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Harnessing machine learning to combat domestic violence in India

One in three women globally will endure a form of domestic abuse in their lifetimes – with the prevalence being even higher in South Asian countries such as India. Given the complexity of identifying ...

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Does subsidising publicly provided services discipline markets or distort demand?

Prior research has documented the failure of India’s flagship safe motherhood programme in reducing perinatal mortality, despite substantially increasing the share of mothers delivering at public heal...

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The ‘Odisha model’ for disaster resilience

From its management of the devastating Super Cyclone in 1999 to the more recent challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the state of Odisha has been a testament to the power of adaptive governance....

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बदलती जलवायु में बाघों का संरक्षण

बाघ वन साम्राज्य के सबसे राजसी जीवों में से एक हैं। सफ़ेद बाघ और रॉयल बंगाल टाइगर से लेकर साइबेरियन बाघ तक, इन की कई प्रजातियाँ हैं और इनमें से प्रत्येक अपने निवास स्थान पर गर्व से राज करती है। जलवायु...

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Patent protection in India: Impact on innovation, pricing and competition

When stronger patent laws were introduced in India, there were fears that it would lead to higher prices without substantial gains in innovation. This article provides evidence that stronger patent pr...

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मध्य भारत के आदिवासी समुदाय : चुनौतियाँ और आगे की राह

‘आदिवासी आजीविका की स्थिति’ रिपोर्ट ने एक बार फिर मध्य भारत में जनजातियों की भयावह स्थिति की ओर ध्यान आकर्षित किया है। विश्व के मूल व आदिवासी लोगों के अधिकारों के प्रति जागरूकता बढ़ाने और उनकी रक्षा क...

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Did Covid-19 pandemic increase incidence of low-birth-weight among newborns?

Globally, one in four babies are born with low birth weight, with long-term impacts on health and economic outcomes. This article uses Indian data from 2019-2021 to analyse the impact of the Covid-19 ...

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Beneath the colours: Unveiling Holi's impact on violence against women

While social norms are considered important to the issue of violence against women (VAW), there is little research on how norms impact VAW in public places. Analysing police data from Bihar, this arti...

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India’s massive employment problem and some ways out

In the recent announcement of India’s Union Budget 2024-25, significant emphasis was placed on the need for job creation. In this post, Pranab Bardhan presents a four-pronged strategy for the sustaina...

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Advancing evidence-based tiger conservation

In the world’s most populated nation, natural landscapes are dramatically and rapidly being altered by human enterprise. In this context, Pranav Chanchani advocates for data-driven policymaking to sus...

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शिक्षकों का विश्वास कैसे प्रेरणा और छात्रों के सीखने को आकार दे सकता है

शिक्षक का प्रयास छात्रों के सीखने के लिए महत्वपूर्ण है, जबकि साक्ष्य दर्शाते हैं कि शिक्षक स्वयं ऐसा नहीं मानते हैं। इस लेख में शिक्षकों पर लक्षित मनो-सामाजिक हस्तक्षेप से जुड़े एक यादृच्छिक प्रयोग से...

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Managing human-wildlife conflict in the Sundarbans

Besides being home to uniquely adapted tigers, the Sundarbans are a source of livelihood for the human population in the region. In this post, Danda and Mukhopadhyay discuss the nature of human-wildli...

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