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With lockdown norms relaxed, art galleries across the city are re-opening, but on a cautious note with limited access With the easing of the lockdown, the entire city is slowly attempting to get back to its usual form. As offices, malls and markets re-open for business, art galleries have also opened their doors but things […]
[…]Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide took me back to the days where I too slipped into depression and even thought of ending my life at several points of time On Sunday, just as I finished lunch and grabbed my phone, a number of messages flashed on my phone screen. All of them had just one line […]
[…]Social media outrage over the death of a pregnant elephant cannot translate into better conservation unless stringent measures are taken to ensure the protection of natural habitat The recent death of a pregnant elephant after eating a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers shocked the nation. This issue received global attention on social media, with people from […]
[…]As farmers meet our most basic needs and untouchability reigns supreme, we are getting adequate time to reflect on what we have done to Nature. All of which were crucial factors in the worldview father of the nation We Indians, especially the educated and influential, seem to have lost our values as we speed our […]
[…]In the US, the authorities feel compelled to investigate and even apologise for an assault on mediapersons. Here, such complaints go nowhere After a black man named George Floyd, 46, was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25, thousands of Americans poured into the streets to protest against racial injustice. The […]
[…]FICCI and a Hindi news channel have objected to new draft guidelines that empower the union home ministry to revoke a channel’s security clearance On April 30 this year, during the third phase of the nationwide lockdown, the information and broadcasting ministry released new draft guidelines for uplinking and downlinking TV channels. In an attached […]
[…]Women-led governments have done much better in the trying times of the pandemic, displaying decisive leadership and commanding trust of the nation “I did a little dance,” said Jacinda Ardern, 39-year-old Prime Minister of New Zealand when she was informed that no new cases were reported, nor are there any active cases of Covid-19 in […]
[…]Joining the dots of the trial of CAA protestors and two Bills in Parliament, a disturbing picture emerges of the ability of the government to invade the privacy of individuals charges with various crimes The visuals that emerged on 15 December last year were disturbing. The government had just a few days before successfully passed […]
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