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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.

Our Amrit Kaal

The term ‘Amrit Kaal’, a Vedic astrological term, was first used in context of India’s economic and social development by…

Chasing the Cup

Having watched India wrap up the Asia Cup the other day as gleefully as a little boy grabs ice-cream, Wasim…

A mixed bag

The Indian economy is currently at a critical juncture. The Centre’s recent monthly economic report paints a picture that’s both…

The right track~II

It was the traumatising Covid-19 pandemic onslaught that saw IR initiate some bold moves. The country’s railway men, far from…