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Authored by: Nikita Seth with inputs from Diksha Pandey and Neha Simlai Edited by: Kausumi Saha In the wake of the global pandemic, markets all over the world are looking to make their supply chains stable, sustainable, and locally stronger. Companies are now, more than ever, focused on adopting sustainable business practices. Even as their […]
Authored by: Jitendra Bisht Edited by: Kausumi Saha CONTEXT On the intervening night of June 15-16, Indian and Chinese troops engaged in a violent clash in Ladakh’s Galwan valley. As per the Indian Army, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in action (KIA) while there were unconfirmed casualties on the Chinese side [1] [2]. The violence […]
Authored by: Naina Gupta Edited by: Kausumi Saha INTRODUCTION In 2019, the Department of Food and Public Distribution launched the Integrated Management of Public Distribution System (IM-PDS) scheme, more commonly known as the One Nation One Ration Card scheme. The One Nation One Ration Card scheme aims to improve the portability of food distribution, by […]
Authored by: Neymat Chadha Edited by: Kausumi Saha CONTEXT The ongoing pandemic has led to a strategic shift towards a newly created ‘focal point’, constituting the need to train and equip the otherwise undervalued backbone of the global healthcare workforce – the frontline health workers [1]. It is imperative to point out that at the […]
Authored by: Teena Thomas Research assistance by: Diksha Pandey Edited by: Kausumi Saha ABSTRACT This commentary explores the intervention of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in providing mental healthcare services, through chatbot applications. Mental health chatbots, being inexpensive and easily accessible, are increasingly gaining ground as an alternative to therapists and other mental health professionals. The […]
Authored by: Diksha Pandey Edited by: Kausumi Saha Across the globe, around a hundred million barrels of oil are in demand each day [1]. It was estimated that in 2020, this number will increase by 825,000. However, in sharp contrast, following the spread of the Novel Coronavirus, the oil demand has instead fallen by 90,000 […]
Authored by: Jitendra Bisht Edited by: Kausumi Saha CONTEXT On March 28, four days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown till mid-April to halt the spread of Covid-19, chaotic scenes of migrant workers standing in long queues emerged from Delhi’s Anand Vihar Bus Terminal [1]. Numbering in thousands, these were mostly daily […]
Authored by: Jitendra Bisht Edited by: Kausumi Saha CONTEXT Section 14A of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 mandated the government of India to “compulsorily register every citizen of India and issue national identity card to him” and “maintain a National Register of Indian Citizens” (NRC, hereafter) [1]. Almost two decades after the 2003 amendment to […]
Authored by – Sitara Srinivas Edited by – Kausumi Saha OVERVIEW In the context of the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases [1], on March 11, 2020 the Cabinet Secretary of India announced that all states and Union territories should invoke provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 [2]. Rooted in India’s colonial […]
Authored by : Kensiya Kennedy In 2017, a landmark Supreme Court judgement declared the right to privacy as being protected as “an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution” [1] [2]. This judgement followed a […]
Authored by – Aishwarya Arora Around 600 million people in India face severe water shortage, and according to NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index (2018), the situation is predicted to get worse in the next few years. [1] The report states that 21 cities are expected to completely exhaust groundwater resources available to them by […]
Authored by: Apoorva Jain The Indian government, as part of its efforts to revamp forest conservation and management, announced two new changes to India’s forest policies in 2018 and 2019. The first of these, the Draft National Forest Policy (NFP) 2018, has been under review since it was first made public in March 2018, and […]
Authored by: Vidhi Rupal India is primarily an agrarian economy and has the 10th largest arable land resources in the world. Its varied climate and the agrarian culture have contributed significantly to the global food basket and India is currently among the 15 leading exporters of agricultural products in the world. Agricultural export is one […]
Authored by: Himangi Kapoor The most widely accepted definition of human trafficking across the globe can be found under Article 3(a) of The United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children of 2000 (also called the “Palermo Protocol”) [1]. Simply put, it is the trade and transport of […]