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Early investments in nutrition, health, and learning now shape not just school readiness and learning outcomes, but also future productivity. How do initiatives like POSHAN Abhiyaan seek to advance human capital development and long-term growth?…

Folk stories about gods, heroes, and ancestors show that caste was never stable in India. How did regional epics often question caste hierarchy even when they seemed to uphold it?

According to the 2026 World Inequality Report, global income and wealth have reached historic highs, but inequality remains enormous both in India and the world. What are the major factors behind it?…

As this year marks the beginning of Phule's 200th birth anniversary celebrations, let’s inform ourselves more about his contributions to social transformation in India, and learn to live by his ideals.

Compared to crude oil and LNG, coal prices are relatively less volatile. How does India promote cleaner use of its vast coal reserves and enhance self-reliance through technologies like coal gasification?

In the Sabarimala case, there are seven constitutional questions for consideration before the Supreme Court. How do these questions engage with the principles of equality, religious freedom, essential religious practices, the definition of religious…

The crisis in West Asia has revived the risk of stagflation – where economic growth stagnates, but inflation increases. Since stagflation is primarily a supply-side phenomenon, how does India, whose traditional fiscal and monetary tools are designed to…

Although the Women's Reservation Bill (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) was passed through the 106th amendment to the Indian Constitution in September 2023, it is yet to be implemented.…

From regulating floods, providing habitat for aquatic species, birds and plants, and supporting livelihood, lakes perform various critical functions. What are the factors responsible for their disappearance?…

Hindi’s words tell the story of contact - from Persian courts, Mughal armies, Deccan bazaars, to multilingual urban life. But why does its grammar still point back to the older linguistic roots of north India, and the crucial role played by the Deccan?

China’s response to the US-Israel war against Iran has largely been muted. But experts note that the ripple effects on its economic and diplomatic interests in the region prompt Beijing to shed its “usual strategic ambiguity”.