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 बडे़ शहरों में लॉकडाउन जैसी कड़ाई भी शुरू हो गई है। छत्तीसगढ़, महाराष्ट्र जैसे राज्यों...
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 that could be set up to solve the issue.The farmers, not trusting the government, want...
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 President Barack Obama raised the issue of climate change in the Paris Climate Agreement. In...
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.
Simi Mehta, Anshula MehtaIn an endeavour to harness India’s massive potential in the 21st century, the Government of India launched the “National Education Policy 2020”. The policy has been hailed as progressive and revolutionary; it has sparked discourse on...
Simi Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal, Anshula Mehta, Ishika ChaudharyThe state assembly passed a bill known as the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Bill in November 2020 to reserve 75% of jobs in the private sector of Haryana for its...
