Health is a precious asset. The World Health Organization identifies health as a state of total physical, mental, and social well-being, rather than simply the absence of disease. It also claims that there can be no true physical health without mental health. A person with good mental health is aware of their abilities, can cope with life’s normal stresses, can[Read More…]
The contagious Covid-19 has stimulated an irremediable health crisis and has increased the burden of mental illness among students. The deadly virus has wreaked unprecedented havoc on millions of lives, pushing many of them to an untimely demise. As the country fights against the virus, the suicide has emerged as the second-leading cause of non-coronavirus deaths in India as revealed[Read More…]
Human Rights Day is observed on December 10 every year. It is the day when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adapted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. The document is made available therewith in more than 500 languages and is the most translated document in the world. ‘Recover better – stand up for human rights’ is the[Read More…]
Children’s Day or Bal Diwas in India is celebrated every year on Nov. 14th, six days before the rest of the world, on the birth anniversary of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. This year marks Nehru’s 131st birth anniversary. Children’s day, originally, was celebrated on Nov. 20th as Universal Children’s Day by the United Nations. India also[Read More…]
Education is the most powerful weapon that can be used to make fruitful changes in our society. India is a democratic country bearing enriched legitimacy in educational traditions. The people of this country have always been blessed with the educational ideals and thoughts of its great sons like Chanakya, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Aurobindo Ghosh, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Maulana[Read More…]
Youths and children, the most demographic dividend of any country, are equally important for the society specifically as well as for the nation-building in general. They are the impregnable pillars of any country’s social integration and economic growth. Education is treated as best mode of shaping these young populations towards their holistic development, thereon the destiny of any nation depends[Read More…]
The global Covid-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented change in all walks of life. It has clutched different sectors and overthrown people around the world to a new social and economic crisis. Education is one of them, due to the pandemic around 1.52 billion students stranded at home and over 60.2 million teachers remain out of schools (UN Secretary-General, 2020,[Read More…]
Education is the most powerful weapon to produce desirable changes in our society, and in order to drive the nation towards greater accomplishments, it is important to furnish quality education to all of its citizens. The education system in India is one of the world’s largest sectors and after Independence, the country has passed through many reforms right from 10+2+3[Read More…]
In the midst of isolation crisis, when all educational institutions have been stirred to online teaching and up-scaled teachers’ digital skills through school-based training interventions, few states like Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh had placed a restriction on online classes for primary school-going children. Online learning, no doubt is by far the most compelling alternative in the times of Covid-19[Read More…]
One Man as a Whole Generation: The Unfinished War of Zakaria Zubeidi 
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Who Represents Afghanistan: Genuine Activists vs ‘Native Informants’ 
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What does the 24 September – Global Climate Strike Mean to Farmers, Workers & Peasants of India 
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U.S. Militarism’s Toxic Impact on Climate Policy 
Patriarchy: The Struggle Continues 
Simple Processing Reforms Can Ensure Healthier Food 
Church And The Question Of Narcotic Jihad 
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Avoiding Real Change: The Myth of Green Capitalism 
Bad Business: World Bank and China, A Rigging Scandal 
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A new model of refugee housing is needed for better integration 
The Hangman’s Noose 
Mike Willacy’s Rogue Forces 
World Car Free Day 
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Changes Needed in Panchayati Raj and Decentralized Administration 
Power and Glory in Times of Disease and Death 
A Questionable ‘Suicide’ In Rule Of Law 
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How Corporations Won the War on Terror 
5 Urgent Steps Needed to Vaccinate the World and End This Pandemic 
UK’s decision to consider vaccinated Indians as ‘unvaccinated’ stinks of apartheid, lacks scientific merit 
Tribute to Gananath Patro 
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Massive, Illegal Expulsion of Migrants from U.S.A 
The Right to Clean Air in Jakarta 
Let Chocolates Fall from the Sky 
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Germany’s New Neo-Nazis: The Reichsbürger 
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Beijing condemns military pact between the US, Britain and Australia 
French officials warn AUKUS alliance undermines US-Europe relations 
This year there was international outrage when a frail 84-year-old Jesuit priest with Parkinson’s disease, Stan Swamy, died after being held in an Indian jail in inhumane conditions, on flimsy charges. When he was eventually moved to hospital, he tested positive for Covid and went on to suffer a cardiac arrest. He had devotedly served the poor and defended their[Read More…]
