Holding AccountableBombay HC Says it Will Hold Media in Contempt If Reporting Is Biased Against Police, Accused The high court's ruling comes in response to police-critical coverage of the investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide last year. By Rajvi Desai
Fraught Feminism‘Tribhanga’ Shows the Costs Women Incur For Rejecting Society’s Patriarchal Expectations Renuka Shahane offers a window into what life for single, independent women is like when they reject all restrictions on their autonomy. By Rajvi Desai
Erased From HistoryThe Buzz Cut: Macaulay Culkin Joins Call to Remove Donald Trump Cameo In ‘Home Alone 2’ Plus, how AOC was traumatized during the U.S. Capitol insurgence. By Rajvi Desai
Inclusion Versus AcceptanceSupermodel Halima Aden Explains Why She Quit: Her Hijab Rule Clashed With Industry Expectations In an exclusive with BBC, Aden says things started going downhill when on-set teams started styling her hijabs, even using wrapped jeans to cover her head. By Rajvi Desai
UnearthedCIA Releases Trove of Previously Classified UFO Intel More than 2,700 documents detail years of unexplained incidents. By Rajvi Desai
Underreported and OverlookedMedia Covered PlayStation5 Launch More Than 10 Humanitarian Crises Combined in 2020 A new report calls out a media driven by what the public wants to know, rather than what it needs to know. By Rajvi Desai
Bulging OutEverything You Need To Know About Hernias A hernia occurs when aging, injury, pregnancy, constipation, or obesity weakens muscles, allowing an organ or fatty tissue to protrude through the muscle wall. By Rajvi Desai
Not Tolerating It AnymoreAthletes Are Calling Out Racist Trash Talk in Real‑Time, Forcing Sporting Culture to Adapt Players like cricketer Mohammed Siraj are challenging the traditional advice to ignore racist abuse. By Rajvi Desai
Lacking Recognition Not ValueSC Quantifies Economic Value of Homemaker’s Work in Landmark Judgment, Awards Additional Rs. 11.2 Lakhs The judges wrote that the judgment is "a step towards the constitutional vision of social equality." By Rajvi Desai
Why in the world?The Buzz Cut: Indian Patriotism Finds Its Way to the Pro‑Trump Rally Plus, the end of America's 'greatness.' By Rajvi Desai
Not TwinningIdentical Twins Are More Genetically Different Than We Thought: Study The new research has important implications for how scientists study the influence of nature versus nurture on disease. By Rajvi Desai
Take a chanceWhy It’s So Difficult to Start New Things Humans' aversion to change, combined with a fear of failing, leads to an apprehension so overwhelming we don't even try. By Rajvi Desai
Moral HealthMuslim Clerics Around the World Are Working to Certify Covid19 Vaccines as Halal A rumor that the Chinese vaccine contains pork-derived gelatin has prompted clerics to fast-track halal approval in the name of public health. By Rajvi Desai
Drastic Measures3 Indian States Confirm Bird Flu, Plan to Cull Thousands of Local Birds The bird culling is intended to prevent transmission of the avian flu virus to humans. By Rajvi Desai
Shrouded in SuspicionIndia’s Vaccine Approval, Without Transparency on Clinical Trial Results, Is Eroding Public Trust The current confusion, suspicion at the approval of Bharat Biotech’s vaccine is further evidence of the public's lack of trust in healthcare institutions during the pandemic. By Rajvi Desai
Healthy QuestioningIt’s Okay: Not To Be Cynical All the Time Critical thinking is important, but cynicism can become crippling, and sometimes, the easy way out of an ideological battle. By Rajvi Desai
Out of the boxThe Buzz Cut: How Protesters Reimagined Dissent In 2020 From the missing women of Mexico to the socially distanced protestors in Israel, these protests were full of innovation in the midst of a pandemic. By Rajvi Desai
What's Coming?The Buzz Cut: Will the Pandemic Usher in Another Roaring 20s? Sociologists are predicting the pandemic will kick off a decade of debauchery. By Rajvi Desai