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[Ben Rich|The Conversation] Islamic State (IS) was quick to claim responsibility for bombings at two major transportation hubs in Brussels on Tuesday that left at least 30 people dead. With ...
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Talking Points
India’s Antiquated Penal Code
[By Shashi Tharoor] NEW DELHI – A number of seemingly unrelated controversies in India actually have one important element in common: They all relate to criminal offenses codified by India’s ...
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The Limits of Capitalism with Communist Characteristics
[By Brahma Chellaney] NEW DELHI – As US President Barack Obama prepares to embark on an historic visit to Cuba, the future of the communist-ruled island is the subject of ...
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National Affairs
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She Is The Ideal Role Model ‘Veer Nari’ – Bimla Devi
[By Col NN Bhatia (Retd)] Dwarhat though a non-descript small town along the serpentine road, amidst cedar and pine trees, is a heart-captivating destination in the Kumaon hills with numerous ...
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Two Iconic Five Star Marshals of The Indian Armed Forces
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Why India’s persecuted tribes are marking their alternative independence day
LetsTalkChange
Chewang Norphel : The white knight of Ladakh building glaciers to tackle global warming
Chewang Norphel may seem like an ordinary villager but in reality he is far from the ordinary. In a place 13,000 feet above sea level, this remarkable man is taking on the global ...
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Young Zaiba Changes The Game For Children
[By Roshin Varghese] Mysore (WFS) – Every morning, a young woman steps out of her small two-room home, which she shares with her grandmother, parents and three siblings, ready to ...
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Support And Sisterhood At India’s First One Stop Crisis Centre
[By Sakuntala Narasimhan] Bengaluru (WFS) – * “Beta, keep an eye on her while I go to the clinic,” said Mona’s mother to the young man, who had rented a room ...
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Priyanka And Firoza Show What Governance Is All About
[By Aditi Bhaduri] Ranchi (WFS) – Later she would hear how lovely the weather had been, how brightly the sun had shone and how the temperature had been just right ...
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Under The Spotlight: Women In Media
[By Rashme Sehgal] Delhi (WFS) – Arifa Noor, resident editor of ‘Dawn’, a daily newspaper published from Islamabad, Pakistan, describes her role as a woman journalist in the following words: ...
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The Non-state voters
30,000 odd voters of the Rajmahal constituency in Jharkhand are likely to press NOTA on April 24, the day this constituency goes to polls. Our correspondent, Sanjay Pandey, speaks to the people ...
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They Stopped to Listen to Street Kids
|Our Better World| Surrounded by poverty, a group of engineering students in Mumbai decide to meet a few of the thousands of street children in their city, to learn about ...
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I interviewed convicted rapists in New Delhi – and then found one of their young victims
[By Madhumita Pandey] A ten-year-old girl was recently denied an abortion by the Supreme Court of India. She was a victim of rape, which she alleges was perpetrated by her ...
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How Mumbai’s poorest neighbourhood is battling to keep coronavirus at bay
Ishita Chatterjee, University of Melbourne | The Conversation Informal settlements are experiencing a greater surge in COVID-19 cases than other urban neighbourhoods in Mumbai, India. Their high density, narrow streets, tight internal ...
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Is it the end of AIDS in 2030?
[By Syed Mohammad Afsar] Geneva – Writing on World AIDS Day a few years ago, I had shared the story of Seema (name changed), a young mother, and her daughter ...
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Bottled Risk
[By Brahma Chellaney] BERLIN – Over the last 15 years, the bottled-water industry has experienced explosive growth, which shows no sign of slowing. In fact, bottled water – including everything ...
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Healthcare For Women In Times Of Distress
Delhi (WFS) — Millions have been affected by the devastating earthquake that jolted Nepal on April 25, 2015. With half a million homes destroyed, and hundreds of thousands more damaged, ...
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All They Wanted Was A Martyrdom Of Valour, Not Of Senseless Tragedy
By Simran Brar The final journey begins for lives lost in vain; the wreath is laid with full guard of honour for Lt. Commander Kapish Muwal and Lt. Manoranjan Kumar ...
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OROP: Modi govt must know that ‘Acche Din’ will last only with ‘Acche Karm’
[By Col NN Bhatia (Retd)] At 3pm on 23 August 2015, my neighbour Brig IS Lamba, veteran ASC Officer, and I, like many others took the Metro to reach Jantar ...
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Doongar Singh – A Pakistani Brigadier Looks Back to an Indian JCO
|By Brigadier Mehboob Qadir (R)| It was mid 1972. We had just arrived in Ranchi from Agra, badly shaken and bruised, after a fateful train journey, during which we lost ...
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The philosophy of the Soldier Mountaineer Colonel Narinder Kumar ‘Bull’!
[By Col NN Bhatia | A Preface] The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of the man. – Anonymous The Regimental Centre Officers’ Mess ...
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A mother’s account of continuing education post marriage
[By RamTulsi Yerra] I was in the second year of my undergraduate studies when our engagement was solemnized by the elders of our respective families. I got married 6 months ...
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This Policewoman Has Zero Tolerance For Domestic Violence
Ramallah (WFS) — As the head of the Palestinian Civil Police Family & Juvenile Protection Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Wafa Muammar, the highest-ranking female officer in the country’s police force, is ...
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Dealing with social issues in a manner akin to a mother’s care
A year back, it started out as an idea to provide Delhi street children with shoes during terrible Delhi winters. Latika Wadhwa, then only 24 and a full time working ...
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Celebrating Womanhood: A feminist’s view
After years of campaigning for women’s rights we may have achieved only a primary consideration for ourselves at all levels. But when are we going to raise the bar and say we want to be equal competitors? The purpose of women’s day should one day upgrade itself to a “celebration of man-woman equality”.
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Men Stand Tall Against Child Marriage
[By Chetna Verma] Agra – The young thrive on dreams for a brighter tomorrow. Most aspire to have a comfortable home, a rewarding career and a loving family – and ...
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Men For Women At The Panchayat
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Meet Men Who Shun Dowry, Share Property With Their Wives
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Woes of men as non-custodian parents
Environment
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The Paris climate summit must go beyond mere declarations of intent
[By Christian Gollier,Jean Tirole] As the Paris 2015 climate talks get under way, the fear is growing that this international conference will be reduced to a simple list of good ...
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Wealth in waste? Using industrial leftovers to offset climate emissions
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Let’s make sure that cleaning up the world’s water doesn’t send our climate targets down the gurgler
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Let’s Talk About Rhinos
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Opinion: Women breaking barriers to clean energy
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This Village in India Plants 111 Trees Every Time a Girl is Born
World News
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How to Stop Terrorism in Europe
[By Brahma Chellaney] BERLIN – Europe is under pressure. Integrating asylum-seekers and other migrants – 1.1 million in Germany alone in 2015 – into European society poses a major challenge, ...
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Since ancient Greece, the Olympics and bribery have gone hand in hand
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Britain votes to leave the EU, here’s what happens next
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Asia’s Troubled Water
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Confessions Of A Pakistani National
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Brussels attacks show just how desperate Islamic State has become
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The Limits of Capitalism with Communist Characteristics
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Saudi Arabia’s Phony War on Terror