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World Water Day, observed on March 22, is an occasion to remember the central role water plays in our lives and our shared responsibility to conserve...
For decades, the courts in India have worried that “campus politics” encourage “tension and lawlessness” at the cost of “academic...
Economists speak of capital, ecologists of ecosystems. But, perhaps, one of our most underappreciated assets is water, gurgling through pipes, feeding...
Public debates about women’s safety in India usually focus on violence in public spaces. But there is another dimension of safety that receives far...
The Air India crash and the Indigo mass cancellations and delays that shook India’s aviation space last year have caused churn in the country’s...
On March 15, Malaysia became the first country to walk away from its trade deal with the US. The move followed the US Supreme Court’s February 20...
Air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR) is largely driven by vehicular emissions. In January 2026, the Commission for Air Quality...
US President Donald Trump’s war against Iran seems confounding, defined by contradictory remarks, an improvisational strategy, and a tolerance for...
Recently, the Supreme Court allowed the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in the case of a 32-year-old man in an irreversible vegetative state...
The situation that we were dreading is at our doorstep now: Adding to our renewable capacity and balancing the grid with coal plants may not be...
While the global community’s focus was on the tensions in West Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan have engaged in a deadly round of hostilities that has...
Something strange happens to Indians when you talk about the conflict between Iran and the United States. No matter what points you may make about the...
The annual legislative sessions of the Chinese People’s Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC) — known as the...
The 70 million citizens of India’s national capital region (NCR) and its abutting districts frequently choke on air pollution. It’s not just the...
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in the Lok Sabha, proposes to limit the definition of transgender...
On March 10, defence minister Rajnath Singh released “Defence Forces Vision 2047: A Roadmap for a Future-Ready Indian Military”. By the centenary...
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused oil prices to reach $100 per barrel and disrupted gas supplies. The current crisis in West Asia serves...
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) recently announced the results of the civil services examination held last year. This is hailed as one of...
In a country where official policy has literally erased the presence of women, the existence of Zan Times is proof of subversion—and resistance. The...
There is something almost reassuring about the predictability of India’s Iran debate. The moment the US-Israel strikes started two weeks ago, the...
Sometimes, hunters end up being the hunted. The adage aptly fits the US and Israel today. US President Donald Trump trumpeting victory in the war on...
The conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a period of significant international instability. The foremost priority of the ministry of foreign...
There is constant talk about the need for higher research and development (R&D) spending in India. Industrialist Naushad Forbes has long advocated...
In case you haven’t noticed, today is the ides of March. I can’t say I’m superstitious but I am aware it’s a day when often remarkable things...
Monalisa Bhosle, the garland-seller at the Mahakumbh mela who went viral on social media, got married this week. Big deal? Well, yes, when you...
Thirty-five minutes remaining — I have never missed a flight in my life. I inherited the traits of my father — a duty-bound man, who sits in the...
US President Donald Trump has lost control of the reckless war he began on Iran. As an Indian whose country has been at the receiving end of the Trump...
Every winter, air pollution in the national Capital seizes media headlines and social media virality. Beyond short-term measures and individual coping...
Harish Rana was once a 18 year-old engineering student with the easy confidence of youth and the promise of a long life ahead. A tragic fall from the...
India is edging toward a renewed anti-Mandal churn because, despite social justice being a far-fetched dream, its categories have hardened into dogma....
The 2026 attack on Iran is the latest in the series of “oil-bomb” wars. It fits into an American doctrine: Nations that have oil cannot make a...
‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’ William Faulkner’s words about the American South apply to India’s health system as well. Much...
India has a rare advantage in the global race to modernise agriculture, leveraging emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). The...
Long before closed-circuit TV (CCTV) cameras were installed in school classrooms, Michael Apple used the black box as a metaphor to convey the mystery...
Washington is no longer viewed by its allies as a champion of collective security, free trade, and the rule of law. At the same time, China’s...
The war on Iran may come to be remembered not simply as another West Asian conflict but as a symptom of something much more serious — the gradual...
Urban inequality is shaping the future of cities globally as much as technological advancements. Urban poor have lived through the industrial...
The relentless rise of technologies pervades every aspect of human life today, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is its enforcer. From manufacturing...
Data nerds can spend all their time just looking at numbers and crafting stories that emerge out of the rows and columns. India’s new gross domestic...
The US under President Donald Trump deployed a formidable military armada across West Asia, on land and sea, and the tensions with Iran have now...
The first estimates of independent India’s national income were prepared by a stellar team led by the national accounting pioneer Moni Mukherjee....
For a man destined to become one of India’s most-storied politicians, Nitish Kumar had a rather bumpy electoral start. Swept up in the...
Last year marked the 35th year of the Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI’s adoption in 1990 shifted how development is measured, moving from an...
The Constitution makes the removal of the Speaker an exceptional and heavily guarded power. Article 94(c) permits removal only by a resolution passed...
As the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) inches towards a two-thirds majority, there is a tectonic shift in the political landscape of Nepal. As per...
In March 2000, Nitish Kumar, chief minister (CM) for seven days, was facing a trust vote in the Bihar legislative assembly. He needed a minimum of...
The sinking of an Iranian naval warship in the eastern Indian Ocean offers a stark reminder of how quickly the comfortable assumptions of peacetime...
The maiden Time Use Survey held in 1998-99 in six states of India was an epiphany as it made it bare a phenomenon which was otherwise omnipresent. It...
Has there ever been a better time to be a feminist? The question might seem strange at a time when women’s rights are arguably under their most...
Do adult Indians have the right to marry whoever they want without parental permission? That may sound like a rhetorical question, but it could soon...
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