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Concerns exist that the post-2026 delimitation might adversely affect the representation and resource-sharing of southern Indian states. This apprehension may be unfounded as in-migration would ...

Contrary to the assumption that tribes predominately dwell in rural areas, there is a significant proportion of the tribal population in small towns of North East India. These towns, which are ...

Air pollution is a serious environmental issue in cities like Beijing (China) and Delhi (India) and the governments in both countries have taken several measures to address it. While the air quality ...

Recent developments in Dalit politics in southern Tamil Nadu have shown that prominent leaders among Devendra Kula Vellalars—such as K Krishnasamy and B John Pandian—have adopted a new political ...

The Crisis of Sanitation and the Right to Citylife by Colin McFarlane (uncorrected page proofs), London and New York: Verso, 2023; pp 310, £19.99.

Given the high dependency of India on coal to power its growth, India suffers from an energy paradox. This article highlights the challenges associated with increasing the share of renewables and ...

These estimates in the HCES allow us to estimate welfare transfer payments provided by both the union and state governments.

Algorithms are the new managers that evaluate workers through customer-generated five-star ratings by platforms. This paper studies rating systems used by ride-hailing companies, such as Uber and Ola.

The musical sequences in Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey are narratively significant and cater to the film’s reconfiguration of gendered subjectivities.

Jharkhand assembly has completely reversed the Lok Sabha outcome in the state.It underscored a victory of effective grassroots-level electoral design and well-knit coalition that unified varied ...

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