Fairness in governmental action is the minimum expectation of any citizen living in a constitutional democracy. The legitimacy of the State does not rest merely on the authority...
Christmas Day this year marks the 101st birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In popular memory, Vajpayee is remembered as a prime minister and statesman — the leader...
India’s central bank has long been regarded as the most authoritative source of macroeconomic and financial data. This status was recently reaffirmed by Poonam Gupta, Deputy Governor of...
India’s uneven experience with spatial industrial policy has made policymakers deeply cautious about zoning as a development tool. Special Economic Zones (SEZs), launched with high expectations in the...
India’s proposed overhaul of higher education regulation, through the creation of a single umbrella authority, seeks to address long-standing complaints of fragmentation, opacity and excessive compliance. While the...
India’s air quality crisis is deep, persistent, and unevenly distributed. While parts of southern India are relatively better managed, very high Air Quality Index (AQI) levels remain a...
Despite starting the 20th century at broadly comparable levels of development, India’s economic trajectory has diverged sharply from countries such as China and South Korea. While these economies...
Cyclonic disturbances over the North Indian Ocean — encompassing the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and adjoining land regions — have undergone fundamental changes over the last...
Film festivals have traditionally occupied a rare cultural space where creative freedom is broader than in commercial cinema. The recent decision by the Union government to deny censor...
As 2025 draws to a close, rare earth elements (REEs) occupy an uneasy space where climate ambition, industrial strategy and geopolitics intersect. They are not the most voluminous...
