Opinion

The question is not whether young people are resilient enough, but whether we are creating environments where they feel safe, heard and valued

Finternet is neither a ‘blockchain of finance’ nor simply Fintech 2.0. It is a vision for a deeply interconnected financial architecture

The Russia-Ukraine war is entering a deadlier phase, in which industrial capacity, technological adaptation and political endurance matter as much as battlefield strength

Misuse of electoral forms in Telangana raises serious questions about voter deletions, accountability, and the Election Commission’s safeguards

More judges may increase capacity, but India’s mounting judicial backlog exposes deeper problems that numbers alone cannot fix

The next phase of inclusive education must go beyond enrolment to ensure meaningful participation, learning and support for every child

India’s growth story remains incomplete if young people must leave farms, families and communities behind to survive on insecure work

Inclusion cannot end with admission. Dignity, recognition and belonging determine whether marginalised students are truly accepted inside

Employees are pasting customer data into AI tools. Banning them won’t work; guardrails at the prompt will

Bengaluru can price congestion, but without reliable, affordable public transport, a traffic tax could punish commuters by raising costs without reducing car use

The landmark vote of 1893 in New Zealand offers enduring lessons about equality, participation, and the power of lasting change

With banking rapidly going digital, the debate should centre on balancing employee expectations, customer convenience and operational requirements

India’s health universities must move beyond professional education to foster interdisciplinary research and innovation

The death of Assam man Ramanuj Goswami in police custody raises wider questions about extrajudicial killings, accountability and due process. A constitutional democracy must ensure that every death in police custody or police action is independently investigated

Uncertainty should not be mistaken for normality: an open Hormuz can still impose substantial economic costs

The government says 30 indicators were dropped to avoid duplication with other data systems, but the result is more like moving important data out of reach

A common currency may not be the answer; BRICS can reduce dependence through local-currency trade, digital payments and diversified reserves

State’s fiscal health increasingly hinges on turning sunk investments into productive capital, as incomplete irrigation and industrial projects constrain economic returns

The hyper-convenience of quick commerce encourages careless consumption and adds to the environmental burden

The cloud is on the ground, powered by electricity, cooled by water and sustained by engineering. AI isn’t just digital anymore; it has a very physical footprint

West Bengal’s classrooms were built by reformers who trained people to question. A generation taught to see questioning as disloyalty by teachers afraid of transfer will not argue with orthodoxy. It will kneel to it

Prevention must receive as much attention as response, and women’s safety must remain above politics, geography, and ideology

Social media is teaching all of us, all the time. The only question is whether we notice the lesson

DeepTech startups need a different playbook and a longer view, with early-stage focus on technological progress, validation and intellectual property