Did detection of leprosy fall during the pandemic? | In Focus
It’s an ancient disease that has been mentioned in history across the world, but one that is now largely forgotten. Leprosy however, continues to exis...
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Decoding the suspension of the Table Tennis Federation of India | In Focus
The Delhi High Court, after hearing a case filed by table tennis star Manika Batra, has suspended the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). It has ...
Decoding MeITY’s proposal for ‘Federated Digital Identities’ | In Focus
With the dust yet to settle on the whole debate around the Aadhaar project, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) has now pro...
What drives the business of IPL auctions? | In Focus
Cricket’s Indian Premier League, known popularly as IPL, is valued at a staggering 50,000 crore rupees. In 2008, when the IPL was launched, not many w...
Why do we need a law for ‘restitution of conjugal rights’? | In Focus
In February 2019, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court, challenging Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. This section, which deals with ‘re...
Does the Budget's health allocation do enough? | In Focus
On February 1, when the Union Budget 2022 was unveiled, there was much hope and expectation for the health sector. 2022 continues to be a pandemic yea...
Do rising levels of corruption enable authoritarianism? | In Focus
The anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) has released the 2021 Corruption Perception Index, or CPI. This Index ranks 180 countries...
What really happened to vulnerable children during the pandemic | In Focus
Last week, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights told the Supreme Court that close to 1.5 lakh children in the country are in need of...
Union Budget 2022: What does the budget offer the common man?
With elections coming up in five states, it was expected that the Union Budget for the financial year 2022-23 would focus on addressing the crisis of ...
Domestic violence amid the pandemic | In Focus
The National Commission for Women has said it had seen a 30% rise in complaints of crimes against women in 2021, compared to 2020. Nearly 31,000 compl...