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• Why Safety Concerns Should Get More Attention in COVID Vaccine — Lessons from A Comparative Study | Bharat Dogra

  25 March 2022, by Bharat Dogra

  COVID-19 vaccines have been widely discussed, but still safety aspects need more attention. Generally in the case of all vaccines adverse events recorded constitute an important part of discussion relating to them, and this is all the more so in the case of COVID-19 vaccines which were developed and distributed in unprecedented hurry.
  A comparative review of adverse impacts of COVID-19 vaccines is attempted here at two levels. Firstly in the case of a single country (USA) where (…)

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  Caricature Tribute to Mallu Swarajyam | Jayaraj Vellur

  25 March 2022, by Jayaraj Vellur
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  Musical Theme from Charulata (1964) by Satyajit Ray

  25 March 2022

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  Audio: Solar Nuns of Pakistan

  25 March 2022

  WINGS Programme No. 48-21 [14 March 2022]
  Description: Two young women with a mission to help the poor found their calling as both nuns and solar installers, bringing reliable electricity to communities where the electric grid is absent, or expensive and inconsistent. Doubly unusual in a primarily male-dominated Muslim society, they have persisted in sharing education, skills and technology with those who can use those things to progress in their lives.
  Host(s): Laura Palmisano, Frieda (…)

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  Table of Contents, Mainstream, March 19, 2022

  18 March 2022

  * Yogi: The Victory of Communalism | TJS George
  * Results of the Assembly elections in five States | P S Jayaramu
  * The Pathology of Electoral Politics | Avijit Pathak
  * BJP is not invincible | Faraz Ahmad
  * Vote Swings & Implications for Efficient Electoral Strategy | Indranil De
  * Ukraine: Back to Status quo in Europe? | Shrikant Paranjpe
  * Transforming The World — Engineering Humanity | S G Vombatkere

• Letter to the readers, Mainstream, March 19, 2022

  18 March 2022

  Letter to the Readers, Mainstream, March 19, 2022
  The accidental launch of a BrahMos cruise missile belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF) that landed some 124 kms deep inside Pakistan on March 9, 2022, was a serious and hair-raising event. This dramatic incident came to public knowledge when the Pakistani military held a press conference 24 hours later and the Indian Ministry of Defense responded by expressing regret at the incident saying that “in the course of routine maintenance, a (…)

• Yogi: The Victory of Communalism | TJS George

  18 March 2022, by T J S George

  IMPRESSIONS Religion sells. In most parts of the world, mixing politics with religion is recognised as an unwholesome practice. But in India, it is an accepted routine. Parties and individuals seeking votes in the name of religion is the rule in our country. In Uttar Pradesh it is the sumtotal of everything. Openly and unashamedly, religion is used as a political tool.
  The intensity of religious politics can only grow with Yogi Adityanath’s spectacular victory in the (…)

• Results of the Assembly elections in five States: what the future holds for us? | P S Jayaramu

  18 March 2022

  by P.S. Jayaramu
  13th March 2022
  Results of the five state assembly elections have attracted the attention of the entire country. Supremely satisfied with the party coming back to power in four States, while addressing party workers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it is a foregone conclusion that the 2024 Lok Sabha election results would be in favour of the BJP, forgetting the fact that the Indian voters have, in the past, voted differently in national and state elections. Be (…)

• The Pathology of Electoral Politics | Avijit Pathak

  18 March 2022, by Avijit Pathak

  I am not a professional politician; nor am I a political philosopher. Yet, as a learner filled with the spirit of studentship, I believe that we need to sharpen the ethos of political education. Is it possible to retain a democratic culture without political education—the education that enables us to see through the discourse of power, think intelligently and critically, and exist as alert/active/reflexive agents of our collective destiny? I know there are many who would not find any meaning (…)

• BJP is not invincible | Faraz Ahmad

  18 March 2022, by Faraz Ahmad

  Contrary to the invincibility of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being projected by the mainstream media, Hindutva and communal polarisation being its magic mantra, the 2022 election results demonstrate how a little advance preparation and strategizing by the Opposition could easily turn the tables on the Hindutva brigade. And therefore this could well be a signal for the Opposition parties to prepare for the main 2024 national battle without losing heart and time.
  Imagine in this (…)