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India’s entrance exam regime has grown into a parallel economy, draining families and destroying young lives. Coaching centres charge lakhs of...
Vikram-1 reaching orbit marks an important transition in India’s space journey. Built by Skyroot Aerospace, the rocket demonstrates that private...
In a healthy democracy, student activism has always been a vital force – a crucible where ideas are sharpened , injustices challenged, and futures...
Indian administration has always had a fantastic worldwide reputation. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel once referred to our civil services as the “steel...
The latest Republican US budget package is about far more than allocating another $95 billion in federal spending. It represents an ambitious attempt...
The return of arranged marriages among sections of India’s younger generation is less a rejection of modernity than an indictment of the digital...
What began as an irreverent internet joke has acquired the unmistakable weight of a political movement. The Cockroach Janta Party’s ability to bring...
Prime Minister Modi flagged off India’s first indigenous hydrogen powered train on the Jind–Sonipat section, marking a historic leap in clean...
Fireworks at America’s 250th birthday bash, claimed to be the ‘best firework show ever!’ by President Donald Trump, is the new low in sending...
India is undergoing a quiet yet consequential transformation ~ one unfolding not in legislatures or courtrooms, but in bedrooms, on smartphones, and...
Pakistan has, throughout its history, been desperate to create an identity for itself. Its history books have been modified every time a dictator has...
For much of the past three decades, climate change occupied a distinct corner of public policy. It was largely discussed through the lens of...
Every farmer’s grievance/ crop failure is a wound the nation must feel. The ongoing review of Paraquat Dichloride and Glyphosate, prompted by the...
India’s maritime ambitions cannot be measured by a ceremonial warship commissioning or ambitious infrastructure announcements alone. Naval power is...
Spain’s triumph at the 2026 World Cup was more than the recovery of a crown last won in 2010. It may have marked a changing of the guard in...
China’s latest economic numbers expose a contradiction that has been building for years. The country continues to dominate global manufacturing and...
Trade policy has often been used as an instrument of strategic pressure, but when it collides with global energy markets, the consequences rarely...
India’s clean power just set a record. According to grid data tracked by CEEW, at 11.46 on the morning of 6 July 2026, more than half of the...
Global concern surfaced after the Assam Police arrested a prominent activist while he was protesting against a public-private partnership tourism...
Finance did not wait for the national framework; it wrote the first draft of it. Three months before MeitY published its sutras, the Reserve Bank of...
There was a time when a voter list was a dull document. It sat in the Block Development Office, it was consulted once in five years, and nobody...
On 5 November 2025, confronted with the most consequential regulatory question of the decade, the Government of India declined to pass a law. In place...
Football’s enduring appeal lies in its ability to transcend borders, histories and political divides. That ideal is tested every time a major...
Every nation has the right ~ and indeed the obligation ~ to ensure that educational institutions do not become platforms for glorifying terrorism,...
A sense of hope was earlier raised among the minority Hindus in Bangladesh that their interests and well-being would be protected by the new regime in...
The flashing neon signs of coaching institutes lining the avenues of every major Indian city present an undeniable truth: India runs a parallel...
The temptation to settle on a convenient explanation after a major aviation disaster is understandable. Families seek closure, the public demands...
The India-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement ~ that took effect on Thursday ~ is being hailed as a landmark achievement, but its true significance...
Aamir Khan might have junked suggestions that his movie ‘3 Idiots’ was ever in any manner inspired by the persona and life of Sonam Wangchuk and...
The Strait of Hormuz has long been described as the world’s most important energy chokepoint. It has now become far more dangerous: the focal point...
The stock market’s romance with technological disruption has once again collided with an inconvenient reality: even the most visionary companies...
21 July marks American Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway’s (1899 -1961) 127th birth anniversary. Hemingway’s caveats about the mindless killing that...
The Teja Singh Samundri Hall sits at the heart of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in Amritsar. It is a singular honour. In over a hundred...
Every village has a story of its own. This story in Habichak is about a dream. That dream gave birth to a tradition, which is now 100 years old....
For years, the standard way to check whether India’s vocational training system was getting fairer to women has been to look at one number: what...