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Why the economy needs 4% inflation

Why the economy needs 4% inflation

Low inflation numbers are worrying economists as inflation needs to be not too high, but also not too low

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What pollution in Delhi means for senior citizens

What pollution in Delhi means for senior citizens

A Lancet Planetary Health study estimates that PM 2.5 pollution was responsible for more than 17 lakh deaths in India in 2022 — up by 38% since 2010

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Bihar elections: Looking beyond the Mandal versus Kamandal paradigm

Bihar elections: Looking beyond the Mandal versus Kamandal paradigm

The Bihar verdict marks the culmination of an old political feud and signals the arrival of a new politics based on smart management of multi-caste...

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Never-ending wait for Bihar’s transformation

Never-ending wait for Bihar’s transformation

The 2025 election unfolded as a layered verdict. On the surface, it reflected gratitude toward Nitish Kumar, a “Thank You” moment magnified by...

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Lesson from past epidemics: The front lines of public health are not hospitals

Lesson from past epidemics: The front lines of public health are not hospitals

The story of coral depletion and Ebola is not one of coincidence, but connection. 

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Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: The right way to talk about it

Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: The right way to talk about it

The science has been clear for years: Pollution is cutting our lives short. So, what’s missing is not information; it’s the right storytelling

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Coral depletion to epidemics: How environmental collapse fuelled Ebola outbreak

Coral depletion to epidemics: How environmental collapse fuelled Ebola outbreak

Ebola’s legacy reveals an uncomfortable truth: environmental sustainability is not just conservation, it is disease prevention.

14.11.2025 5

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Next-generation ESG reforms in India through smart proteins and animal welfare

Next-generation ESG reforms in India through smart proteins and animal welfare

India has been a global pioneer in sustainability. Yet, ESG frameworks today largely overlook protein’s role in our food system

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India’s Silver Future: Building a society that ages gracefully

India’s Silver Future: Building a society that ages gracefully

The senior care sector spanning housing, health care, insurance, and technology, is poised to become a major industry. Growth must be underpinned by...

12.11.2025 10

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Trace to Trade: Powering India’s Digital Leap in Animal Husbandry

Trace to Trade: Powering India’s Digital Leap in Animal Husbandry

From trace to trade, this mission could redefine animal husbandry in India as a globally competitive, data-driven sector

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What India needs to do to become an arbitration hub

What India needs to do to become an arbitration hub

With increasing cross-border transactions and foreign investment flows, the demand for credible dispute resolution frameworks in India will only rise

11.11.2025 10

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India’s litmus test in import of Russian oil

India’s litmus test in import of Russian oil

If India yields to US pressure and stops buying oil from Russia, it would seriously undermine its narrative of strategic independence

10.11.2025 10

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India’s Northeast: Where nature, progress, people breathe together

India’s Northeast: Where nature, progress, people breathe together

As connectivity deepens, the Northeast is becoming India’s natural gateway to Southeast Asia. This region is not the frontier of India, its now the...

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Vande Mataram: The first proclamation of cultural nationalism

Vande Mataram: The first proclamation of cultural nationalism

Bankim Chandra’s song from Anandamath is the song of freedom, the spirit of unyielding resolve, and the first mantra of Bharat’s awakening

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India’s bilateral diplomacy: A quiet rehaul of India-UK relations

India’s bilateral diplomacy: A quiet rehaul of India-UK relations

The relationship, long tainted by mistrust, is on the mend. The UK is now increasingly, and meaningfully, sensitive to India’s strategic concerns

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2025 Bihar elections: A frozen transition and signs of a churn

2025 Bihar elections: A frozen transition and signs of a churn

Bihar’s politics resists quick conclusions. Beneath the excitement on the surface lies a dense web of caste loyalties, regional identities, class...

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India Women’s world cup win: The Class of 2025, template for future

India Women’s world cup win: The Class of 2025, template for future

The women’s World Cup 2025 victory is Indian cricket’s sliding doors moment — for those who run the game in India and their approach to...

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When singing Tagore is made out to be treason

When singing Tagore is made out to be treason

Forcing the Bengali to sever links with an oeuvre of more than 2,500 songs, or even one particular song is tantamount to snatching its cultural right

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India-EU FTA: Europe’s protectionism has shades of green

India-EU FTA: Europe’s protectionism has shades of green

CBAM is not the only problematic instrument for exporters to the EU; it is part of a series of measures enacted as part of the “EU green deal”

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India’s reforms moment in science and technology

India’s reforms moment in science and technology

If the ANRF is about capacity building, the new ₹1-lakh-crore RDI Fund aims to catalyse private-sector R&D investment in strategic and emerging...

03.11.2025 10

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Census of India needs teachers, but schools do even more

Census of India needs teachers, but schools do even more

When teachers are missing or burnt out, learning stops. Each census, election, or verification drive may last only weeks, but its after-effects linger...

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Sardar Patel Birth Centenary: A life in service of the nation

Sardar Patel Birth Centenary: A life in service of the nation

Sardar Patel’s leadership and administrative acumen were frequent themes in Modi’s lectures as an RSS pracharak

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AI Content regulation in India: When labelling norms are ineffective

AI Content regulation in India: When labelling norms are ineffective

While the proposed amendments to rules are well-intentioned, doubts remain if they can deter AI-enabled crimes

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Smart, multiple alliances can be India’s new path

Smart, multiple alliances can be India’s new path

In this emerging order, there are no guarantees and few enduring norms. States can no longer rely on fixed rules or predictable alignments

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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...

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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

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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...

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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

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

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?

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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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