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Drop in Birth Rate and Sex Ratio: Delhi and Patriarchy

Drop in Birth Rate and Sex Ratio: Delhi and Patriarchy

Delhi’s 2024 Births and Deaths Report reveals declining fertility and worsening sex ratio. Explore causes, implications, and policy challenges shaping...

Tiger Shark Exercise

Tiger Shark Exercise

Explore Bangladesh’s shifting defence alliances, marked by the Tiger Shark exercise and growing ties with the US, amidst the backdrop...

Economic Freedom Index 2025

Economic Freedom Index 2025

Explore India’s position at 128th in the 2025 Economic Freedom Index, the factors pulling down its score, global trends, and...

AFSPA Extension in Northeast India: Impact and Human Rights Challenges

AFSPA Extension in Northeast India: Impact and Human Rights Challenges

Explore the implications of the AFSPA extension in Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh, the challenges to human rights, and the...

Environmental Justice in India: NGT’s Role, Jurisdictional Overlaps & Key Rulings

Environmental Justice in India: NGT’s Role, Jurisdictional Overlaps & Key Rulings

Explore the role of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in India’s environmental justice system, its key rulings, and challenges arising...

SUNIYO Scheme: Impact on Delhi’s Property Tax and Fiscal Health

SUNIYO Scheme: Impact on Delhi’s Property Tax and Fiscal Health

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has extended its one-time property tax amnesty scheme — SUNIYO (Sampattikar Niptaan Yojana) —...

GST Reforms and Fiscal Imbalances

GST Reforms and Fiscal Imbalances

GST Reforms 2.0 have increased States’ reliance on the Centre, eroding fiscal autonomy. This blog discusses how these changes affect...

India’s Urban Definition Fails Growing Towns

India’s Urban Definition Fails Growing Towns

India risks misclassifying growing towns under outdated Census rules. Learn why redefining “urban” is vital for governance, infrastructure, and equity....

Ladakh Protests 2025 – Demands, Statehood, and Autonomy

Ladakh Protests 2025 – Demands, Statehood, and Autonomy

Youth-led protests in Ladakh demand statehood, Sixth Schedule status, and job safeguards. Learn about government response, triggers, and constitutional options....

Cloud Seeding in India – Delhi’s Artificial Rain Trial

Cloud Seeding in India – Delhi’s Artificial Rain Trial

Delhi and IIT Kanpur begin cloud seeding trials to fight pollution. Learn about its benefits, risks, global use, and why...

Riverine Heatwaves: A Rising Climate Challenge

Riverine Heatwaves: A Rising Climate Challenge

Rivers are heating faster than the air, threatening fish, water security, and energy. Explore causes, impacts, and solutions to riverine...

State of the Rhino Report 2025: Populations & Concerns

State of the Rhino Report 2025: Populations & Concerns

The 2025 State of the Rhino Report highlights stable yet fragile populations—27,000 rhinos left. Explore species trends, threats, and conservation...

India’s WTO Path: Protecting Farmers, Shaping Trade

India’s WTO Path: Protecting Farmers, Shaping Trade

India faces pressure at the WTO as China drops SDT. Explore how India can protect farmers, ensure food security, and...

Bonnet Macaques: Species in news

Bonnet Macaques: Species in news

Learn about Bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) – their habitat, behaviour, IUCN status, threats, and recent deaths in Kerala that highlight...

Government’s EV Localisation Scheme (SPMEPCI): Challenges, Industry Response & Future

Government’s EV Localisation Scheme (SPMEPCI): Challenges, Industry Response & Future

India’s EV localisation scheme, SPMEPCI, offers duty concessions to automakers committing to domestic manufacturing. Yet, months after launch, no global...

India–US Corn Trade Dispute

India–US Corn Trade Dispute

Explore the India–US corn trade dispute. Learn why India avoids US GMO maize, the risks for farmers, ethanol demand, and...

NHRC in Action: Powers, Challenges, and Reforms in India

NHRC in Action: Powers, Challenges, and Reforms in India

Explore NHRC’s powers, effectiveness, and reform needs. From suo moto actions to limitations in enforcement, learn how India’s human rights...

Mini-Moons and Quasi-Moons: Earth’s Lesser-Known Companions

Mini-Moons and Quasi-Moons: Earth’s Lesser-Known Companions

Explore mini-moons and quasi-moons — temporary companions of Earth. Learn their significance for science, planetary defence, and future space exploration....

China’s Space Surveillance: Strategic Challenge for India

China’s Space Surveillance: Strategic Challenge for India

Explore China’s advanced space-based surveillance system—Yaogan, Gaofen, SAR, ELINT—and its strategic implications for India and the Indo-Pacific. Introduction China’s rapid...

India’s Nuclear Energy Sector Reforms

India’s Nuclear Energy Sector Reforms

India plans to expand nuclear energy to 100 GW by 2047. Explore legal reforms, PPP models, thorium strategy, SMRs, and...

PHC Doctors – Backbone of Rural Healthcare

PHC Doctors – Backbone of Rural Healthcare

Explore the role of Primary Health Centres (PHC) doctors in rural India, challenges of burnout and overload, and reforms needed...

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