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  Supreme Court restores PIL highlighting regulatory failures causing biopiracy and biodiversity losses | Nov 29, 2022

  2 December 2022

  Environment Support Group
  Press Release : Bangalore : 29th November 2022
  Supreme Court restores PIL highlighting regulatory failures causing biopiracy and biodiversity losses
  PIL raises grave concerns on prevailing weaknesses in Biodiversity Act that is contributing to biodiversity loss and associated traditional rights
  The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India by its order dated 22nd November 2022 allowed a Special Leave Petition filed by Environment Support Group [SLP(C) 7951/2014]. (…)

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  Review: Raghavan on ’New threats to human security in the Anthropocene’ by UNDP

  2 December 2022, by G Narasimha Raghavan

  Reviewed by G Narasimha Raghavan __0__
  New threats to human security in the Anthropocene:
  Demanding greater solidarity
  United Nations Development Programme New York: UNDP - 2022, viii+175 pages
  Available at: https://hdr.undp.org/content/2022-special-report-human-security __0__
  The renowned cognitive psychologist, Steven Pinker, said that we are all visual creatures. Images, rather than sound, impact us more. There are three images during the most recent period (an unofficial unit (…)

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  Book Review: Raza on Kenny’s Populism and Patronage

  2 December 2022

  Reviewed by Aamir Raza
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  Populism and Patronage: Why Populist win Elections in India, Asia, and Beyond
  by Paul D. Kenny
  Oxford University Press 2017 Pages 234 Price Rs 545
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  Populism has been a recurrent feature of Global politics since last century. Despite having hostile views about liberal democratic institutions, Populist party across the world have gained astonishing electoral success. Although Populism can persist across the ideological spectrum, Populist threats (…)

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  East German Stamp for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck

  2 December 2022
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  Photo: Plantation workers British Guyana in 1880 | Photographer unknown

  2 December 2022

  Photo: Source

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  Documentary: How salt and sand could replace lithium batteries

  2 December 2022

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  How salt and sand could replace lithium batteries by DW Planet A https://youtu.be/-vobMl5ldOs

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  Video: Lecture by P Sainath on India in the Age of Inequality (Nov 30, 2022)

  2 December 2022

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  P. Sainath II India in the Age of Inequality II 9th Sunil Memorial Lecture in JNU II Full HD by Samim Asgor Ali Photographer https://youtu.be/vlAyq5l3fMY

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Nov 26, 2022

  26 November 2022

  * Where are the women in tech? | Jisha Jacob
  * The Price of Silence over Domestic Violence | Kavita Krishnan
  * History of the Naga Conflict | Bendre, Gireesan, Pandit
  * Educators platform with new ways to collaborate | Nadra Huma Quraishi
  * On the Qatar World Cup | James M. Dorsey

• Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, Nov 26, 2022

  26 November 2022

  Letter to the Readers, November 26, 2022
  For decades, India has been showcased in the world as a stable electoral democracy. Yes, institutionally giant scale elections have continued to be held both at the federal level for a national Parliament and for state level assemblies, but the checks and balances have been eroding. Millions of voters participate in these lections but there has been growing concerns over the past decade(s) over corrupt practices and violations of the codes of (…)

• Where are the women in tech? | Jisha Jacob

  26 November 2022

  by Jisha Jacob *
  Diversification is critical in technology. Today, technology constantly redefines what it means to be a woman in society. With the fast - evolving technology, it is important for everyone to be conversant with its usage. A Mckinsey report of 2020 found that diversity in the company contributes towards the overall growth of the company. Sadly, women face huge challenges in finding an equal footing in the technology sector and IT career.
  Despite major advances, women (…)