India’s proposed rules to curb web content to undercut digital freedom, privacy

Changes envisaged are far-reaching, making intermediaries accountable for content on their platforms; no longer eligible for safe harbour …

Digital democracies and the challenges of Anthropocene

Only sustained human intervention can effectively mitigate challenges to daily human life

Simply Put: Real issues

Simply Put: Poll manifesto

Simply Put: April Fools Day 2024

For a decade, earnings of regular salaried & self-employed Indians have been declining: ILO

At the all-India level, 40.8% of regular workers and 51.9% of casual workers did not receive the average daily minimum wage prescribed for …

DTE Coverage: Sonam Wangchuk’s fast

Why did Wangchuk undertake the fast? DTE tracked the issues involved

Simply Put: Statehood for Ladakh

Roman legions, Boer wagons, lions, Cecil Rhodes: Some dogs being considered for ban by Centre have fascinating histories

However, ‘free-ranging dogs’ are a massive crisis and should be the government’s focus, says scientist

Simply Put: Central Board of Syllabus Emasculation

Simply Put: UP fisherfolk in troubled waters

As told to Parliament (December 21, 2023): Labour force indicators in 2022-23 are better than pre-COVID period

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Book Excerpt: Across the seven seas

Former Ambassador Bhaswati Mukherjee writes on how and why the system of indenture replaced the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Checking migration: Odisha extends MGNREGA-supplementary job guarantee to 10 tribal blocks

Job-seekers to get additional Rs 115 a day over MGNREGA wage; implementation isn't proper, says expert

Nearly half a million Indians migrated to OECD countries in 2021: Report

International Migration Outlook 2023 highlights developments in policy responses to climate change displacements  

Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza’s health system — the siege has pushed it into abject crisis

It is uncertain what the health system of Gaza will look like in the future 

Simply Put: No water, food or healthcare

Simply Put: Bihar caste census

Simply Put: Joining hands

Simply Put: Weapons of mass destruction

Simply Put: Life or livelihood?

Simply Put: Extreme apathy

Simply Put: Land animal without land

Simply Put: Promise of work, not wages?

India surpasses China to become most populous country in the world

While India’s population growth has slowed, it will continue to rise till 2050