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When science becomes spectacle

Every year, Delhi deals with smog in the winter season. A mix of factors make Delhi AQI shoot to sky. The culprits remain  the same — vehicular...

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Editor’S Take

COP29 and the rewriting of earth’s survival narrative

The 29th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), held on Oct 19, 2025, in Baku, Azerbaijan, marked a milestone in global...

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Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

Taliban 2.0: The phoenix of Pashtun power

Taliban 2.0: The phoenix of Pashtun power

The Pashtun Taliban has risen like a phoenix: transformed from Mujahideen who pushed back the Soviets in 1979 to take power in Kabul in 1996 — as...

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Ashok K Mehta

Central Reserve Police Force: Guardians of internal unity

The Central Reserve Police Force, which has been specifically tasked to deal with all internal security issues consequent to the submission of its...

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Mp Nathanael

How consumer trust can make natural farming scalable and self-sustaining

How consumer trust can make natural farming scalable and self-sustaining

 India’s natural farming movement has made considerable success on the supply side, with policies, pilots, and farmer trainings gaining traction....

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Rajiv Kumar

India’s development journey: Why we lagged behind China

India’s development journey: Why we lagged behind China

This column serves as a follow-up to my previous article from October 2023 — India’s Economic Journey from Socialism to Self-Reliance. Since its...

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Balbir Punj

When the Guardian Falters: The United Nations at its twilight hour

When the Guardian Falters: The United Nations at its twilight hour

A fading star in the firmament of global diplomacy. Once upon a time, the United Nations was the world’s moral lighthouse, born from the embers of...

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Ks Tomar

In liminal light grace speaks through unseen breath

Lord Krishna, in the Bhagavad Gita (7.16), explains that four kinds of virtuous people turn to Him in devotion: “The distressed, the inquisitive,...

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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

Reductionism and holism: Saving forest in a climate crisis

Reductionism and holism: Saving forest in a climate crisis

With the fast-growing trend of democratization of forestry coupled with the commodification of forest produce and apparent undermining of...

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Bkp Sinha/arvind Kumar Jha

The $5.5 Billion Potential of India's Generosity

The $5.5 Billion Potential of India's Generosity

India's philanthropic story is often told through the lens of its most visible actors: corporate social responsibility (CSR) contributions,...

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Priyanka  Dutt & Kavita Mathew

SIR: A bold overhaul or a brewing storm?

SIR: A bold overhaul or a brewing storm?

The Election Commission has stirred up a hornet's nest again. After the controversial revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, it has announced a pan-...

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Editor’S Take

When corruption becomes the cost of life

When corruption becomes the cost of life

India, celebrated for its relentless growth, its rising GDP, and its swelling demographic dividend of over 140 crore people, offers an impressive...

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Priyanka Chaturvedi

ASEAN and the Act East imperative

As the world converges in Kuala Lumpur for the 47th ASEAN Summit, all eyes are on this mega Summit which has top world leaders attending it....

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Editor’S Take

The quiet erosion of trust in modern civilisation

If there is one human value most at risk in our time, it is not compassion or tolerance — it is trust. Nations distrust one another, religions...

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Guruji Nandkishore

India thwarts designs to destabilise Northeast

India thwarts designs to destabilise Northeast

The Army and Assam Rifles launched a series of operations against Northeast terrorist groups located in Myanmar on the night of October 21 and 22,...

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Anil Bhat

How AI certifications are powering careers

How AI certifications are powering careers

Artificial intelligence (AI) is powering a revolution across the professional landscape. While there are concerns about job disruption, AI is...

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Chintan Dave

Congress choker act in Jammu and Kashmir followed by Bihar

Congress choker act in Jammu and Kashmir followed by Bihar

Choke or Choker is a term normally used in cricketing parlance to describe a team or a player who wilts under pressure, particularly in the last...

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Anil Anand

Preparing for CoP 30: Need to reclaim carbon space

Preparing for CoP 30: Need to reclaim carbon space

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been holding climate conferences annually, and this year’s CoP 30 is scheduled...

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Bk Singh

ASEAN Summit 2025: High hopes but challenges galore

ASEAN, undoubtedly the most influential and coveted bloc in Asia, stands at the epicentre of attention as its 47th Summit gets underway. World...

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Editor’S Take

Eating with awareness: Lessons from Zazen

Festivities are in the air as there are celebrations galore all over. But this Diwali, we performed Lakshmi Puja (conducted online by the Vedic...

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Ravi Valluri

Is the QUAD dead or on the backburner?

Is the QUAD dead or on the backburner?

The late Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, can claim to be the original proponent of the QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) in 2007. QUAD,...

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Bhopinder  Singh

Fuelling India’s Growth Story with Smarter Proteins

Fuelling India’s Growth Story with Smarter Proteins

What’s common between spongy khaman dhoklas, fluffy idlis, or a glass of refreshing kanji? It’s those tiny-yet-mighty friends, microorganisms, that...

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Ravi Audichya

India emerges as institutional architect of the Global South

The international system is not merely evolving; it is undergoing a foundational recalibration. The post-Cold War Pax Americana, a paradigm defined...

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Mahendra Kumar Singh

The Tale of a Billion Souls Chained by corrupt Feudal DNA

The Tale of a Billion Souls Chained by corrupt Feudal DNA

All across South Asia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and to some lesser extent in India, corruption is not just a...

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Prashant Tewari

Blue economy: Taking it to the deep sea

India is the third-largest fish-producing country globally, responsible for about 8 per cent of total global production. However, it remains far...

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Editor’S Take

Why divine mercy shapes every human journey

Let us reflect on why God — who is everything, the source and sustainer of all creation — chooses to keep this earth functioning for millions of...

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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

Where logic ends and intuition begins

Where logic ends and intuition begins

Interpersonal relationships are very delicate in nature. They are often impossible to place in a sequence of predictability. The tricky parts in...

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Vinayshil Gautam

Delivery payouts in the on-demand economy

Every morning, millions of delivery partners across India and beyond log in to their apps, hoping for a good earnings day. Yet, the number they see...

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Anmol Aggarwal

Red Corridor: India’s long war nears an uneasy end

Five months to go, since the Home Minister Amit Shah, commonly known among hardcore BJP loyalists in Delhi as Modi’s Chanakya, promised the nation...

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Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Bihar Elections 2025: The vote that must awaken the voter

Every few years, Bihar votes with great enthusiasm. Yet when the noise settles, the same questions return: about jobs, education, and dignity....

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Acharya Prashant

The changing contours of world trade

The dynamics of world trade are changing rapidly. For the last few years, the developed countries are redefining the rules of world trade which are...

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Surbhi Sood

Aligning global learning with NEP 2020

As India’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 reshapes the academic landscape, international curricula are being evaluated for their ability to...

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Surbhi Sood

A border that birthed wars still bleeds

A border that birthed wars still bleeds

The 2,640-km-long Durand Line is more than just a frontier. It is a century-old scar on the map of South Asia — a scar that has bled into three...

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Santhosh Mathew

Empowering the workers: A call for fair treatment of artisans

Empowering the workers: A call for fair treatment of artisans

This is a period of great celebrations with a slew of major festivals coming up one after the other. We have had Dussehra, the five-day Diwali...

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Balraj Mehta

Biofuel and circular economy: The road ahead

Biofuel and circular economy: The road ahead

India’s net-zero energy future stands at the crossroads of two transformative visions — biofuel expansion and circular economy adoption. Together,...

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Animesh Ghosh/anandajit Goswami