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How to ensure India’s government schools, healthcare deliver quality service for the majority

A month into the invasion, Moscow’s shoddy strategy is clear both generally & in specifics

Sonia must sacrifice her family for Congress to have a chance at revival

An IAF veteran explains how meagre defence budget allocation, cumbersome procurement procedure and indigenisation push have led to a crisis

Cases have risen once again, but deaths have remained low. India, however, needs to ramp up delivery of booster doses

We are now living through a fully fledged attack on nonwhite power in this country, as conservative white people assert their authority. Until now, the effects

As Pakistan’s beleaguered PM faces a no-trust vote, the looming threat of violence could end up mirroring the Capitol riots that marked Trump’s exit

Germany and Japan were not only made to pay for their war crimes, they were led towards becoming democratic, rights-based societies. Could Putin, at some point, be taught a similar lesson?

Busy supporting family all day, he runs home after night shift to crack army test. A video of him sprinting goes viral and overnight he becomes an inspiration for many

Struggling to feed their children and pay off debts, more and more unemployed Afghans are sacrificing an organ for as little as $1,500

With a biopic on the right-handed leg-spin bowler, who made his IPL debut at the age of 41, representing the Rajasthan Royals, set to release soon, a conversation with one of Indian cricket’s unlikeliest legends on how the game kept him going

Kashmir Files does more injustice to the cause, says this young Kashmiri Pandit after watching the film

A Kerala court, while refusing to pass an interim order to stop a mall from collecting parking fees, warned that if the court eventually ruled the mall had no right to do so, it would be made to reimburse every customer

… India should lead Global South in finding ways to moderate their impact

To be future-ready, Indian pharma needs to seriously improve its innovation quotient

Currently, the Mumbai-Goa drive is a torturous 10 to 13-hour-journey on a potholed, accident-prone highway. Once the four-laning of this part of the NH-66 is complete, the travel time will come down to 8-9 hours, but the deadline has now been pushed back, yet again, to 2024

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