In its third year of the initiative, Ziqitza Healthcare Limited awarded INR 50,000 scholarships to the top three children.

Ziqitza Healthcare Ltd management believes that in these pandemic-stricken times, 108 ambulance services have helped over thousands of patients.  The Ambulance Crew not only during the pandemic, but 365 days serves patients, risking their own lives to save others. Forgetting their own worries and problems, the EMT staff and ambulance pilots often risk their lives while on duty and give their patients the gift of new life. To express gratitude for these warriors and to secure a bright future for their children Ziqitza Healthcare Limited every year conducts Scholarship Programme for Ambulance Team’s to pursue secondary education without having to worry about finances.

Ziqitza had initiated this program to motivate its staff members and to ensure a bright future for their children in the states they operate 108 Ambulances in 2018. This year in phase 1 the program has been announced in Madhya Pradesh where the competition was held in all 51 districts of the state and one topper from each district will be awarded a scholarship. The topper from each district will be offered a scholarship of Rs. 10,000 each, whereas, three toppers from across the state would be chosen for a special scholarship worth Rs. 50,000 each. 

Ziqitza Healthcarepost announcement of the scholarship program across the 51 districts of Madhya Pradesh for the year 2020, under which 34 entries were received. The felicitation ceremony for the winners of the scholarship was held at Motel Shiraz  where the children were awarded the scholarship.

The winners were identified after a month-long process and following strict transparent process and due diligence. The Human Resource team screens each applicant and validates the results and candidates’ proof. This year the winners were from Rewa district, Swati Singh, the daughter of ambulance pilot Sardar Singh, had achieved 99%, whereas from Guna district, Arpit Singh Kushwah, and son of EMT Staff member Balendra Singh Kushwah, had achieved 96% in class X. From Sagar district, Kajal Bardiya, daughter of an ambulance pilot Durgesh Kumar Prajapati, had achieved 95.75% by securing 383 marks out of 400 in her class X exam. All these three toppers were awarded a scholarship of Rs. 50,000 each along with a trophy. Other meritorious children from different districts were also awarded a scholarship worth Rs. 10,000 each. On this occasion, the company’s project head Mr Jitendra Sharma and operation head along with many other senior company officials were present.

Project head- Ziqitza Healthcare Limited Mr Jitendra Sharma said, “On this joyous occasion today and I would like to extend my best wishes and congratulations to all those children who have made their parents, their society and their city proud. The company has made this effort in order to encourage and motivate the 108 ambulance staff and to secure a bright future for their children. In this program children of ambulance staff from across 51 districts of the state were given scholarships who have performed brilliantly in Class X examinations. Toppers from each district were awarded scholarships and three children who secured the highest marks among all toppers were also selected as state toppers. 34 students from different districts sent in their entries this year out of which 18 were shortlisted for the scholarship and three were awarded the highest scholarship. The toppers from each district were awarded a scholarship of Rs. 10,000 each whereas the top three students were awarded a scholarship of Rs. 50,000 each.” He also added “In the year 2018 and 2019 as well, scholarships had been awarded to the children of ambulance service staff. Looking at the success and warm reception of the past scholarship programs, we decided to roll out the scholarship program for 2020 as well.

Sharing his thoughts, Mr. Manish Sacheti, CFO, Ziqitza Healthcare Ltd said, “Employees are the heart and strength of our organization. We understand that our employees work under extremely challenging and demanding circumstances and we value their relentless commitment. This is a small yet significant way to showcase our support for the employees and help their children have a bright future through better education. Ziqitza continuously endeavours to introduce more such employee engagement program to recognize and value their perseverance. All this is directed to build a strong pillar in offering the best emergency medical service to the people of the states which we serve.”

Ziqitza Healthcare before pandemic in 2019 had also launched the first season of Ziqitza Cricket League in different states. This initiative was taken by the company for the recreation of its employees where different departments competed against each other. Ziqitza recognizes the intensity and commitment required by the job of its employees and believes in providing them with an environment where they can unwind and de-stress. Ziqitza Rajasthan too agrees that such employee welfare programs are great initiatives by the company.

 About Ziqitza Healthcare Limited

Ziqitza had been set up with a vision to assist in saving human lives by providing a leading network of fully equipped Advanced and Basic Life Support Ambulances across the developing world. Ziqitza had been set up with a vision to assist in saving human lives by providing a leading network of fully equipped Advanced and Basic Life Support Ambulances across the developing world.

Ziqitza Health Care Limited (ZHL), has been one of the leading players in India’s Emergency Medical Services industry since 2005. Ziqitza Limited was setup by a group of young professionals, who recognized the need for an organized and networked ambulance service system in India to respond effectively to all kinds of medical emergencies. Over the span of 15 years, the company has grown exponentially from being a start-up with 10 ambulances to become a well-established corporate entity with a fleet of 3,300 ambulances and almost 10,000 employees across the country. The company has operations in 16 states across India and has served over 28 million people till date.

In another booster to the firepower of the Air Force, three more Rafale fighter jets have flown to India from France. They would join the base station Ambala.

The next-generation fighter jets equipped with firepower flew from France Jamnagar airbase in Gujarat on Wednesday, officials familiar with developments informed.

The jets landed in Jamnagar last night without a stopover on the way, with refuelling support provided by the Indian and French tankers.

“Welcome home ‘Golden Arrows’. Blue skies always,” the Indian Air Force tweeted with a photo of the Rafales in the “Arrow formation”. The IAF had also tweeted an audio clip of the Rafale fleet’s exchange with a naval warship as they crossed the Indian Ocean.

Earlier, the first batch of five Rafale jets of the 36 ordered by the IAF had reached the Ambala Airbase on July 29 after a stopover at the Al Dhafra Airbase near Abu Dhabi, although a formal induction ceremony took place later on September 10.

The delivery began nearly four years after India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France to procure 36 aircraft at a cost of ? 59,000 crores.

The induction of all 36 jets will be completed by 2023, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria has said.

The arrival of more fighters will further boost the IAF’s capability to rapidly deploy the advanced jets amid military tensions with China in the Ladakh theatre, the officials said.

The IAF is expecting three to four Rafale jets being delivered every two months, while all the 36 planes are likely to join the combat fleet of the Air Force by the year-end.

The Rafale fighters are the first imported jets to join the IAF in 23 years after the Russian Sukhoi-30 jets entered service in June 1997.

The IAF is operating the Rafale fighter jets in the Ladakh theatre where the military is on high alert to deal with any provocation by China.

IAF chief air chief marshal RKS Bhadauria last month had said that the integration of Rafale fighter jets brought in a platform armed with advanced weapons, sensors and technologies, giving operational and technological edge to the IAF.

A five-member team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee has developed the world’s first specific reliable bacterial biosensor to detect the presence of common environmental pollutant- Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate /Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SDS).

Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate is extensively used in soaps, toothpaste, creams, shampoos, laundry detergents in households, agricultural operations, laboratories, and industries. Its subsequent disposal in waterways causes harmful effects on aquatic organisms, environmental microcosms, and associated living organisms besides deteriorating the quality of drinking water.

A statement issued by IIT, Roorkee said until now, there were no specific biosensors developed for the detection of SDS with high precision. The IIT Roorkee team has developed a whole-cell biosensor using Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 strain as a framework involving a highly specific regulator along with a fluorescent protein that is produced only when SDS is present in the sample. The system can even detect 0.1 ppm of SDS in aquatic samples. This biosensor is highly specific for SDS and has minimal interference from other detergents, metals, and inorganic ions present in the environment. Unlike conventional methods, it can easily distinguish between closely- related detergents-SDS and SDBS (Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate).

“Pseudomonads have an inherent capability to be used as an optimal destination framework for synthetic biology applications. The selected species of Pseudomonas can be engineered to detect various chemicals owing to their resilient nature to survive and adapt to harsh environmental conditions. The highlight of this research is the development of the world’s first whole-cell bacterial biosensor for the direct, specific and efficient detection of SDS without involving sample preparation steps, toxic chemicals, sophisticated polymers and sensor development steps” said Sourik Dey, Final year MSc student at the Institute.

“SDS, if untreated, can harm the marine biodiversity and cause pollution of land and water-bodies. The highlight of this biosensor is its sensitivity to even minute quantities of SDS in the environment and its ability to distinguish between SDS and SDBS” said Prof. Naveen Kumar Navani, Department of Biotechnology.

 The biosensor showed a satisfactory and reproducible recovery rate for the detection of SDS in real samples of sewage water, river water, and pond water. Overall, this is a selective and reliable biosensor for monitoring SDS in the environment.

The lead author of the study is Sourik Dey who was supported by the Department of Biotechnology. The other members of the team are Shahnawaz Ahmad Baba, Ankita Bhatt, and Rajat Dhyani.

SDS has diverse applications in the industrial sector as an emulsifier, food processing agent, stabilizer, leather softening, foaming, flocculating, and cleaning agent. It is the key pollutant in the domestic discharges and industrial effluents. The constant deterioration of the quality of drinking water and the harm caused to marine life are some of the major concerns. SDS has harmful effects on the survival and breeding of organisms in the aquatic ecosystem as it hampers their biological processes such as solubilization of phosphate, reduction of ammonia, nitrogen fixation and photosynthesis.   It can cause dermal and ocular irritation, cardiac anomaly, hemolysis, tachycardia, kidney failure, and even death. SDS can also disrupt biological wastewater treatment processes and cause problems in sewage aeration and treatment facilities owing to its high foaming capacity.

The Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami from his residence in Maharashtra on charges of abetment in a suicide case.

The Republic TV editor claimed the police assaulted him while taking him away from his home early in the morning. He also alleged that the police manhandled his elder parents.

Architect and a famous interior designer, Anvay Naik had committed suicide on May 5, 2018, in Alibaug at Raigad district of Maharashtra, naming Goswami in the suicide note. His suicide note claimed that he had been forced to take the extreme step because of the financial burdens caused by the non-payment of dues amounting to over Rs 5 crore by Goswami and two others.

Naik’s wife Akshita had filed an FIR against Goswami two years ago. She had alleged that her architect husband had worked on an interior designing project, which was his last, for Republic TV office and Goswami had refused to pay him the dues.

Naik and his mother Kumud had committed suicide two years ago, under financial distress, his wife had alleged.

In May 2020, Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh had announced a fresh CID investigation into the case after Adnya Naik, daughter of Anvay Naik, approached him and complained that the Alibaug police had not investigated the ‘non-payment of dues from Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV, Hindustan Times had reported. Any kind of assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the State’s health helpline 104 and Sneha’s suicide prevention helpline 044-24640050

Pujya Shri Moraribapu will start “851st Ram Katha” at Lord Krishna’s childhood place Shri Ramnarethi Dham from 19th November. Shri Morari Bapu will recite the Ram Katha for 11 days in the presence of Pujya Swami Karshani Gurusharananandji Maharaj. Considering the Covid guidelines issued by Uttar Pradesh government only limited number of followers will be allowed at the venue.

Those who won’t be able to join the Katha can watch the live telecast of Ram Katha from November 19, evening 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm and 20 to 29 November in the morning from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm on Aastha Channel. Pujya Shri Moraribapu will recite the “851st Ram Katha” at Sri Ramanarethi Dham, Mahavan (Gokul), Mathura.

Lockdown has had a huge impact on all our lives, but digital marketer Arvin Subramanian has used it to his advantage to become a best-selling author with his book – Get Vocal for Local!

Through his book, “Get VOCAL for LOCAL”, Arvin offers solutions pertaining to digital marketing and content development to brands, marketers as per the need of the hour – Getting Local!

Digital Marketer Arvin Subramanian released his first book “Get VOCAL for LOCAL”, this Wednesday. The book revolves around how brands should localize their digital content to reach regional audience. The book analyses online consumption patterns of regional users and offers corresponding strategies to win them over. The solutions provided in the book come in handy for brands who look to go local!

Speaking about his journey of writing the book, Arvin says, “With Lockdown, there was a dull phase. Not much was happening and it became frustrating over a point of time. That’s when I started to focus on building my personal brand. Writing a Book is usually a long, time consuming process. But the lockdown situation, helped me focus and Fastrack that process”.

Arvin didn’t stop with just releasing his book, but also made it the Number 1 Best Seller, by marketing it effectively. However, it comes as no surprise, as the book itself is about digital marketing strategies. About the efforts to make his book, ‘the Best Seller’ – Arvin says, “The secret lies in the research. The Book deals with a very niche subject. The selection of the subject went like this: Marketing – Digital Marketing – Regional Digital Marketing – Regional Digital Content Marketing. This is an unexplored territory. Thus, the positioning of the book, played a huge role in winning over the audience.”

Apart from the positioning, Arvin also came up with multiple video teasers about the chapters and also indulged in influencer marketing. About his marketing strategy, Arvin says, “The idea was to cater directly to the target audience. I had taken guest lectures, pre-release seminars and fire side chat sessions to media management students. The video bytes from such sessions helped me to put various teasers about the chapters”. He has also put out the first two chapters as ‘Free to read’ for potential buyers, to have a sneak peak of the book.

About the theme of the book – Arvin considers getting local is a critical step in today’s scenario. With new users from regional, rural markets joining internet on a daily basis, it is important that a brand communicates to them in a relevant manner. Through his book, Get VOCAL for LOCAL, he offers practical solutions pertaining to digital marketing and content development to brands as per this need of the hour.

He concludes “Earlier brands could work out a central strategy, that could be implemented across all regions. But with today’s internet scenario, it is necessary that it communicates in the language and the style that would suit the regional audience. Only then brand communications can be successful”.

Researchers have traced a mechanism by which insulin overload in the body causes insulin resistance that is associated with diabetes. They have found the drug that is used in treating opioid addiction can potentially reverse this phenomenon.

The results of the research work by Indian Institute of Technology at Mandi that was funded by the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) grant, have recently been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The paper has been authored by the lead scientist of this research Dr. Prosenjit Mondal, Associate Professor, School of Basic Sciences, IIT, Mandi and Co-investigators on the study were research scholars, Abhinav Choubey, Khyati Girdhar along with Dr. Debabrata Ghosh,  Aditya K. Kar, and  Shaivya Kushwaha of CSIR-IITR, Lucknow and Dr. Manoj Kumar Yadav of SRM University, Delhi-NCR, Sonipat, Haryana,

Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, is used by cells to absorb glucose from the blood. Type-2 diabetes results when cells lose their ability to use insulin due to a variety of reasons. Insulin resistance is intricately linked to a condition called hyperinsulinemia, in which there is excess insulin traversing the bloodstream. The relationship between insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia is cyclic – each increases the occurrence of the other. While it is obvious how insulin resistance leads to hyperinsulinemia – when cells cannot use the insulin, it just remains in the blood – the converse of how hyperinsulinemia increases insulin resistance has hitherto remained unclear.

“We have known that one of the causes of insulin resistance is inflammation”, says Dr. Mondal, “We wanted to find out if and how hyperinsulinemia invokes inflammation in the body, which would provide the link between the two conditions”.

The researchers identified a critical protein molecule – SIRT1 which is repressed in hyperinsulinemia.  They discovered that a decrease in SIRT1 activates another protein called NFkB, which instigates inflammation, thus providing the link between hyperinsulinemia and systemic inflammation.

The team has also discovered a solution to this problem. The researchers found that low-dose naltrexone (LDN), a drug commonly administered for opiate addiction, can activate SIRT1, thereby, reducing inflammation and increasing insulin sensitivity of cells.

The significance of this discovery is enormous. “Naltrexone at low doses could potentially restore some of the diabetes-associated events in cellular and animal models”, says Dr. Mondal, who is confident that this is a viable path to follow for Type-2 diabetes management. Naltrexone is already an FDA-approved drug that is used for the treatment of opioid addiction and can easily be repurposed for inflammation reduction and diabetes control. The research team intends to study this thread further, to understand the mechanistic aspects of LDN’s effects on hyperinsulinemia-induced inflammation and resulting insulin resistance.

The study by the IIT Mandi researchers and its collaborators is timely given the urgent need to understand and address the issue of diabetes in India. “India is the diabetes capital of the world”, says, Dr. Mondal , adding that one of every six diabetics in the world is Indian.  “It is important to understand the various causative factors for diabetes to find cures and management strategies”, says the lead researcher, whose work seeks to understand and treat insulin resistance.

A new global assessment of purchasing agreements for COVID-19 vaccines reveals that high-income countries, as well as a few middle-income countries have already purchased nearly 3.8 billion doses, with options for another five billion. The analysis, released by the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, shows that many of these countries will be able to vaccinate their entire populations—and some many times over—before billions of people are vaccinated in low-income countries.

While other assessments have warned of potential inequalities in vaccine access, this new analysis is the first to quantify the amount of vaccine doses that are being claimed by country-level agreements and how this could delay access to COVID-19 protection across large regions—including sub-Saharan Africa—until almost the middle of the decade.

“An ambitious effort to create a global system of vaccine equity is being undermined as a handful of countries—including those who made a commitment to equality—secure as many doses as they possibly can,” said Elina Urli Hodges, MSPH, who leads the Center’s Launch and Scale Speedometer, an initiative that identifies impediments to delivering health innovations to low-income countries. “Countries are hedging bets by making direct deals while also participating in multilateral platforms, which drives inequality and threatens to prolong a global pandemic.”

The Launch and Scale analysis revealed that while it will likely take three to four years to manufacture enough vaccines to cover the world’s population, nearly four billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidates are already part of bilateral advance purchasing deals involving mainly high-income countries, vaccine developers and global vaccine manufacturers. Another five billion doses are the subject of negotiations among these same parties that have yet to be finalized. Meanwhile, the study found that only enough doses to cover 250 million people have been confirmed as purchased thus far by COVAX, a global effort involving both wealthy and poor countries that has promised equal access to COVID-19 vaccines globally, regardless of income levels.

In fact, the data reveal that several COVAX signatories, including the United Kingdom (UK), the European Union (EU) and Canada, are effectively undermining the pact by negotiating “side deals” for large vaccine shipments that will “result in a smaller piece of the pie available for equitable global allocation.”  Yet the analysis shows that not a single low-income country has made a direct agreement to purchase vaccines, suggesting that low-income countries will be limited to the COVAX pact to secure vaccines. 

  Finite global manufacturing capacity

“There are negotiations underway in which vaccine-rich countries would allocate doses purchased through advance market commitments to the COVAX effort after they have vaccinated a certain portion of their populations,” said Andrea Taylor, MSW, who led the analysis for the Launch and Scale initiative. “But there’s no requirement, and arguably little incentive to do so.”

Taylor and her colleagues conducted their assessment by reviewing available evidence from public sources through October 8, 2020, combined with interviews with global and regional vaccine experts, as well as Ministry of Health officials in select countries. The analysis looked at advance market commitments (AMCs) for COVID-19 vaccines in order to better understand their overall volume and ultimate destination.

The insights that emerged show that COVAX members Canada and the UK have already pre-purchased more than enough vaccines to cover their entire populations. The EU has secured the rights to 400 million doses for member countries, with future agreements under discussion, potentially raising that number to almost two billion. The United States (US), which is not part of COVAX, already has agreements to purchase enough doses to cover 230% of its population and could eventually control 1.8 billion doses—about a quarter of the world’s near-term supply. None of the vaccine candidates yet have regulatory approval, however, so countries are hedging bets by purchasing multiple candidates and some portion of these doses may never materialize. The UK, for example, has made AMCs with five different vaccine candidates, using four different vaccine technologies.

Among middle-income countries, the Launch and Scale data show that Brazil and India—each of which have large vaccine manufacturing infrastructure—already have secured the rights to enough vaccines to cover about half of their populations and are negotiating additional deals. It also shows that some countries, such as Peru, are using their status as the site of COVID-19 vaccine trials to secure AMCs for vaccines—though Peru is also participating in COVAX to help cover its needs.

According to the analysis, the root problem is that finite global manufacturing capacity is colliding with wealth disparities and self-interest to create a zero-sum game where low-income countries simply can’t compete.

“High-income countries are making deals with major vaccine developers who are in turn reserving the lion’s share of the world’s manufacturing capacity to meet those commitments,” Taylor said. “We’re rapidly reaching the point where soon, even countries that have the finances to shop for vaccines will find there is no manufacturing capacity available to fill their needs. Even with new investments to build or retrofit additional facilities, there is a limit to how much global vaccine manufacturing capacity can expand in the next few years.”

For example, the study reveals that a pair of vaccine candidates—one from the Oxford University/Astra-Zeneca (AZ) vaccine partnership and another from the American vaccine developer Novavax—are the subject of agreements with global manufacturers to produce 3.73 billion doses. And about 3 billion of those doses would come from the Serum Vaccine Institute of India. Meanwhile, both vaccine candidates are the subject of large pre-purchasing commitments from high- or middle-income countries. The Oxford/AZ vaccine candidate leads the pack for AMCs at more than two billion doses, though that includes between 300 and 500 million doses for COVAX. In response to this climate, COVAX has moved quickly to reserve manufacturing capacity in Spain and Korea for more than a billion doses of one or more vaccines that have yet to be selected.

There are hundreds of ways to make money. Whatever your zest of entrepreneurial streak may be, there are some sure-fire techniques to make it in the online world.  Everyone thinks of business but very few people make it big in life with their passion and hard work like Viraj Datt did in his 20’s. This young entrepreneur who is just 21 and based in Chandigarh- buzzing high in his ‘Sneakers’ business due to his passion. He supplies sneakers to the famous Bollywood celebrities like Actor Parineeti Chopra, Rapper Raftaar, singer and daughter of Aditya Birla Chairman- Ananya Birla, Rapper Divine, musician and rapper Manj Musik, musician RitViz, rapper Kr$na and many more.

His immense passion for shoes made him establish his own business, he created a page on Instagram (vj_kicks) on which he showcase his all new collection of sneakers.

At a very young age Viraj Datt developed his interest in badminton and represented Haryana & Chandigarh. He brought laurels to the state and UT by winning state championships. Later, Datt took admission in Badminton Academy in Bangalore where his love for sneakers began.

After practicing badminton daily, he along with his friends used to visit a mall nearby the academy. There Viraj found a big sneakers store and as a fashion lover, the young lad frequently started turning up there. At one point of time, he came to know about all the articles displayed in the store.

Viraj Datt said that the sneakers were very costly in that store and the starting price was Rs 10k. “I was just 15 years old at that time and as a young lad that much amount was quite high for me. However, the store manager witnessed that this boy loves sneakers. He became my friend and kept sharing about the new arrivals with me when I was in Bangalore. I gained interest and knowledge about sneakers and that was enough for me to kick start my own sneakers business. Later, I moved abroad for the training where I decided to come up with something of my own. I started selling sneakers on my Instagram page ‘VJ Kicks’, among my known and friends from where I made the profit and purchased my favorite sneakers,” Viraj Datt said.

Viraj Datt, popularly known as VJ Kicks among celebrities is successfully running his sneakers business and planning big in the coming future by expanding his sneakers venture.

The Public Affairs Index-2020 has ranked Kerala as the best-governed state. The Public Affairs Centre, which released its report in Bengaluru, has found Uttar Pradesh declared at the bottom in the category of the large states. 

In the annual report released on Friday, the city-based not-for-profit-organisation said the states were ranked based on a composite index in the context of sustainable development. The organisation is headed by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Kasturirangan. 

In the large state category in terms of governance, four southern states Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka took the top four ranks. Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Bihar marked the bottom of the ranking, scoring negative points in the category, getting -1.461, -1.201 and – 1.158 points respectively. 

In the small state category, Goa ranked first with 1.745 points, followed by Meghalaya (0.797) and Himachal Pradesh (0.725). Worst performers who scored negative points are Manipur (-0.363), Delhi (-0.289) and Uttarakhand (0.277), according to the PAC report. 

Chandigarh was found to be the best governed Union Territory in the category of UTs with 1.05 PAI points followed by Puducherry (0.50), while Andaman and Nicobar (-0.30) was the worst performer. 

According to PAC, the governance performance is analysed in the context of sustainable development defined by three pillars of equity, growth and sustainability. Speaking on the occasion, Kasturirangan said: “The evidence that PAI 2020 generates and the insights that it provides must compel us to reflect on the economic and social transition that is underway in India.”