–By Sriroop Chaudhuri & Mimi Roy, Jindal School of Liberal Arts Target 6.3 of the WHO-UNICEF’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) lays out clear directives for disposal, collection, treatment, and management of water resources and mandates on halving the proportion of untreated wastewater by increased recycling and safe reuse by 2030. Continue Reading
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What we need to do to tackle the crisis of water depletion
-By Dr Sriroop Chaudhuri, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts &Humanities Recent projections indicate for global energy demand to grow by over a third by 2035, with China, India and the Middle Eastern nations championing 60 per cent of the bargain. By that time, global electricity demand is to Continue Reading
Tightening the global belt
By Sukumar Muralidharan, Associate Professor, Jindal School of Journalism & Communication Centuries of history are invoked in China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) — by any measure an audacious effort at creating a new strategic architecture in the Eurasian land mass. Official China has referred back to its age of Continue Reading
New National Health Policy Paves Way For More Hype and Less Action
-By Deepanshu Mohan, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs After 15 years, a new National Health Policy (NHP) finally became a possibility after being approved by the Union cabinet a few days ago. Prior to the NHP of 2017, two previous health policies of 1983 and 2002 were aligned Continue Reading
Satyajit Ray’s Sonar Kella: The train to a golden fortress that wasn’t
To reiterate a cliché, the rail journeys themselves become the destinations, rather than simply being peripatetic wagons. –By Arup K Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School Thanks to JK Rowling’s literary clairvoyance, Harry Potter and his ilk travel to and aboard fraction-numbered platforms (9 3/4) and mythical trains (Hogwarts Continue Reading
Mission 2022: The Challenges in Doubling Indian Farmer Incomes
-By Vishavjeet Chaudhary, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School & Gursharan Singh, alumnus of JGLS Raising productivity, reforming land policies and solving the remunerative price mess will require massive amounts of public investment and political will. Is the Modi government up to the task? The Niti Aayog recently came out with its Continue Reading
Civilians as Human Shields: High Time India Declares it Illegal
By- Prof. Dabiru Sridhar Patnaik, Director, Centre for Post Graduate Legal Studies, Jindal Global Law School The Indian Army using a human shield in Kashmir to evade stone-pelters has caught significant media attention, leading to a number of questions under the purview of national and international laws. What is the Continue Reading
Donald Trump’s Syria strikes: a loud message to world leaders
-By Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School The US missile attack on the al-Shayrat airbase in Syria on the night of 6-7 April in response to the Bashar al-Assad regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons has received positive reactions from Western politicians and commentators across the board. Continue Reading
Why RTE Implementation Needs Rethinking: Observations From Sonipat, Haryana
-By Deepanshu Mohan, Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs & Shivkrit Rai, Student, Jindal Global Law School “Somewhat bizarrely, the issue of learning is not very prominently positioned in international declarations…the implicit assumption, presumably, was that learning would follow from enrolment. But, unfortunately, things aren’t that simple…” ∼ Poor Economics Continue Reading
Allahabad High Court: Tradition, glory past forward
-By Sushant Chandra, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School THE closure of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Allahabad High Court marks an end of a glorious era and ushers in a new one — adorned by hopes and promises of reinstating the majesty and regal traditions of the court. This Continue Reading