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Meet the Women Living India’s Microfinance Loan Nightmare

Women bear the burden of a lending system that profits from chronic financial distress as they borrow to pay for food, h...

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Whither State Care? India’s Non-Contributory Pension System

Social protection and social security are crucial components of a country’s development agenda. Social security mech...

Coverage General Indian Economy

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Why does the Global Zero Waste Forum matter for India’s waste management?

Forum will demonstrate practical patchways for implementing zero-waste pathways and help mobilise finance, investment Im...

Coverage Energy General GPT (Global Plastics Treaty) WTE(Waste to Energy)

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The Sijimali protests raise a crucial question: why should financial institutions invest public money in projects generating social, environmental, and climate-related harm

In March 2023, the Government of Odisha granted a 50-year mining lease to Vedanta Limited for the captive extra...

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The ‘cockroaches’ India’s elite created — and can’t exterminate

When India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he probably expecte...

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Environmentalism is not an obstacle to progress. It is the last warning system before irreversible damage

If this warning system is silenced through courtroom suspicion, bureaucratic intimidation, and financial strangulation, ...

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The Cockroach Movement – OpEd

When India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he probably expecte...

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Left out or opting out? India’s absence: What it means for global climate action

When Colombia and the Netherlands convened the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Mar...

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The Lethal Policy Choice of Inequality: How India’s Super Rich Rule Over Democracy

In a country like India, nine out of ten workers are informal workers who are forced to work in insecure, unsafe jobs at...

Coverage Wealth Inequality

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Midnight raids and mining rights: Odisha tribes take on Vedanta again

Tribal communities in Odisha’s Rayagada district are locked in an intensifying confrontation with mining giant...

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September 16, 2026

Samali Banerjee

Meet the Women Living India’s Microfinance Loan Nightmare

Women bear the burden of a lending system that profits from chronic financial distress as they borrow to pay for food, healthcare and survival. Mounted and patched together, just like their debt, at a respondent’s house. Photo: Samali Banerjee Forty-five-year-old Shabreen (name changed) li...

Coverage General Smitu Kothari Fellowship Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2025

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September 16, 2026

Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

Whither State Care? India’s Non-Contributory Pension System

Social protection and social security are crucial components of a country’s development agenda. Social security mechanisms not only reflect economic growth but also indicate the capacity of the state to deliver welfare to its poorest and most marginalised populations (Sülzer 2008). The Internati...

Coverage General Indian Economy

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September 16, 2026

Chythenyen Devika Kulasekaran

Why does the Global Zero Waste Forum matter for India’s waste management?

Forum will demonstrate practical patchways for implementing zero-waste pathways and help mobilise finance, investment Image: iStock The upcoming Global Zero Waste Forum in Istanbul, Turkey from June 5-7 is not just another international conference with glossy banners and large stage panels. Its core...

Coverage Energy General GPT (Global Plastics Treaty) WTE(Waste to Energy)

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September 16, 2026

Deepmala Patel

The Sijimali protests raise a crucial question: why should financial institutions invest public money in projects generating social, environmental, and climate-related harm

In March 2023, the Government of Odisha granted a 50-year mining lease to Vedanta Limited for the captive extraction of bauxite in the Sijimali Hills located in the Rayagada and Kalahandi districts. Both districts fall under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution and are designated as Sched...

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September 16, 2026

The Asia Times

The ‘cockroaches’ India’s elite created — and can’t exterminate

When India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he probably expected outrage, maybe an apology cycle and then silence. What he got instead was 15 million Instagram followers in five days, a cockroach logo on a mobile phone, and a movement that has...

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September 16, 2026

Down To Earth

Environmentalism is not an obstacle to progress. It is the last warning system before irreversible damage

If this warning system is silenced through courtroom suspicion, bureaucratic intimidation, and financial strangulation, it would weaken India’s capacity to defend itself against ecological collapse The Honourable Chief Justice of India’s recent remarks on environmental activism have triggere...

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September 16, 2026

Eurasia Review

The Cockroach Movement – OpEd

When India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant compared unemployed young people to cockroaches last week, he probably expected outrage, maybe an apology cycle, and then silence. What he got instead was fifteen million Instagram followers in five days, a logo of a cockroach on a mobile phone, and a moveme...

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September 16, 2026

Rohit Patwardhan

Left out or opting out? India’s absence: What it means for global climate action

When Colombia and the Netherlands convened the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta at the end of April 2026, the intent was clear: to move beyond broad commitments and begin structuring pathways for implementation. Over five days, 57 countries — alongside a wi...

Coverage Energy General Renewable

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September 16, 2026

Harsh Mander

The Lethal Policy Choice of Inequality: How India’s Super Rich Rule Over Democracy

In a country like India, nine out of ten workers are informal workers who are forced to work in insecure, unsafe jobs at dirt wages with no labour protection. This must radically change. Decades of neo-liberal policies and the slashing of social welfare policies have been central to the making ...

Coverage Wealth Inequality

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September 16, 2026

Deepmala Patel

Midnight raids and mining rights: Odisha tribes take on Vedanta again

Tribal communities in Odisha’s Rayagada district are locked in an intensifying confrontation with mining giant Vedanta Limited over a proposed bauxite extraction project in the Sijimali hills — a conflict that erupted into violence in early April when police stormed a village in the dead o...

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Meet the Women Living India’s Microfinance Loan Nightmare

Whither State Care? India’s Non-Contributory Pension System

Why does the Global Zero Waste Forum matter for India’s waste management?

The Sijimali protests raise a crucial question: why should financial institutions invest public money in projects generating social, environmental, and climate-related harm

The ‘cockroaches’ India’s elite created — and can’t exterminate

Environmentalism is not an obstacle to progress. It is the last warning system before irreversible damage

The Cockroach Movement – OpEd

Left out or opting out? India’s absence: What it means for global climate action

The Lethal Policy Choice of Inequality: How India’s Super Rich Rule Over Democracy

Midnight raids and mining rights: Odisha tribes take on Vedanta again

Meet the Women Living India’s Microfinance Loan Nightmare

Whither State Care? India’s Non-Contributory Pension System

Why does the Global Zero Waste Forum matter for India’s waste management?

The Sijimali protests raise a crucial question: why should financial institutions invest public money in projects generating social, environmental, and climate-related harm

The ‘cockroaches’ India’s elite created — and can’t exterminate

Environmentalism is not an obstacle to progress. It is the last warning system before irreversible damage

The Cockroach Movement – OpEd

Left out or opting out? India’s absence: What it means for global climate action

The Lethal Policy Choice of Inequality: How India’s Super Rich Rule Over Democracy

Midnight raids and mining rights: Odisha tribes take on Vedanta again