Victor Frankenstein’s ‘monster’ was an ugly humanoid but was not meant to be as bad or destructive as circumstances turned him into. So was Plastics when it was invented way back in the nineteenth century. But its indiscriminate and irresponsible use has turned it into a true environmental monster of modern times. No less of pandemic proportions, actually. Let me explain.
Substantive democracy led by ethics and the spirit of the Constitution is a flywheel of governance. After the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha Members on the first day of Parliament’s winter session for the rest of its session, it is more than obvious that institutions of governance suffer from a culture of democratic deficits. That, Parliament is becoming a platform for reprimanding opposition, bowdlerizing debates, pecking into question hour and using available disciplinary authority in a repressive manner hounds the Constitutional spirit.
Urvashi Prasad , Adhiraj Parthasarathy Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand continue to have TFRs that are significantly above replacement levels. While the Census, which has a wide coverage, is generally regarded as the official marker of demographic trends in the…
For almost two decades, India’s national and state governments have had many agreements with the private sector for the provision of healthcare. Public-private partnerships entail collaboration between a government agency and a private-sector enterprise that may be utilized to fund,…
Gurinder Kaur The second phase of data collected by National Family Health Survey-5 (2019—21) was released on November 24, 2021. The survey was conducted in two phases due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Family Health Survey — 5 was…
Srikanth Kondapalli That Joe Biden needed more time to fix the domestic situation in the US is clearly exploited by Xi Jinping, who is trying to gain more strength in the South China Sea, Taiwan Straits and other areas of…