Opinion

When the German soccer player Deniz Undav scored two late-game goals to clinch a 2-1 victory for his team over the Ivory Coast, you would have been hard-pressed to find many German fans who did not see him as a national hero. Few cared that...

Melvin Durai   My wife and I have a flower garden in front of our house and a vegetable garden at the back. I do the digging and planting in the garden, and my wife contributes by asking important questions, such as “Why are there...

Máximo Torero The recent memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran promises to restore the flow of oil, natural gas, sulfur, and fertilizers through the Strait of Hormuz, easing pressure on agricultural markets and reducing the risk of a deeper global food security...

Carlos Alvarado-Quesada & Mokgweetsi Masisi   Last year, at the inaugural Berlin Climate Mobility Forum, leaders from vulnerable countries across Africa, South Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, and beyond highlighted an urgent yet often overlooked reality: climate change threatens not only the planet, but also...

Ajit Ranade Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran has done a great service by saying something many parents, students and policymakers do not want to hear: that the old automatic premium attached to software degrees and MBAs is vanishing. The globalisation-era formula was simple. Get...

Ayodhya is projected as more than a temple. It is presented as a civilisational project, a symbol of faith, national pride and collective sacrifice. Millions of devotees contributed money, trust and emotion to what was portrayed as a sacred endeavour transcending politics and commerce. That...

Multilateral development banks (MDBs), chief among them the World Bank, were established to provide capital to developing countries that couldn't raise it at home or on affordable terms abroad. For decades, they filled that gap. But as more countries move from low- to middle-income status...

By Bhagirathi Jena As India celebrates the 12th International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2026, the theme ‘Yoga for Healthy Ageing’ carries profound significance for a nation undergoing unprecedented demographic transformation. Since independence, India has evolved from a predominantly agrarian society into a rapidly...

By Sahasranshu Dash & Dillip Kumar Muduli The rupee’s recent depreciation from around 83-84 per dollar in late 2024 to nearly 96 in June 2026 has reignited concerns about India's external vulnerability. Despite RBI intervention and reserve sales exceeding $30bn since February, the currency remains...

By Sujit Kumar Mishra Recently, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, through the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai released the state fact sheets of the National Family Health Survey, Round 6 (NFHS-6, 2023–24). This release is particularly significant for Odisha,...