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News: Ukrainian crisis will result in negative effects on Indian energy sector. The article explains how would it effect the Indian economy. Read – How high oil prices will affect the Indian economy? In addition to the factors mentioned in the previous articles, uncontrolled increase in crude oil prices will have following impacts on Indian… Continue reading How to handle impact of Ukrainian crisis on India’s energy sector

News: Recently, the issue of higher education as under discussion due to evacuation of students from Ukraine. Before the pandemic, more than 7,50,000 Indian students were studying abroad, spending $24 billion in foreign economies. It is around 1% of India’s GDP. The number is expected to rise to around 1.8 million students, spending nearly $80… Continue reading A safety net for students abroad

News: The US, UK, and the EU have imposed several types of sanctions on Russia for going to war against Ukraine. This could prove to be detrimental to the country. What do you mean by economic sanctions? Economic sanctions are penalties or bans that are levied against a country to push it to modify its… Continue reading Do economic sanctions work as a deterrent?

News: IPCC (Intergovernmental panel on climate change) has released its 6th assessment report, titled ‘Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability’.  In its report, IPCC discusses the increasing extreme heat, rising oceans, melting glaciers, falling agricultural productivity, resultant food shortages and increase in diseases like dengue and Zika.  What the IPCC’s 6th assessment report says about climate change? … Continue reading Our Politicians in denial of climate change 

News: India is home to more than 4 million waste pickers, who are the backbone of traditional waste management in most Indian cities. Yet, they are one of the most marginalised groups of Indian society and are at the very bottom of the socio-economic chain. The fact that they have feeble access to the government… Continue reading Waste Pickers need policy report 

News: Government has released Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022. Read – Salient features of Draft India Data Accessibility & Use Policy 2022 The policy would govern, “all data and information created/generated/collected/archived by the Government of India”.  State Governments will also be free to adopt the provisions of the policy. What are the… Continue reading Why draft data accessibility policy is dangerous

News: The government spent more than Rs 12,000 crore on near-universal access to LPG connections, Still, about six lakh people die every year due to air pollution in Indian kitchens. Contents1 What are the problems faced by the people?2 What are the other alternatives?3 What is the government doing?4 What should be the way forward?… Continue reading Looking for an effective alternative to LPG