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What ails the Bretton Woods institutions

What ails the Bretton Woods institutions

The World Bank, IMF were rooted in the Washington Consensus which foregrounded economics over politics. An ideological rethink, institutional makeover...

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Science in India: investing for co-creation, co-existence

Science in India: investing for co-creation, co-existence

Our Indian value system, embedded in co-existence in harmony with all living systems, is well placed to take comprehensive, collaborative research in...

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Tales of transformation, pathway to Viksit Bharat

Tales of transformation, pathway to Viksit Bharat

A revolution in agro-processing is turning farmers in the arid parts of Karnataka into entrepreneurs, converting blocks into manufacturing hubs

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India’s growth pursuit: Lessons to learn from China’s story

India’s growth pursuit: Lessons to learn from China’s story

Fixing basics such as education and health care was the key to Beijing’s rise, apart from building its manufacturing prowess and competing for...

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Medical misinformation: how constitutional populism undermines scientific temper

Medical misinformation: how constitutional populism undermines scientific temper

Citizens are urged to cultivate scientific temper, but the State undermines that duty through weak regulation and contradictory policy signals

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GST Rate Restructuring: a bargain for the tourism sector

GST Rate Restructuring: a bargain for the tourism sector

For India, where tourism is a powerful vehicle for regional equity, affordable mobility is economic empowerment

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Case for clean energy in emerging AI world

Case for clean energy in emerging AI world

As AI becomes our default interface, several critical changes are unfolding. This moment is an opportunity for leadership, not a cause for fear

21.10.2025 10

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Diwali gift to oneself, a new deal with money

Diwali gift to oneself, a new deal with money

Dharma and kama both need the foundation of artha. Along with home cleaning this Diwali, put order into your money box and rework your relationship...

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Higher education in India: how great institutions power great nations

Higher education in India: how great institutions power great nations

The true imprint of such institutions does not reside only in history books or research papers. It lives in the stories of those who carry these...

18.10.2025 10

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Mamata Banerjee on Durgapur gangrape: politicians must be sensitive

Mamata Banerjee on Durgapur gangrape: politicians must be sensitive

Politicians are often compelled to speak about violence against women. They don’t mean to but have to

18.10.2025 10

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Higher education in India: policies perpetuating a paper mill

Higher education in India: policies perpetuating a paper mill

The NEP has been lauded as the best thing that happened to Indian education. Many respected academics have pointed out several shortcomings in the...

17.10.2025 10

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World Food Day 2025: Building a hunger-free world and society

World Food Day 2025: Building a hunger-free world and society

Sustaining the spirit of cooperation that has existed for the past eighty years is increasingly urgent

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Gaza Peace plan: The summit that staunched bloodshed in West Asia

Gaza Peace plan: The summit that staunched bloodshed in West Asia

The legacy of the Sharm el-Sheikh summit is ambiguous. It did not forge a path to peace but has transformed a conflict into a managed political...

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How multiculturalism shapes Aussie identity

How multiculturalism shapes Aussie identity

Australia is a country defined by migration, built on the foundation of the world’s oldest continuing culture on the planet

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Where have all the elephants gone?

Where have all the elephants gone?

The SAIEE surveys are not comparable because of methodological differences. Experts have also said that the DNA model may have underestimated the...

16.10.2025 10

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In Bihar, INDIA bloc fights a perception battle

In Bihar, INDIA bloc fights a perception battle

The coming together of the three leaders for the Vote Adhikar (Voting Rights) rally has dispelled doubts about Opposition unity

13.10.2025 10

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JP Narayan: Independent India’s voice of non-violence who led a revolution

JP Narayan: Independent India’s voice of non-violence who led a revolution

Jayaprakash Narayan’s life and teachings are a testament to the power of people to bring about social transformation peacefully

11.10.2025 10

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Clothes and culture: Legal status of dressing choices

Clothes and culture: Legal status of dressing choices

Locating dress within the right to expression has clear advantages. This approach does not depend on any religious or cultural claim

11.10.2025 10

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Engaging with China: The road that India must take

Engaging with China: The road that India must take

Engagement between India and China must centre the ability of firms across the two countries on finding ways to work together and building productive...

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E-waste recycling: Why State intervention is essential for circular economy

E-waste recycling: Why State intervention is essential for circular economy

OEMs will not act without clear incentives and regulatory clarity. The State must provide policy frameworks that reward compliance and penalise...

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Trump’s Gaza peace plan: Searching for solutions

The plan’s true significance may lie in its long-term geopolitical consequences. If successful, it could lead to normalisation between Israel and...

07.10.2025 10

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Wildlife conservation in India: time to look beyond the tiger

What we must cherish and prioritise for conservation is not as straightforward as choosing the most iconic, charismatic, or even largest of species

07.10.2025 10

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The opportunity for India in the H-1B squeeze

The US’s H-1B squeeze is a reminder of the opportunity and potential for world-class innovation for Indian IT at home

04.10.2025 10

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Saving student lives with institutional interventions

The majority of student suicides occur among those aged 18–30, the very demographic that should be shaping our country’s future

03.10.2025 8

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100 years of the RSS: The spirit remains unchanged

The RSS’s politics of engagement is reflected in the way it approaches regions and communities beyond its traditional base

03.10.2025 10

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States are key to driving e-truck adoption in India

State-level support for transition to e-trucks is important because the diverse use-cases and drive cycles of the truck segment make it different from...

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Spotting the opportunity in Trump’s H-1B salvo

Beyond the initial pain, the opportunities to upscale human capital and drive innovation are most certainly significant gains for India

30.09.2025 10

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Cleanliness mission where every citizen is a safai mitra

As the festive season begins, the PM has reminded us that celebrations are most meaningful when they are clean and eco-friendly

30.09.2025 10

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For women, platform work is no easy gig

Despite the benefits of gig work offering women the ability to balance employment with household responsibilities, it also presents significant...

30.09.2025 10

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Gurugram’s curse: Milked by the state that ignores its plight

The civic collapse of Gurugram is not an overnight disaster. It is a pattern of neglect, apathy, dereliction, and malfeasance, unleashed year after...

30.09.2025 10

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AI can end age biases in cardiac health care

Timely diagnosis and treatment can reduce damage to the heart and blood vessels and improve recovery outcomes

29.09.2025 10

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Lessons from Karur stampede for political rallies

Political parties must respect security protocols and hold events within a stipulated time

29.09.2025 10

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What musician Zubeen Garg meant for Assam

Zubeen sang more than 38,000 songs in about 40 languages. For a man who died at 52, the size of the corpus itself should be a reason for heightened...

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Why SPEED is crucial for India’s defence procurement

The SPEED framework gives MoD a tool to make every day count. By turning time into a quantifiable resource — one that can be saved, reinvested, and...

26.09.2025 20

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Telling the India story through its manuscripts

Unlike many cultures, India’s knowledge tradition was never bound to a single language or faith. It thrived in pluralism

26.09.2025 10

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Garbage gap: Ambitious rules, ineffective systems

Progressive targets and legislation are not enough. Pragmatic, locally grounded interventions by empowered, proactive municipalities are key to...

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Upholding the autonomy and accountability of RBI

Broader issues remain in the appointment process and tenure. These need constant recalibration

24.09.2025 10

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In assessing leadership, voters are age agnostic

As the political economy has become more complex government has come to be perceived differently by voters. The skills they look for in leaders are...

24.09.2025 10

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Defence and offence on West Asia chessboard

The Saudi-Pak defence pact reflects a calculated Saudi response to the perceived breakdown of the US-led security order in the region

22.09.2025 20

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Women central to India’s Stem-led development

Now is the time for leadership across sectors to ensure that women scientists nurses health workers and entrepreneurs are fully visible, resourced and...

22.09.2025 20

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Moment of reckoning

The fatal blow to the H-1B visa programme has ramifications for India-US ties

22.09.2025 10

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The many lives of Mohanlal, the artiste

Mohanlal, who debuted in Malayalam cinema in 1980 was a product of this time and his popularity was built on his ability to represent the young men of...

22.09.2025 10

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Amid India’s demographic shift, opportunity for Bihar

India's rural fertility rate has fallen to 2.1 children per woman. But Bihar's fertility rate is above replacement giving the state extra windows of...

20.09.2025 10

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How India can bridge trust deficit with China

Practical and unconventional strategies rooted in cultural goodwill diplomacy, rather than formal bureaucratic agreements, may help in building the...

19.09.2025 10

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GST reforms will leave a wonderful aftertaste

The current GST changes must be seen not as a technical adjustment but a bold reform that embodies the government’s commitment to ease of living

19.09.2025 10

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Mapping the course to uplifting minority groups

India’s vibrant cultural mosaic owes much to the talents of its minority communities

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Why personality rights need legislative protection

India lacks a codified law on personality rights relying instead on other IP laws and principles, constitutional interpretation and piecemeal judicial...

16.09.2025 20

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There’s a new urban India in the making

Indian cities are again on that path to being modern yet humane, ambitious yet inclusive, global in outlook yet rooted in our values

15.09.2025 10

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Thoughtful judgement in the age of outrage

Hasty opinions often oversimplify complex issues. Most real-world challenges require nuanced, multi-dimensional thinking

15.09.2025 9

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Towards a new paradigm of urbanism in Himalayas

Their future will not be secured by building faster or higher, but by how wisely we build, and by how much we choose not to build at all

14.09.2025 20

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