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There is Structural violence that is inherent in our society on account of infrastructure projects worldwide. IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute as part of its series #CityConversations organized a lecture with Dr. Deljana Iossifova titled Infrastructuring the City: Trajectories of Violence. Dr. Deljana Iossifova is a Senior Lecturer, Urban Studies and Director, Confucius Institute, University of Manchester United Kingdom. She is also the Chair of the Urban Studies Foundation.

New cases of Corona appear to be intimidating. India has become the new 'hot spot' of Covid-19, overtaking both Brazil (66,176 daily average cases) and USA (65,624 daily average cases). For the first time in the country, over 2.5 lakh new cases of infection were reported on Sunday. This is a lamentable situation, but there is nothing to panic at the moment. For the second wave of Covid-19, need of the hour remains a 3 week long nationwide lockdown.

अरुण कुमारदेश में कोरोना की दूसरी लहर बेलगाम हो गई है। रोजाना के नए मामले 2.61 लाख का आंकड़ा पार कर चुके हैं। कई...

Arun KumarThe stand-off between the farmers and the government has persisted for weeks, with the Supreme Court now mulling intervention in the form of a committee...

IIMC faculty are protesting the new code of conduct being imposed on them. Under the new rules there can be no protest or criticism, or petitions to higher authorities. With this, what autonomy will the faculty be left with? Delhi University faculties are currently discussing the implementation of the New Education Policies (NEP), one of whose key aspects is autonomy in institutions of higher learning. The key concern is if there is a systematic attempt to destroy academic autonomy?

Should we be content with the fact that Dr. Ambedkar has been posthumously awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ and that his portrait is hung on the wall of the Parliament? In fact what Dr. Ambedkar desired was the annihilation of Caste, and least his glorification. Has Dr. Ambedkar’s dream fulfilled? The article makes the argument to Re-Imagining The Parliament to annihilate caste via the 1111 campaign.

Gurinder Kaur Dr Gurinder Kaur makes overarching recommendations on what should be touched upon during the Summit on Climate Change in April 2021In 2015, the then-US...

To throw light upon this issue, the Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, and India Water Portal organized an IMPRI Special Lecture – #WebPolicyTalk on Building a Planet-friendly Economy, by Dr. R Balasubramanium, a development activist and leadership trainer who founded the Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement and the Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM).

The discussion began with Prof Chandra, Professor and Head of Psychiatry at NIMHANS, Bangalore, and the Chair of the session, talking about the importance of creating services that are youth-friendly. She emphasized the need to realize how to help the youth who are otherwise physically healthy and feel that they do not need to seek help. In an effort to Working Towards a Positive Transformation as a response to the Mental Health woes of India’s Youth.

The Mental Health of India’s Youth is a pertinent concern. Whether we have personally experienced the challenges or seen a close loved one carrying the burden of a Mental Health Issue. IMPRI, Impact and Policy Research Institute organized a special lecture with Prof Vikram Patel chaired by Prof Prabha Chandra on Re-Imagining Mental Health of Youth.