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Put simply, people are more likely to interact with and rely on those who are socially similar to them. Within sociological and economic analyses of networks, homophily is understood as a key ...

What is alarming is that within the first few months of 2026, four major incidents involving racial profiling and physical violence against the North East Indians have been reported: the murder of a ...

To name a film after this phrase, and then to populate it with actual mothers and daughters who refuse to behave, is less a clever marketing provocation than a diagnostic act. It names the structure.

Pensions have become an important concern for employees, employers, pensioners, fund managers, ministries and regulators. Until January 2004, government employees were covered by the Old Pension ...

Systems Have Souls,” he repeated, this time more solemnly. Then he began singing Beethoven’s legendary Ninth Symphony, “Ode to Joy.” As he finished, after a pause that seemed as long as eternity, ...

Education is central to human capital formation and economic growth (Becker 1964; Romer 1986; Hanushek and Woessmann 2012), and school closures threatened learning outcomes and long-term development.

Bhatia attempts to weave a narrative of communal polarisation through stitching in-depth interviews, personal anecdotes, police station diary entries, and testimonials. The book is an investigative ...

Whenever Himachal was imagined by its emergent political class in the waning days of British rule, no matter the disagreements (whether Garhwal should be included or not), one thing was certain: ...

This means eliminating from the Census Rules of 1990 the phrase, “any person,” following “teachers, clerks or any official,” while describing whom all the government could induct as an enumerator.

The government introduced the Unified Pension Scheme as an alternative to the National Pension System to address concerns over the risks associated with market-linked returns and the demand for ...

Delhi Police confronted students with lathi charges and tear gas in July. By October, officers were preparing larger detention vehicles and additional women personnel, while drawing on surveillance ...