Global gender gap report 2023
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival,
Politics
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Time for the future to win
Elections 2004 are over. Was it a vote for development, social inclusion and justice? Or simply a vote against an incumbent government, flattened by sleazy and slick self promotion? The answer is
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Developing politics: Election 2004 is not the end
Elections always teach lessons. The outcome of the 2004 polls is still a few days away but we have already learnt from media reports that the water scarcity has left a countrywide imprint. The crying
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The development laboratory
Where civil society, says SUNITA NARAIN, could learn a decentralisation lesson or two
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No dropping anchor
Mired in misery, Chilika s fisherfolk continue to doggedly fight for their rights
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A new manifesto
FRANCIS WURTZ, president of the Paris based European United Left party, is certain that ecology is emerging as a political ideology on the left. Attending the World Parliamentary Forum, held along with the World Social Forum WSF in Mumbai, he spoke to R
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The real maths of the world
Our world did change in 2003. The US war on Iraq made sure that the rules of engagement were changed, perhaps for a long time to come. The change I see most visible is that the world has become
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Caught in the act?
A report about a Tehelka-style spycam sting, published by national daily The Indian Express on November 16, left Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dilip Singh Judeo with no option but to quit as the
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Ladakh s politics of consensus
A lesson, in election times?
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Book notice: Empires of Profit
This is the story of the spread of western style capitalism around the world, and its effects, often unpleasant, on the local populace
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Have India's tribal leaders failed their people?
India has the largest tribal population in the world. But they are also the most marginalised section of society. What is it in India's political system that prevents the tribal voice from being heard?