Author: Alika Jain
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Waste Pickers, Labour Rights, and the Law: Analysing India’s New Waste Management Framework and Comparative Judicial Lessons from Colombia
Abstract “Informality is not an absence of law, but a reflection of how law chooses to exclude”.[i] This insight captures the paradoxical status of waste pickers in India, a group estimated at over four million who are indispensable to urban waste management yet remain legally invisible.[ii] Waste pickers contribute substantially to the economy and the…
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Can India Host the 2030 Commonwealth Games if Its Air Remains Toxic? A Wake-Up Call for Environmental Responsibility and Athlete Health
Every major sporting event claims to be a celebration of human potential, but if India goes ahead with hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, athletes may find that the real contest begins before they enter a stadium. The city’s winter air, often saturated with PM₂.₅ concentrations that drift into the “very unhealthy” band, creates…
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International Sporting Events in the Warming World: Reassessing State Responsibility to Protect Athlete Health
Abstract Every major sporting event claims to be a celebration of human potential. The current air, often saturated with PM₂.₅ concentrations that drift into the nauseous global warming trends, creates a milieu in which even ordinary breathing becomes laborious. Medical research has long warned that such exposure affects oxygen uptake and triggers inflammation within hours.…