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India and the Global Gender Gap report 2024..

17.06.24

    Gender parity may be climbing upwards worldwide with the global gender gap standing at 68.5% closed in 2024, but the glacial pace of change — it was 68.4% in 2023 — is a grim statistic. At this rate, it will take 134 years to reach full...

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Why heatwaves have not been included as a notified disaster..

14.06.24

There is currently a debate going on regarding classifying heatwave as a recognized disaster under India's Disaster Management Act amidst extreme heat and the resulting lives. This change is believed to allow states to create specific disaster categories for...

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India’s looming financial crisis..

13.06.24

Rapid credit growth is akin to a siren song. It lures economies with the promise of prosperity only to lead them into crises. Each financial boom is framed as a story of financial innovation and good times. But each new story is just whipped-up frenzy, it is, in...

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Arrest, agencies, and criminal courts..

12.06.24

Supreme Court did not mince words in May 2024, while delivering two significant judgments that impact the liberty of people accused of criminal offences. The first judgment says that the custody of an accused is not necessary prior to the filing of the charge sheet in...

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A push for more climate action..

12.06.24

International climate change litigation reached a milestone on May 21, 2024 when the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered an advisory opinion (the Opinion) sought by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International...

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The Bareilly case and a flawed criminal justice system..

10.06.24

A few weeks ago, the case of a woman who had filed a rape case, was sentenced to imprisonment, and fined by a court in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, dominated the headlines. The narrative, echoed by select media users, painted a picture of a woman who had brazenly...

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Health regulations need a base to top approach..

10.06.24

In the last week of May, an incident of a devastating fire in a private neonatal care nursing home in New Delhi shook us all. Political parties began a blame game and the media coverage was intense, going overboard and reporting incorrectly that a number of nursing...

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Heat-baked Chennai can set an example for India..

10.06.24

The year 2023 was by far the hottest ever according to a recent World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report. Global average temperatures reached 1.45° C higher than pre-industrial levels, almost touching the 1.5° C limit set in the Paris Agreement....

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On the negligence of fire safety in India  ..

10.06.24

The devastating fires, at a gaming centre in Rajkot, Gujarat and a newborn nursing clinic in Delhi within 24 hours of each other, which left over 30 dead, is another grim reminder of one of India’s insidious threats: the pervasive nature of the negligence of the...

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Chabahar’s opportunities and challenges ..

10.06.24

The recently concluded contract between India and Iran, which gives New Delhi rights to invest in and operate the Shahid-Behesti terminal at Chabahar Port for another 10 years, has created many headlines. The port remains the crown project anchoring economic relations...

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Punishing Hamas: On Israel and the ICJ ruling..

10.06.24

The International Court of Justice’s ruling, that Israel must immediately stop its military offensive in Rafah, the southernmost city of Gaza, is the latest setback for the Jewish nation in a war that grinds on with heavy civilian casualties and no end in sight....

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