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Smartphones must not diminish potential

Children are widely regarded as the architects of our future. Yet, as a teacher of science and mathematics, I am increasingly concerned that a silent crisis is unfolding among the very generation expected to lead tomorrow's world.

Resilience

The emphasis of modern environmental policy has been on prevention. Governments, international institutions and activists have rightly focused on reducing emissions, protecting ecosystems and slowing the pace of climate change.

Uneasy Allies

Wars often reveal the strength of alliances. Their endings reveal something more important: who ultimately gets to define the peace.

West Bengal’s wastelands

While one gets to learn about Central PSEs quite often through news items and media articles, the state public sector enterprises (SPSEs) mostly remain beyond the radar of public scrutiny.

Living Alone

Solo Agers is a term that emerged relatively late in the United States and was coined in 2018 by Sara Zeff Geber.

Changing habits

India’s evolving consumption patterns reflect a significant transformation in the socio-economic landscape, with household spending on food falling below 50 per cent for the first time since 1947.

Backlash in France

France is witnessing significant unrest as thousands protest President Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of Michel Barnier as the new Prime Minister.

Pedagogy of unwellness

The Duke of Cumberland and uncle of Queen Victoria fiercely opposed the expansion of the Great Western Railways on the strange ground that its rumbling “would disturb Eton’s schoolboys.”