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After Years of Conflict, Iraq Grapples with a Mental Health Crisis

Bamo Nouri 09/04/2019

The suicide of an 18-year-old clarinetist reveals how mental...

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On Health, BJP Manifesto Replugs Existing Schemes But Is Vague on Other Plans

The Wire Staff 09/04/2019

The BJP has reiterated the Ayushman Bharat health insurance...

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In Delhi Lies a Forest Uprooted

Pradip Krishen 08/04/2019

Why is it that 170 years after we started...

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Salem-Chennai Green Corridor: Madras HC Strikes Down Land Acquisition Process

The bench observed that the project needed a mega-realignment,...

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In RTI Findings, Mixed Picture of PM Scheme for Malnourished Mothers

Sanjoy Basu, Neeraj Kumar and Shashi Shekhar 08/04/2019

In Odisha, only five mothers were registered, which means...

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Watch | Sadak Se Sansad: How Meghalaya’s Coal Mafia Strikes Terror

The Wire Staff 07/04/2019

In this ground report from Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills...

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In Assam, the Healthcare Apparatus for Women Needs a Complete Overhaul

Tripti Poddar 06/04/2019

For generations of women on Assam’s tea plantations, poor...