One might imagine red tape to be a modern-day affliction. It turns out the ancient Sumerians got there first.

Move to equip district hospitals with cancer care is welcome. Technology must be used to reduce resource deficits

Talks for a full ceasefire are expected to continue this weekend in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah — a flawed, short-term one will not serve the cause of peace or Ukrainian sovereignty

Maharashtra CM's remarks about Aurangzeb can also be seen as stoking anxieties in an anxious moment and, in that, they do a disservice to his high office

It hasn't been all rosy but Indian Premier League is still overshadowing everything else in the cricket universe

To thrive and survive, the ecosystem that produces Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella, must allow the Ranjani Srinivasans and Mahmoud Khalils space to express themselves

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on March 19, 1985.

The current system also blurs the lines between minor infractions and serious crimes. It can award lesser punishment for serious offences and severe punishment for lesser offences

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on March 18, 1985.

A primary school in West Bengal has set up a mailbox to help students unburden. It is a reminder that change can start with a small step

In the current global environment of heightened geopolitical risks, where countries are locked in tariff and trade wars, and supply chains are being rejigged, India has a unique opportunity

At present, with conflicts raging and alliances shifting, Delhi has done well in engaging -- and doing business -- with all sides

His playbook has an Orwellian penchant for the inversion of language and policy and rides on normalising fear and compliance

Given that the mainstream political narrative in West Bengal seeks to downplay caste discrimination, this incident also highlights a historical silencing of marginalised voices.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on March 17, 1985.

QS 2025 underlines that India’s elite universities need to improve student learning experiences and enhance their global presence

Mauritius is a good example of the manner in which the 2015 SAGAR vision has been progressively realised.

We need policies that will help us take advantage of having the largest population of young people in the world. Instead of just boasting about this in international forums we need our leaders to start doing something on the domestic front that will make a real difference.

Mr Trump has made no distinction between foe (China) and friend (India), and is willing to make deals. “I have made deals all my life”, he boasted and, after inviting, humiliating and throwing out President Zelenskyy, he invited him back “when he is ready to sign an agreement” for presumably critical minerals — Mr Trump called it ‘payback’

While most Mughal monuments, including Aurangzeb’s tomb, were largely left undisturbed — even thrived — under the Maratha rule, there were occasional incidents of plunder during the Maratha rule.

The Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and the new leader of the Soviet Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev, had talks at the Kremlin and expressed their “firm desire” to enlarge mutual cooperation in all fields. The two leaders also exchanged views on the current global situation. Gandhi told Gorbachev of India’s firm commitment to the ideals of […]

The question of the dominance of parties threatens to obscure issues of federalism, including on delimitation

Jack didn’t survive, but sometimes reality is kinder than fiction.

Space is an area where India has been functioning almost at the cutting edge, and there's evidence that the brain drain is starting to reverse.