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Azim Premji University to host lecture series on U R Ananthamurthy in Udupi on June 1
ಅಜೀಂ ಪ್ರೇಮ್ಜಿ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ವತಿಯಿಂದ ಜೂನ್ 1 ರಂದು ಉಡುಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಹವಾಸ’ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಚಾಲನೆ
Push government to implement all welfare measures in Street Vendors Act: Lekha Adavi
Without BBMP elections, there are no corporators to address the issues of street vendors | Excerpts from an interview with Lekha Adavi, All India Centre of Trade Unions (AICTU), by Satendra Kumar Singh, in Citizen Matters
What does Mission Antyodaya data say about rural deprivation?
Leveraging the Mission Antyodaya dataset, Puja Guha, Neeraj Hatekar and Amalendu Jyothishi, in Ideas for India, create a ‘Rural Deprivation Index’ which can be used to examine the status of provisioning across blocks, villages, districts and states.
What constitutes respect in a classroom
In India, we tend to put our teachers on a pedestal but how many truly respect them? Aruna Sankaranarayanan, in The Hindu, explains the consequences of holding someone in high esteem for a participatory approach, in the context of education.
Rising debt strains household savings
“Household net financial savings to GDP ratio have declined due to increased borrowing and structural shifts rather than a mere change in savings pattern”, write Zico Dasgupta and Srinivasan Raghavendra, in The Hindu.
Spare a thought for people who live amid heaps of urban garbage
A little compassion and care in how we get rid of our waste is the least we could do for the ‘ragpickers’ who keep our cities clean. They also need welfare benefits and other public provisions, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.
Understanding India’s Evolving Middle Classes
The Indian government must ensure the country’s continued economic growth and job creation to prevent a reduction in the size of the middle class and a potential social crisis, writes Sandhya Krishnan, in EastAsiaForum.
Inclusive Preschools Benefit All Children
It helps children with specific challenges to expand their skills through observation and participation. Their peers develop acceptance and an appreciation for individual differences from an early age, write Sofiya S and Bhuvaneswari B, in The Hans India.
Number Theory: Tracking Household Accounts in Last 5 Years
Going by the headline GDP numbers, the Indian economy has fully recovered from the shock of the pandemic, but is the average Indian household better off today than it was five years ago?
Muslim quota row deepening fault lines among dalits
If, as per the Constitution, religion alone cannot be used as a principle for granting reservations, it cannot also be used for purposes of exclusion from reservations, writes Khalid Anis Ansari, in The Times of India.
Tackling Bengaluru’s Water Woes
Fields of View (FoV), a game design organisation based in Bengaluru, is trying to raise awareness and contribute through Hanigalu — a game that simulates water crisis management — in collaboration with Azim Premji University.
Meaning of Public Health: Lost in Jargon
Mukta Gundi and Arima Mishra, in Udayavani, highlight why public health should become a field that is inclusive of diverse vocabularies and expressions and should use a language that brings people into its fold.
Campus Bhopal
Leadership determines whether institutions flout or value norms
Courageous public vigilance is one of the few safeguards against institutions that subvert foundational ideals, writes Anurag Behar, in Mint.
An inheritance tax will help reduce inequality
Property of the elite being bequeathed to descendants implies that the descendants do no work to acquire it. There is no economic reason for it to be a freebie for them, write Advait Moharir and Rajendran Narayanan, in The Hindu.
It is not over until we say it is: Humanity’s answer to the apocalypse is itself
Time and time again, humanity has displayed its awe-inspiring resilience and bravery in the face of near-certain doom and saved itself. If we could do so before, we can do so now too, writes Tashi Dorje, in Sikkim Express.
Campus Bengaluru
Maharashtra Day : महाराष्ट्राच्या विकासाचा ‘गाव’मार्ग
महाराष्ट्राची अर्थव्यवस्था सुधारण्यासाठी ग्रामीण पायाभूत सुविधा, स्थानिक लोकसमूह आणि सरकार ह्यांच्या सहकार्यातून विकेंद्रित व्यवस्था उभी करावी लागेल, असे नीरज हातेकर सकाळमध्ये लिहितात.