Sunday Monitor

NCI a clarion call for conserving biodiversity

As global leaders focus on conserving biodiversity amid rapid development, the newly launched Nature Conservation Index (NCI) provides critical insights…

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Poverty perpetuates trafficking in Assam’s tea gardens

Maitreyee Boruah, Indiaspend.org/FactChecker.in The tiny courtyard of tea-garden worker Bilchand Bawri’s house in Assam’s Koilamari tea estate turns into a…

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Meghalaya chess arena: Growing in 64 squares

When the British were annexing the Kingdom of Awadh and Nawab Wajid Ali Shah was turmoiled, his two aristocrats, Mirza…

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New healing centre in city tries to revive Sowa Rigpa

In this age of allopathy and modern medical science, traditional ways of treatment are losing popularity in many parts of…

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‘Children are the future custodians of wild lands’

Nirmal Ulhas Kulkarni is well-known in the nature conservation and research fraternity. Born and brought up in Goa, Kulkarni grew…

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How are policies received at grassroots level?

The failure or success of a policy is important, especially when it includes grassroots-level communities to include rural and underprivileged…

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Casteism in Assamese society & Sankardev

Assam is not a nation-state. The demography of Assam never subscribes to the concept of a nation-state and only ethnic…

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Exploring identity, existentialism & ephemeral nature of life

“A poem is a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It is a reaching-out…

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Effective planning to use data for an outstanding output

Dr. Annapoorna Ravichander & Mrinalini Kabbur Think Tanks, as research organisations, conduct robust research to provide evidence-based, actionable recommendations to…

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Framing a research design in policy-making

In the space of the public policy-making process designing research is important since evidence-based decisions help in formulating effective public…

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