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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

The affluent leave a far bigger carbon footprint, while the poor bear much of climate change’s pain despite contributing far less to the crisis

Understanding the Maoists’ United Front tactics and urban movement is key to identifying the ideological networks that seek to advance their agenda through non-armed means

For countries, including India, dealing with the Taliban, distinguishing between engagement and recognition provides room for pragmatic diplomacy without abandoning concerns over human rights

Beyond Camus’ ‘absurdism’ and Sartre’s ‘man is condemned to be free’, human evolution suggests a deeper purpose: coexistence

A government’s real strength lies not in making announcements, but in turning promises into action and delivering on commitments at the right time

This Teachers’ Day, law schools should celebrate not only the teachers who taught students the Constitution, but also the students courageous enough to ask whether their institutions are living by it

Advances in AI are lowering barriers to biological design, raising a new biosecurity challenge: what researchers call deepfake viruses

The debate should focus not on withdrawing reservation, but on whether the policy is being implemented effectively, as significant gaps in representation, education, employment and social conditions persist despite decades of affirmative action