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Lancet study reveals massive under-reporting of Covid-19 deaths

A Lancet study puts the number of Covid-19 deaths in India at a massive 4.1 million, eight times the official figure. Read more »
Income and wealth inequality in India

Widening inequality: Societies need to address economic, ethical dimensions

Disparities of income generation between the richest 1% and the rest have implications in terms of perpetuation of wealth and income inequality. Read more »
Green hydrogen mission

Ukraine war: Soaring gas prices make green hydrogen a viable fuel option

The Ukraine crisis has pushed natural gas prices to record levels, making grey hydrogen more expensive that green hydrogen. Read more »
Women in UP's farmer producer organisations

The invisible women in India’s farmer producer organisations

Without women's participation, farmer producer organisations often struggle to achieve the desired socioeconomic impact. Read more »
UPI123Pay to enable offline payments on feature phones

Gender equality key to sustainable future of societies

International Women's Day is the time to remind ourselves that there is a lot of ground to cover before achieving gender equality in all spheres of life. Read more »
demographic dividend

Rewarding inefficiency: Delimitation of Lok Sabha, state assembly seats can wait

Any move towards the delimitation of the Lok Sabha and assembly seats will result in the loss of representation of states/districts that managed to control population growth. Read more »
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UNEA agreement on plastic pollution a landmark

The United Nations Environment Assembly has reached an agreement to bring in a binding global treaty by 2024 to end plastic pollution. Read more »
Ukraine conflict and UN reforms

Russian invasion of Ukraine highlights need for UN reforms

The Ukraine conflict will amplify the call for UN reforms as the Russian veto in the Security Council stopped the UN from effectively intervening to stop the war. Read more »
ukraine conflict and indian exports

Explained: Ukraine conflict impact on India’s trade

Russia-Ukraine conflict will hit India’s tea, pharma exports to the region. Read more »
climate change warning

Climate change: IPCC report warns of closing window of opportunity

Without drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, several parts of the world including areas in India will become unlivable due to the impact of climate change. Read more »