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Krishna Raj The proposed Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021, now being referred to the Joint Parliamentary Committee for scrutiny, was tabled in the Lok Sabha without public consultation. The Biological Diversity Act (BDA), 2002, was prepared with caution and on…
Rajesh Tandon “I don’t care, rather get Covid than my children die of hunger”, shouting dozens of women, and men, stopped traffic on a busy Mehrauli-Badarpur road last Thursday morning at 8 am. They were demanding that buses, tempos, Gramin…
Anil Trigunayat Addressing the Shura Council King Salman of Saudi Arabia last week reiterated his concern about the Iranian government’s policy which is destabilizing regional security and stability, including building, and backing sectarian armed militias and propagating its military power…
Tikender Singh Panwar As world leaders were holding hectic negotiations over climate change at COP26 in Glasgow in November, there was a subtle protest by the inhabitants of the Kinnaur district, in the Himalayas, against the impact on the ecology and environment of their…
Gurinder Kaur According to a study released by the University of Leeds (England) on December 20, 2021, the Himalayan glaciers have been melting at least ten times faster than the average in the last few decades. The study has revealed…
Tikender Singh Panwar The year 2022 is seen as a year of optimism and the augury of better days. For 2021 was a year of massive loss of lives of the people owing to the Covid pandemic, loss of livelihoods…
Harsh V Pant Russia and the West will be engaging each other next week in a round of highly anticipated meetings. The Strategic Security Dialogue initiative launched by United States (US) President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin…