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How technology became India’s social equaliser

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Digital India Mission on 1 July 2015, many saw it as an ambitious technology programme aimed at expanding internet access and digitising government services.

The New Family

For decades, India’s social contract rested on an assumption that required little intervention from the state: families would care for their elderly.

Delayed Recognition

Every democracy owes two debts to its soldiers. The first is to equip them well enough to fight.

Agni Kawach

India is building its energy future on several pillars at once: bio-ethanol, coal gasification, renewables, and nuclear power.

Wake-up call

In the volatile landscape of the Israel-Palestine conflict, where tensions have persisted for decades, the weekend pre-dawn assault by Hamas took many by surprise.

Biden’s U-turn

In the face of growing immigration challenges and a border crisis that has strained American cities such as New York, President Joe Biden’s decision to reverse his stance on the border wall and embrace measures previously championed by his predecessor

Woes next door

The victory of Mohamed Muizza in the presidential election in Maldives aroused considerable interest as well as concern in India because of his avowed pro-China policy.

Malacca trouble

The Malacca Strait is arguably the most important strategic and economic maritime choke point in the world. As a sea lane which connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans