball of Fire
Eleven million saplings to be planted in 2020 under Cauvery Calling
"Cauvery Calling is currently running at a project scale, we need to transform this into a movement," said Sadhguru, Founder, Isha Foundation, speaking at the Rally for Rivers (RfR) Board meeting
Of media hype and misinformation: Be positive when you test positive
On the sixth day of fever that was resistant to flu antibiotics, I lost my sense of smell, which was when my doctor ordered the COVID test; and within a few hours I was declared positive!
51 years of bank nationalization in India: Crying need for a better corporate work culture
Bank nationalization in India happened 51 years back, part of the measures undertaken by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to bring in a socialist economy
Nepal is making a historical mistake; runs the risk of going the Tibet way
There are millions of people in India who have good feelings about Nepal and have ardent desire to visit this country for several reasons including historical ones
Lost in the mist of Time
In the dark abyss of the night
Mental health, suicide prevention needs greater attention during pandemic: WHO
With the COVID-19 pandemic still accelerating and impacting people in multiple ways, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday called upon countries in the South-East Asia region to pay greater attention to mental health and suicide prevention
Lapdog TV journalism scripting a disgraceful chapter in India's media history
A coinage about the Indian media that has gained currency in recent years is 'godi' media, which roughly translates into lapdog journalism
India needs to go beyond police reforms; custodial killings show a broken criminal justice system: CHRI
The murderous police assault, unending beatings and brutal torture which caused the death of two innocent traders, a father and son, in the city of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, is an acute demonstration of a broken criminal justice system and failure to effectively uphold legal protection against police abuse
How to boost your immune system to fight COVID-19
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as the cause of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a global pandemic which is ravaging the world
Lest we forget the supreme sacrifice of our armed forces
The COVID-19 lockdown ruminations continue even as news comes in about the Indian military contingent in Moscow at the World War II 75th anniversary Victory Day parade
To have an equitable post-COVID world, address structural inequality among nations
It is clear that COVID-19 has extirpated the global economy, which is based on feeble footings and fallacious credit booms and has brought to light its inherent vulnerabilities and limitations
