An explanation of the crisis in Greece, its antecedents and causes and what implications it has for the project of a unified Europe.
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Several highly polluting industries—stone quarries, oil refinery, parasitic rubber plantations—as well as encroachment from locals, are adversely affecting the biodiversity of the Kaziranga National...
The death of the four workers and injury to two others on 12 May 2015 in Karnataka brings to the forefront the harsh and unsafe working conditions under which the workers “contracted” under the...
Sopore in north Kashmir is in grip of fear and anxiety after six people were killed in less than a month’s time. Separatist and militant groups blame the government and security agencies for the...
Massive footfalls at pilgrim towns increase the risk of major accidents and disrupt the local ecology. The Kerala state government’s plan to make the Sabarimala temple town a national pilgrim centre...
A proposed new airport in North Goa has brought to the fore the old North Goa–South Goa feud. With the current Bharatiya Janata Party government determined to make the project a success, they could...
The South Asian migrant workers in Malaysia are not completely rootless individuals set adrift in an alien environment. They have created their own little exclusive comfort zones and tried to find a...
Delhi's chest thumping journalists have become mere stenographers of power, forgetting to ask questions and interrogate official narratives. A journalist from Manipur recounts the events leading up...
Some reasonably astounding claims have been made about the commando raid carried out by the Indian army on rebel camps in Myanmar. A long time observer of the region and military operations there...
China’s muted response to the Russian annexation of Crimea and its proximity to Putin can best be interpreted as a strategic move by both to combat the dominance of Western hold on diplomacy. With...
The tiny Sikh community living in Myanmar today, though not as visible as the Sikh diaspora in other countries, has managed to preserve its heritage and culture and battled the odds to ensure that it...
For Nicobarese tribals, religious conversion has never been a contentious issue. It is not unusual to find members of the same tribal family practising different faiths. Then why have leaders of both...
The recent move to deregulate drug prices in China has the potential to fester into a public healthcare disaster. Disruptive practices by hospitals and pharmaceutical companies could completely...
The Indian Premiere League’s unwavering support base proves that it is attached not just to its local icons, but also to the local sporting grounds.
Home to a sizeable tiger population and several other endangered species, the Pilibhit Forest Division, an erstwhile timber yielding reserve forest, was notified as a tiger reserve by the Uttar...
