On A Less Painful Death
The Supreme Court (SC) has asked the Government of India to consider a less painful alternative of death, instead of hanging. On March 21, a SC Bench, led by Chief […]
Nutritional Deficiencies
One in nine people in the world goes hungry each day, and suffers from nutritional deficiencies as a result. Current estimates show that 957 million people across 93 countries do […]
DemoNcracy
Rahul Gandhi, the leader of Indian National Congress (INC, the main Opposition Party) was convicted in a criminal defamation case in a Surat court on March 23, 2023. He was […]
Small Conflicts & Big Impacts
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan reached an agreement to demilitarise a conflict-afflicted section of their shared border on September 25, 2022. However, the dispute is far from over. The whole of the […]
Spain & The ‘Special’ Law
Spain became the first country in Europe to pass a Law related to Paid Menstrual Leave for women on February 16, 2023. In a rare first, such a law has […]
Navigating The Complexities
Navigating the complexities of relations between media houses and internet giants is a difficult task. At the very core of that complexity is the distribution of revenues from media businesses. […]
Inspired By History
Tanvir Mokammel, the renowned Bangladeshi film-maker, discovered a book, titled ‘Major Genocides of the 20th Century‘, at a London bookstore. While turning the pages, he noticed that the author discussed […]
Crime & Exhilaration
Younes Panahi, the Deputy Health Minister of Iran, has shocked the world by revealing that female students were poisoned in his country to be stopped from going to school and […]
On Her Long-Standing Service
Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (b. July 19, 1970) recently stepped down as the First Minister of Scotland, and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP). She made an announcement in this […]
