Purple revolution a model for rural communities
There are moments in a nation’s journey when a quiet transformation in a remote corner becomes a symbol of national resurgence.
There are moments in a nation’s journey when a quiet transformation in a remote corner becomes a symbol of national resurgence.
Wars have often accelerated technological change. The machine gun altered infantry tactics, the tank transformed mobility, and air power redefined strategic reach.
President Donald Trump’s trade policy has acquired a second life. After the US Supreme Court curtailed key elements of the architecture that defined much of his economic agenda, the White House has returned with a familiar instrument wrapped in a different justification.
On 28 February 2026, the war that diplomats had spent two years rehearsing began. American and Israeli aircraft struck Iranian nuclear and missile installations; Iran’s Supreme Leader was killed, and by 2 March the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had formally closed the Strait of Hormuz to merchant traffic, laying mines and warning off shipping.
Global warming policies were expected to drive a rapid shift toward a renewables-based energy system dominated by wind and solar.
More than a month after a naval strike left them stranded, Iranian sailors are finally heading home from Sri Lanka, a delayed return that quietly marks the afterlife of a widening conflict.
With Buddhadeb Bhattacharya’s passing away in 2024, not only was the Left era in West Bengal over, but also gone was the last hope of reviving West Bengal as a modern, functional state, which he had kindled in the hearts of middle-class Bengalis.
India’s position in the global GDP rankings has slipped from fifth to sixth, according to the latest IMF estimates.
The elevation of Samrat Choudhary as chief minister marks more than a routine change of guard in Bihar.
For a generation of Indian middle-class families, the promise of studying abroad was never just about education.
