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Functions of fertility
The paper titled ‘Share of Religious Minorities: A Cross-Country Analysis (1950-2015), prepared by a team led by Shamika Ravi, member, EAC-PM,...
Question of Homeland: Why does the Palestinian Nakba matter?
Many carry Palestinian flags, bring the keys of their former homes or carry banners with the symbols of keys, illustrating the hope of returning home...
An appraisal: Alice Munro, literary alchemist who made great fiction...
Like her contemporary Philip Roth another realist who was comfortable blurring lines Munro devised multilayered plots that were explicitly...
Divisive politics: Whittling down of minorities in Indian parliament
As BJP becomes ever more powerful, India’s opposition parties show reluctance to nominate Muslim candidates for fear of alienating Hindu voters. While...
Editorial: Hot ballot
The ECI believes that heatwave conditions are one of the reasons for lower voter turnout in the last three phases as compared to the 2019...
Fossil catches starfish cousin in act of cloning itself
The brittle star fossil was discovered in the Nusplingen limestone deposit in southern Germany. In the late Jurassic period, 155 million years ago,...
What a ‘Free Palestine’ means in practice
The regime established by Hamas isn’t merely autocratic. It’s more like the old East Germany, complete with its own version of the Stasi, which spied...
China keeps Russian economy afloat
The financial penalties were widely expected to bring Russia to its knees. Initially, the ruble plummeted in value and the Russian economy contracted...
