Opinion

By Pratigyan Das Recently, as Cyclone Arnab and heavy rains battered Odisha, the coastal state was hit by yet another round of flooding. This came barely weeks after its fifth spell of flooding in less than two months, when more than one lakh people across...

By Dhurjati Mukherjee In the backdrop of the ruling dispensation’s claims of spectacular economic growth in the first quarter of the current fiscal, a crucial question arises: can the momentum be sustained? With crude oil prices hovering around $100 per barrel, the outlook remains challenging....

By Rajdeep Sardesai Anyone remember Hardik Patel? Just a decade ago, he dominated front pages and prime-time television. Only 22 when he became the face of the Patidar agitation in Gujarat in 2015, Hardik led rallies that rattled the BJP government and exposed its vulnerabilities....

The report of the Lancet Commission on ‘21st Century Global Threats to Health’ has identified seventeen threats to global health: air pollution, antimicrobial resistance, childhood malnutrition, climate change, the collapse of development and health assistance and aid, conventional conflicts, high alcohol use, high blood pressure,...

The 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to American economists Robert E. Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University for their contributions to the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation. Their research has strengthened...

When the United States ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year and put him in a New York jail cell, Venezuelans at home and abroad rejoiced. For the first time in 27 years, the country faced a real possibility of regime change. But removing...

Michael Wiegand Much progress has been made on financial inclusion over the last 15 years, with account ownership in low- and middle-income countries surging from 42% in 2011 to 75% today. This largely reflects the rise of new banking models, such as mobile money, which...

Melvin Durai Fat-shaming is generally frowned upon. Most people refrain from making fun of overweight people, even if the British tabloids are fond of publishing photos of celebrities who aren’t as svelte as they once were. While many people can control their weight, others struggle...

By Ajit Ranade India's Election Commission was established 25 January, 1950, a day before India became a republic. This was a remarkable act of foresight. In a democracy, political parties compete for the support of the electorate to earn the right to govern. The contest...

In just a few short years, AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude have become a mainstream technology. The companies behind these innovative products tout their immense potential benefit for humanity. But this narrative, while not necessarily wrong, brushes aside that these models are built on...