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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.

Monsoon woes

India’s monsoon season, a natural phenomenon that defines the fate of its agriculture and economy, has taken centre stage once again.

American muddle

At the eleventh hour, American lawmakers have managed to dodge a government shutdown with the passage of a temporary spending bill. While the immediate crisis has been averted

Churchill and Gandhi~ II

In the summer of 1940 both Churchill and Gandhi knew that they were facing the most serious challenges of their lives. Churchill‘s mission was first to stop Hitler‘s aggression and then defeat him. For Gandhi, it was an unprecedented opportunity to prove to his own people and the world the efficacy of nonviolent satyagraha; to compel the British to grant independence to India and change the course of human history by proving righteousness and effectiveness of non-violent mass action to resolve conflicts

Trump’s agenda

Former President Donald J. Trump is so far ahead in the race to secure the Republican Party’s nomination for the 2024 US election that the rest of the contenders are widely considered to be fighting for second place.