Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Review: India’s “Rocket Boys” series fetishizes science-and the atomic bomb-in a dangerous way While Rocket Boys makes for engaging drama, does it tell this story with due diligence to scientific and historical facts? Unfortunately, the answer is resoundingly in the negative.
BBC Bipolar disorder: The group changing attitudes about the conditions Living with bipolar disorder is not easy. Many people do not understand the condition and patients suffer discrimination as a result. An online community in India is now trying to change such attitudes.
City University of London India’s refusal to side with the West should not be interpreted as a revival of its non-alignment policy India’s continuing aggressive and muscular foreign policy, in line with the vision of its right-wing government whose authoritarian tendencies are increasingly evident, at home and abroad
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Israel has long exported arms to India. Now it’s selling spyware too Prime Minister Modi’s silence through the political storm around Pegasus and what is being called India’s Watergate moment is conspicuous
People's Archive of Rural India 'I didn't want others to know I had miscarried' Saline river water, intensifying climate change and poor public healthcare is playing havoc with women's health in the Sundarbans.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Is a shadow presidency fueling the gas-prices fire in oil-rich Kazakhstan? A citizens' uprising takes Kazakhstan by storm. Socio-economic inequalities and neglect of workers' rights might be at play.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists India has long suppressed antinuclear activism. Still, activists persist India's nuclear programme has a history of encountering stiff resistance.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists What’s known—and not known—about India’s nuclear weapons budget India provides precious little information on nuclear weapons expenditure thus raising questions on accountability and transparency.
City University of London Think tanks in India and the United States and the alignment of state and corporate goals India and the United States have maintained their ties through wide-ranging means and mechanisms including think tanks supported by corporations and government.
nuclear Fissile India has big plans for new nuclear power plants. What does it plan to do with the old ones?
Caravan Magazine Parent Entity: The Jaishankars blur the lines between the ministry of external affairs and Reliance-funded ORF India's most prominent think tank launches its Washington operations. The son of India's External Affairs Minister is in the thick of it.
thakur-foundation.org Getting away with murder A study on the killings of and attacks on journalists in India, 2014–2019, and justice delivery in these cases.
People's Archive of Rural India Sundarbans: Not a blade of grass grew People in the Sundarbans of West Bengal, are facing climate change – recurring cyclones, erratic rain, growing salinity, rising heat, depleting mangroves and more.
Global Ground Media Cheerleader and referee: Appearance of conflicts of interest at microfinance regulators The lack of independence of microfinance self-regulatory organisations (SROs) in India
Global Ground Media Assessments show problems remain: are paper exercises sufficient to bring about change? Are code of conduct assessments of microfinance institutions just on paper or do they really work?
Global Ground Media Serving the poor or profiting off them? Indian microfinance institutions are growing rapidly, raising renewed concerns of overlending.
Newsclick India owed the highest in unpaid dues for UN peacekeeping As financial woes burden the UN, it is struggling to repay troop and police contributing countries like India and support its peacekeeping missions across the world.
Caravan Magazine Reliance Industries' mark on Observer Research Foundation Conflicts of interest with its main corporate backer and a lack of independence dog Asia's most influential think tank.
People's Archive of Rural India Slow train, hard work, low wages, long days Many women domestic workers travel every day from faraway stations on the fringes of the Sundarbans to south Kolkata. The crush of the long train journey adds to the demands of their ceaseless workdays
The Wire UN's green award for Modi comes despite criticism of environmental record Asked about the contradictory actions of UN agencies, staffers say UN bodies may not necessarily coordinate and in some cases even be aware of each other’s work.
Newslaundry Why Sushma Swaraj’s UN speech was a missed chance Instead of presenting an internationalist vision at the UN General Assembly, India's External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj played to the gallery at home.
People's Archive of Rural India Our houses are vanishing. Nobody cares. For decades, villagers from Ghoramara island in the Sundarbans have been migrating to Sagar island because the river and rain keep washing away their houses. They have received little help from the state
The New Arab Systematically terrorised: Rohingyas face severe health restrictions in Myanmar Rohingyas continue to face discrimination in Myanmar as they deal with grave limitations in practically all areas of life including access to basic healthcare
Al Jazeera With no formal schools or jobs, young Rohingya left in lurch Despair and frustration bogs down Rohingya refugees as they face a future with no access to formal education or jobs.
The Print Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: The marvellous freedom fighter and feminist that India forgot about A Passionate Life, a collection of writings by and on Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, is testimony to her considerable work in various fields, from the cooperative movement, settling of Partition refugees to films and theatre.
