Why Balaghat’s Children Are Dying Of More Than Disease
In the remote tribal belt of Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district, the deaths of more than 30 children have exposed a...
Politics & Society
Epochal: From Invisible Workers To Recognised Women Farmers
Across India, women are taking on an increasingly central role in agriculture. As men move into non-farm employment, women are...
Delhi HC Rejects Bail Pleas Again As Khalid, Imam Remain Behind Bars
The Delhi High Court has rejected the latest bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the case...
Secrecy By Authoritarian Regimes Makes Climate Disasters Worse
Authoritarian regimes have a history of keeping information about escalating disasters secret, even when it could harm their own citizens....
Left Parties Step Up Protest Against CEC Over Electoral Roll Revision
CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby was detained on Tuesday during a protest by Left parties outside the Election Commission of...
Menopause Matters, Yet Health Records In India Rarely Track It
Anyone with ovaries who lives long enough will experience menopause. Yet in India, as in many parts of the world,...
BRICS 2026 Reveals Contradictions In Ambition & An Uncertain Future
Much fanfare accompanied the two-day (September 12-13) 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi. The Indian government shut down the capital...
‘Village for Sale’: Maha Hamlet Protests Decades-Long Water Crisis
Around 7,000 residents of Tulshi village in Maharashtra’s Solapur district have put up a striking banner declaring “Village for Sale,...
For Hijra Women, Rising Heat Comes With Dangerous Trade-Offs
It is three in the afternoon at a traffic signal in New Delhi on a hot summer day. Every time...
The Iran Crisis Runs Through Banks As Much As Oil Routes…
Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter on Monday, September 14, as a planned meeting between Iran and other Gulf states...
Whose Water Is AI Drinking In India?
Every tech giant in the world is interested in building AI data centres in India. Late last year, Microsoft, Amazon...
“PM, Shah, CEC ‘Traitors’, Gyanesh Kumar Must Quit Immediately”
Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on September 24, 2026, sharply escalated his confrontation...
Why AI Increasingly Resembles A Charismatic Religious Leader
People are turning to artificial intelligence for a seemingly unending variety of reasons. Many ask AI what to cook for...
Lessons For The 21st Century From A 200‑Year‑Old Book
Even if you have never read it, you know the story of Mary Shelley’s second great work of political science...
Yadav On ECI: A Grievous Charge Against A Constitutional Institution
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav’s latest salvo on the Election Commission of India (ECI) has brought an old but fundamental...
Russia-Ukraine War Fuels Race For Autonomous Drones
A battlefield dominated by fully autonomous drones capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention sounds like a dystopian...
Floods Affect Millions Of People In Bihar Despite Rainfall Deficit
Floods have affected around 5 million people across 15 districts of Bihar, even as the state records a 35% rainfall...
U Khalid Film Row: When A Campus Screening Becomes A Political Test
The controversy over a proposed screening of 'Prisoner No. 626710 is Present' -- based on jailed activist Umar Khalid --...
IWT At A Crossroads: A 66-Year Pact Faces Its Biggest Test
The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), a 66-year-old agreement that has survived wars, diplomatic crises and decades of India-Pakistan hostility, is...
This Is Why Far-Right Ideas Appeal Beyond The Fringe
We hear a lot today about the pile-up of overlapping problems like climate change, war, financial stress, and inequality. Together...
Transgender Women Gain Respect But ‘Hijras’ Still Face Stigma
The confirmation of Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender federal official in the U.S., as assistant secretary to Department of...
MP’s Ken-Betwa Link Project: The Politics Of Contest & Compensation
Many families being displaced by the Ken-Betwa link project in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, allege that their names are not included...
Miscarriage Of Justice: The 87-Day Ordeal Of Bengal’s Jalil Akhtar
In the border districts of West Bengal, where identity, documents, and suspicion often collide, the case of Jalil Akhtar stands...
What Is End Times Fascism And What’s The Role Of Big Tech Here?
“A moment of reckoning has arrived for the West,” reads a recent recruitment ad for Palantir, a Silicon Valley firm...
MP Govt Announces Measures Amid Outrage Over Tribal Child Deaths
The Madhya Pradesh government has announced a series of measures to strengthen healthcare facilities in Balaghat district amid outrage over...
