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‘Be it at school or at home, the quantum of near-work has increased’

India needs to keep an eye on its myopia prevalence

Tejah Balantrapu Pavan Verkicherla

Even though current estimates in the country do not reflect trends in the Asia-Pacific, India must be vigilant

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Iran’s regional centrality and isolation

A committee of vultures spotted at the Sigur plateau in the Nilgiris.

Nature has the answers

Kamal Bawa It is our rich, albeit declining, biodiversity that provides us with potential solutions to our sustainability challenges

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“Moving forward with the lessons learned, suitable modalities may be worked out if both the government and the Maoists are serious about peace talks”

Talking peace, negotiating with the Maoists

R.K. Vij Despite past experience and specific conditions, the Chhattisgarh government and the Maoists can work out a plan

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File photograph of a cremation ground in Delhi in May 2021.

Why the COVID-19 numbers matter

Jagdish Rattanani T. Jacob John

“As per a World Bank Group report (2021), annual remittances transferred to India are estimated to be $87 billion, which is the highest in the world.”

The importance of emigrants

Rajesh Gupta Rakesh Ranjan

A democratic and strategic dissonance in India-German ties

Whether the Prime Minsiter of India’s visit to Germany changed the perception about India’s stand on Ukraine assumes critical importance

The new vigilantism

Recent attacks on Muslims expose a disturbing trend about state power and new groups

The multiple crises in Indian universities

Universities need greater funding, autonomy, and tolerance of activities by students and faculty

The government in business

India, like the Chinese and Singapore governments, can earn much more from government investments

Andhra Pradesh’s Alluri Sitharamaraju district, a region with too many issues

Several questions have arisen about the need to create the district of Alluri Sitharamaraju

India’s judiciary and the slackening cog of trust

Departures from substantive and procedural justice need deep scrutiny as the fallout could severely imperil governance

A new track for capital punishment jurisprudence

The Supreme Court of India’s intervention paves the way for reaffirming the fundamentals of the rarest of rare principle

The public library is a portal to a better future

The pandemic has once again illustrated the worth of the rural public library: the example of Karnataka

Is it possible to separate sports and politics?

They have always mixed — the crucial thing is to not allow sport and sportspersons to be used as pawns

Stories of gratitude

The little gestures that prove that journalism is not such a thankless profession after all

A leaked draft, termination rights and the politics

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ‘decision’ might have fired up the political scene, but the health statistics must not be ignored

A hitchhiker’s guide to Elon Musk

The A-Z of understanding the universe of the richest man

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