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RESURRECTION OF A METAPHOR

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May 16, 2025

In literature, new trends, new questions and new proximities regarding nature are being clearly articulated

- ASHOK VAJPEYI

RESURRECTION OF A METAPHOR

Earlier, there were many poets for whom nature was a complete and sufficient metaphor for all of human life. Gradually, the situation has become more complex, and nature has been dislodged from its centrality. The current environmental crisis has provided an opportunity to return to nature. A large part of what is being destroyed or damaged is linked to the environment.

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Himalayan states reel even as monsoon ends

EVEN AS the 2025 southwest monsoon began withdrawing from western Rajasthan on September 14-three days ahead of its normal date and the earliest in the past 10 years-the Himalayan states continue to be battered by heavy rainfall and flooding.

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A generation in protest

ON SEPTEMBER 1, there were 30 anti-government protests globally, according to Carnegie's global protest tracker. In the 12 months prior to this, the world witnessed 159 anti-government protests in 71 countries. What defines these protests is an overwhelming participation from youth. “The proportion of people willing to participate in demonstrations has increased to its highest levels since the 1990s, and the number of protests has also risen in this period,” says a Unicef report. Massive protests have caused change in regimes in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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October 01, 2025

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EU misses deadline to set new targets

EU'S CLIMATE ministers on September 18 confirmed that the bloc will miss a global deadline to set new emissions-cutting targets in time for a meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) at the end of the month.

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1 min

October 01, 2025

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The catalyst within

HORMONES NOT ONLY SHAPE ONE'S HEALTH, BUT HAVE LIKELY IMPACTED GLOBAL EVENTS

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4 mins

October 01, 2025

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SIP AND UNWIND

Ashwagandha, one of the most revered herbs in ayurvedic medicine, has found its place in contemporary wellness recipes

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3 mins

October 01, 2025

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Delhi court ban on Sci-Hub is bad news

Researchers will be hit by the loss of the free science website while big publishers are milking India on subscriptions

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4 mins

October 01, 2025

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Don't push limits

WE CANNOT develop the Himalayas as if they were the plains, or a colony in South Delhi. This must be the lesson from this year's season of despair. The world's youngest mountain range, made of moraine, mud and rock, has been battered by rain. It has literally come crashing down, bringing with it homes, schools, fields, roads, bridges and much of the expensive infrastructure built by governments. The cost of this destruction—besides the tragic and irreplaceable loss of human lives—will be massive. Years of public and private investment have been lost.

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3 mins

October 01, 2025

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'A separate Local Government Service Commission can be set up to recruit panchayat employees'

The 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of India calls upon states to enact laws that enable panchayats to function as local governments. To assess the extent of this devolution of power, the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj has studied and ranked the states since 2004.

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4 mins

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GLOBAL SOUTH REIMAGINED

In an increasingly fractured world marked by unilateralism and weakened climate cooperation, civil society must elevate Global South cohesion as a top climate agenda

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4 mins

October 01, 2025

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A mandatory requirement

Assessment of a river's sand replenishment is now a legal requirement for obtaining environmental clearance to mine the resource

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3 mins

October 01, 2025

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