In an age obsessed with treating illness, Dr Aakanksha Gupta argues that we have forgotten a more important skill — recognising the body’s warnings before disease takes hold. The modern world has become remarkably efficient at responding to health crises.…
In a week that has reshaped India’s political map, assembly elections across Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry have produced decisive verdicts. While all results matter, the most compelling stories have emerged from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal,…
Sleep is usually framed as a biological necessity — a period of rest during which the brain resets, consolidates memory and restores the body. In recent decades, neuroscience has mapped its stages with increasing precision, from rapid eye movement (REM)…
With a fragile ceasefire in the West Asia conflict hanging by a thread and US negotiators preparing for another round of talks with Iran in Pakistan, President Donald Trump’s approach to the region is under intense scrutiny from the American…
They were supposed to be miracle injections: weekly shots that could tame type 2 diabetes and melt away stubborn kilograms with remarkable ease. But for growing numbers of patients around the world, the promise of Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound…
The global economy today stands at a critical inflection point. Geopolitical tensions, particularly in keyenergy-producing regions, have once again exposed the fragility of global supply chains and the deep interlinkages between politics and economics. Oil prices remain volatile—hovering in the…
In offices, universities and political corridors across India, an unspoken belief continues to influence how people perceive and judge women: the idea that women from certain regions or communities have distinct romantic or relational tendencies. These assumptions, rarely discussed openly…
For decades, the narrative of Indian manufacturing followed a predictable, albeit limited, script. We were the “back office of the world” for services, but in the realm of physical goods, we were often seen as a final-mile assembly hub. In…
Where the world economies are struggling with declining birth rates, tight labour markets and an ageing population, India is standing at the cusp of an unprecedented opportunity—all thanks to its demography. With the world’s largest youth population with the median…
When Finality Falters, Confidence Follows The 2016 implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was a promise rather than just the enactment of a new legislation. For twenty years, India’s corporate insolvency scene has been tangled in complexity, delay,…
India’s Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved royalty rates ranging from 1% to 4% on four critical minerals—caesium, graphite, rubidium and zirconium—shifting graphite to an ad valorem basis for the first time since 2014 and…
In the misty dawn of October 19, 2025, a routine patrol in Srinagar’s Bunpora Nowgam neighborhood unearthed more than graffiti on weathered walls. Handwritten posters, scrawled in Urdu and signed by the enigmatic “Commander Hanzala Bhai,” bore the insignia of…
Once a quiet town on the banks of the Saryu River, Ayodhya has re-emerged as one of India’s most visited destinations following the inauguration of the Ram Temple (Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir) in January 2024. The temple’s consecration, a landmark event…
In a move that underscores deepening fault lines in India’s fractious debate over religious freedom, the Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti, a powerful Hindu saints’ body aligned with right-wing groups, filed an intervention petition in the Supreme Court on Thursday, seeking…
