Tikender Singh Panwar “Sustainable tourism” is the theme for ‘World Mountain Day,’ observed across the world on December 11. The United Nations’ call for this year’s theme is quite apt. Though it also shows the limitation of understanding the mountains…
Arun Kumar There are many discussions going on regarding pollution. But the one aspect that is being overlooked in all these debates is our development model. It has a major contribution to increasing pollution. It considers material development as the…
Arun Kumar The demonetisation of high-denomination currency notes on November 8, 2016, created a nightmare for citizens that lasted several months. Long queues formed outside the banks and ATMs to obtain swap denotified currency notes for new ones so that…
Smita M Patil This article discusses the differential treatment of two rape cases in terms of civil society’s outrage and the process followed in the aftermath by the police and the valid questions that need to be reiterated in the…
The Union Budget of 2018-19 proposed to treat school education holistically without segmenting pre-nursery to class 12. It was, post this announcement that the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education launched the integrated scheme for school education, Samagra Shiksha (National Educational Mission) in 2018. Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector that extends from pre-school to class 12.
Nilanjan Banik Until 2011, India was one of the largest exporters of best-in-class solar modules. Domestic manufacturers – including Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd, Moser Baer, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, Indosolar Limited, and Lanco Infratech Ltd – were industry pioneers.…