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.
Long before sustainability acquired glossy reports, ambitious targets and impressive acronyms, grandmothers had already solved half the problems.
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.
Wars often reveal the strength of alliances. Their endings reveal something more important: who ultimately gets to define the peace.
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.
Washing away badly constructed bridges, flooding illegally constructed basements, causing potholes in newly inaugurated roads, and revealing non-existent drainage of so-called smart cities, the rain gods mercilessly exposed the shamefully poor construction and maintenance of expensive infrastructure.
The concept of a Uniform Civil Code (one civil law for the whole country) is gaining momentum. This follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech this week.
Much to the dismay of the socialists, rich people keep on getting richer, and the poor get poorer. A recent report from Oxfam indicates that the world’s top 1 per cent richest increased their wealth by $42 trillion over the last decade.
On Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech from the Red Fort was more than a celebration of India’s 77 years of freedom; it was a blueprint for a more unified and efficient nation.
The latest data on US inflation is setting the stage for a pivotal moment in economic policy, as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose a modest 0.2 per cent in July, and the year-on-year increase fell to 2.9 per cent, the smallest since 2021.
