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• 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections: Handling of ticket distribution by the Parties | P. S. Jayaramu

  22 April 2023, by P S Jayaramu

  by P. S. Jayaramu
  (18th April,2023)
  As the election fever gathers momentum, we need to recognise the fact that though the contest is largely bipolar between the ruling BJP and the Congress Party; the third player the Janata Dal (S ) can not be ignored which in essence has made the battle tripolar or bipolar plus, if we can describe it that way. I will return to this theme later.
  First let me address the issue of selection of candidates by the BJP. Lending legitimacy to the fact that (…)

• Does the National Health Index Truly Measure the Health Status? | Chathukulam, Joseph & Buch

  22 April 2023, by Jos Chathukulam, Krishnakant Buch, Manasi Joseph

  Abstract
  This paper critically looks into the strengths and weakness of the NITI Aayog’s National Health Index. It also reflects on why India needs a Comprehensive Health Index in the post-pandemic world.
  Introduction
  India has made improvement in terms of life expectancy, in reducing fertility rate, maternal mortality rate (MMR), infant mortality rate (IMR), under five mortality rate (U5MR) over the years. However, taking into India’s commitment towards Sustainable Development Goals (…)

• Student Suicides in India | Sonu Chauhan

  22 April 2023

  by Sonu Chauhan *
  According to World Health Organization (WHO) data, every year, more than 700,000 people commit suicide worldwide, and around 77 per cent of the suicide cases are reported in low and middle-income countries. The most common causes of suicides are depression, illness, pain, stress, alcoholism, financial crisis, family issues etc. The number of suicides and their causes differ according to geographical locations, economic conditions, social and cultural status, age groups, (…)

• How India continues to punish those who attempt suicide | Fernandes & Pathare

  22 April 2023

  by Tanya Nicole Fernandes and Dr Soumitra Pathare *
  April 17, 2023
  Despite having the law on their side, people who attempted suicide in India are continually harassed by authorities and don’t receive appropriate help.
  Content warning: This article discusses sensitive topics such as suicide that some readers may find distressing.
  Early one Sunday morning, Latha (not her real name) and her husband were woken by police at their door demanding she accompany them to the local station. (…)

• Tribute: Harish Chandola— Endearing Writer Who Roamed the World in Search of Solutions to Complex Conflicts | Bharat Dogra

  22 April 2023, by Bharat Dogra

  Harish Chandola breathed his last on March 26. His life of 94 years, including over six decades of active work as a journalist as an author, was full of highly energetic, interesting, and meaningful reporting and writing from several parts of the world.
  He was born and brought up in a remote Himalayan village of Garhwal. At a young age he started working for some of the established newspapers based in Delhi. During one of the earlier assignments of covering a visit by Jawaharlal Nehru to (…)

• Menstruation as a Sacred Practice in Assam | Karishmeeta Das

  22 April 2023

  by Karishmeeta Das *
  Many societies the world over practice taboos and rituals in relation to menstruation, a biologically natural phenomenon. However, through the societal lens, a menstruating woman is believed to be impure and is barred from performing various activities and also visiting certain places or attending ceremonies. At the same time, the first sign of blood in a girl child, marking her entrance into puberty, is celebrated in many societies. In Assam, the first menstruation of (…)

• Missing voices in higher education — Need for inclusive policies | Girija K.S. & Basavaraja G

  22 April 2023

  by Dr.Girija K.S. & Dr. Basavaraja G *
  “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” — Nelson Mandela
  At a time when more and more women are entering into education and seeking employment and are equal participants in the eradication of social and gender inequalities, we still see the barriers surrounding them at each level be it professional, personal, research and in higher centers of learning as the highly qualified women also accept the inevitable (…)

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  Appeal from science teachers and educators to restore the theory of Darwinian evolution in secondary education in India

  22 April 2023

  An Appeal Against Exclusion of Evolution from Curriculum
  We, the undersigned, have learned that sweeping changes are being proposed in the CBSE curriculum in the secondary and senior secondary courses. These changes, first introduced as a temporary measure during the Corona pandemic, are being continued even when schooling has gone back to offline mode. In particular, we are concerned with the exclusion of the teaching of Darwinian evolution from the 10th standard curriculum, as seen in (…)

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  Remind the Public As To What Made Keshub Mahindra Decline the Padma Bhushan Award 2002 - Letter to the Editor

  22 April 2023, by N D Jayaprakash

  LETTER TO THE EDITOR
  To: The Editor, Mainstream Weekly, http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/
  16 April 2023
  This is to draw your kind attention to an article that was re-published in India Today on 13th April 2023 titled “Why Keshub Mahindra declined the Padma Bhushan”. The said article was reportedly first published in the Business Today edition dated 31st March 2002. The said article has attempted to project Keshub Mahindra as a “gentleman”, who did not want to embarrass the (…)

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  TV assassination of Atiq Ahmed in Police Custody Shows BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh is a Lawless State | Statements by CPI(M) & CPIML (April 16, 2023)

  22 April 2023

  CPI(M)
  April 16, 2023
  Press Statement The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
  Condemn Ghastly Killings in UP
  The ghastly killing of Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf while in police custody and in front of the media shows that Uttar Pradesh has become a completely lawless state.
  The manner in which two men were murdered in the presence of heavy police escort points towards official connivance. This must be seen in the (…)