Health
Global Injustice Is the Barrier to Sustainable Development
This article was originally published on Undark by Jag Bhalla.
Law&Society
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South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world – and that doesn’t bode well for its economy
This article, written by Dudley L. Poston Jr., Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University, is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
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Debunking migration myths: the real reasons people move, and why most migration happens in the global south – podcast
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ClimateChange
Do Women Really Make Up 80 Percent of All Climate Migrants?
June 14, 2023 by Disha Shetty [https://undark.org/undark-author/disha-shetty/] It is an alarming and evocative statistic: An estimated 80 percent of climate migrants are women. The figure has been used by the United Nations [https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2022/07/climate-change-exacerbates-violence-against-women-and-girls#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%
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Right to be Forgotten
The right to be forgotten is the right where the individual is allowed to remove any private information of him such as videos, photographs, or any detail which he does not wish to be on any public platform to not allow its access to the public in general.
Law&Society
Noise pollution: how the sounds of the city were redefined as ‘urban music’ in 1920s Japan
This article by Martyn Smith is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article
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Book Excerpt: The Unknown Risks of Microplastics in Indoor Air
This article by Matt Simon was originally published on Undark.
Law&Society
Social Commentary of The Wire
This essay will discuss how American television production (The Wire) reflects society. The show impacted how modern audiences view the medium of television.
Law&Society
Animal abuse- A rampant menace against dogs.
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”.- Mahatma Gandhi
Law&Society
The tale of the majestic wild cat
The oldest visual evidence of the Asiatic cheetah may be discovered in cave paintings in Kharvai and Khairabad, as well as the upper Chambal valley in Madhya Pradesh, ranging from 2500 to 2300 BCE.
Law&Society
A Scientist’s Quest for an Accessible, Unhackable Voting Machine
Advocates say the electronic voting systems can be relatively secure, improve accessibility, and simplify voting and vote tallying. Meanwhile, academic critics like Appel have argued that they are insecure and should be used as infrequently as possible.
Law&Society
Online journalism vs Print journalism
For centuries, society has relied solely on print journalism for news and information, but with the advent of the digital age, the way we consume news has changed.
Law&Society
G20 and the changing course for Indian growth
With the motto and theme of “Recover Together, Recover Stronger”, Indonesia is set to host the upcoming seventeenth meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) in November. Indonesia assumed the presidency of the G20 meetings on December 1, 2021, with the summit scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2022.
Law&Society
The new abortion law- A step towards progressive India
The judgment held that law cannot be discriminatory and hence it shall not be different for married and unmarried women. The court, in addition also granted the right of medical termination to minor girls and members of the transgender community.
Law&Society
Is India’s Ed-Tech Industry in trouble?
Among these torch-bearers of education, many ed-tech firms have been found to be indulging in various forms of business malpractices to attract consumers and make their investors smile.
Law&Society
The struggle of Muslim Women- Post illegality of Triple Talaq
Five years after the Supreme Court's five-judge Bench under Chief Justice J.S. Khehar invalidated Triple Talaq in August 2017, the women petitioners continue to live a difficult life.