Satellite data reveals the existence of thousands of tall trees in the earmarked area of the Great Nicobar Island Development Project. It is unclear how many of them will be safeguarded.

Professor Shaikh believed that economics cannot be separated from power, class, conflict, and history, and rebuilt the classical tradition through what he called Real Economic Analysis, based on real competition.

The protests that dislodged a Minister could not translate into success on campus and in byelections, and it remains to be seen whether the Cockroach movement will herald an alternative order.

Incidents in Australia, Singapore, and Bengaluru show how AI errors reach the public, and why India needs auditable systems with a way to appeal.

As Russia and Ukraine remain deadlocked in war, India is increasingly seen as a potential facilitator of peace. But can it draw on its experience chairing a Cold War-era commission in Korea to make the diplomatic difference?

Maharashtra’s drought destroys crops, cuts rural jobs, and deepens water shortages in Marathwada, leaving tenant farmers and landless workers in debt.

Elon Musk calls Mukesh Ambani a monopolist; Ambani’s Jio warns of foreign control. Meanwhile, 12,347 villages continue to be unconnected, and rural internet penetration lags far behind cities.

AI has moved from the margins of military experimentation into the operational stack of modern war. This makes it paramount for defence forces to know when to trust it, when to question it, and when to slow down.

Sixteen Indian seafarers have died in conflict zones since February 28. A signed consent form cannot replace a decision that regulators can review.

On October 16, in Delhi’s Connaught Place, a former BJP voter unfolded a giant tricolour and sparked a spectacular march—a moment that revealed why the party’s real fear is not the protesters it can barricade, but the believers it cannot.

In Bengal, worship, carnival, and art share the same streets for a few days each autumn. Durga Puja has not erased caste or commerce, but it shows how a society can hold the sacred and the secular in one public space.

The BJP-led board backed off its plan to standardise Friday sermons after clerics, parties and the chief minister pushed back, calling it interference in religious affairs.

A portrait of D.K. Shivakumar’s rise through the ranks in the Congress, his unyielding loyalty to the party, and his role as the primary strategist countering the BJP in Karnataka.

A year after four protesters were shot dead in Leh, the Centre has yet to share a draft of its offer, and Ladakh’s leaders say distrust is growing.

Census 2027 will include caste enumeration, but by adopting an open-ended structure that may replicate the shortcomings of the doomed 2011 Socio-Economic Caste Census, the exercise may once again produce data that are unusable.

With BJP-ruled States enacting uniform civil codes, it is time to assess them as laboratories of legislative experimentation and ask whether they advance gender equality and protect individual autonomy in marriage and property rights.

CBT can reduce risks associated with printing and logistics, but it introduces new vulnerabilities like hacking. With the NTA’s institutional weaknesses and NEET-UG’s scale, a shift to CBT may compromise fairness without guaranteeing better security.

Vedanta’s push for bauxite mining in Odisha’s Niyamgiri Hill appears to be gathering momentum, with the State government’s backing. But claims that local communities have approved the project appear dubious at best.

Pune’s 11-day sit-in ended with the MPSC chairman on leave. With a campus elections panel and a BMC fellowship, the BJP appears to be trying a new approach to young protesters.