Gifting power to the underserved children

Gifting power to the underserved children

Saturday, 18 May 2024 | Ravi Sonnad

Collaborative efforts aid underserved kids facing resource scarcity and socio-economic gaps, enabling education access and job market success Underserved children face multifaceted challenges - limited resources, inadequate infrastructure, lack of access and opportunity to holistic education and socio-economic disparities. As a result, these children are left without the life skills and...

BJP retains control, INDIA gains ground

BJP retains control, INDIA gains ground

Thursday, 16 May 2024 | Sidharth Mishra

The Opposition’s revival from near-disarray presents a formidable challenge but may fall short of the impact needed to dislodge the BJP-led NDA With phase four of the polling over, we are more than halfway through the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. There is no denying that the opposition INDIA bloc, led by...

Fostering innovation from schools to startups

Fostering innovation from schools to startups

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 | BIJU DHARMAPALAN

Early education is essential for shaping future innovators and entrepreneurs so that they can drive the nation towards a bright future The boundary between science and engineering is so narrow that it is hard to differentiate them. They are two sides of the same coin and they go hand-in-hand. Whereas science...

Bitter ballot battle

Bitter ballot battle

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 | Pioneer

Poll rivals are rarely known for praising one another, but the current discourse has hit rock bottom If the choice were for selecting the more entertaining option between the ongoing IPL or Lok Sabha elections, the latter — with its innovative taunts, snide remarks, branding family members with dirty accusations, obnoxious...

This election is wide open

This election is wide open

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 | Kalyani Shankar

Amidst predictions of a third-term triumph for Prime Minister Modi, internal rifts, defections and dwindling voter turnout inject an element of unpredictability Like many other countries, political parties in India often claim victory during elections even before official results are announced. It is part of their politics. The ongoing polls are...

SC judgments have strengthened democracy

SC judgments have strengthened democracy

Tuesday, 14 May 2024 | Akshat Khetan

Democratic spectacle owes its strength and boldness  to a series of landmark legal judgments that have fortified its foundations Democratic spectacle owes its strength and boldness  to a series of landmark legal judgments that have fortified its foundations Elections, serving as the cornerstone of democracy, offer a platform for citizens to...

Frenemies

Frenemies

Tuesday, 14 May 2024 | Pioneer

India seeks to neutralise China's economic hold but it beats US to become India's biggest trading partner In the realm of global economics, the dynamics of trade relationships often override geopolitics. India’s growing trade affinity with China is a living example of that: China has become India's largest trading partner in...

Regime change on cards in Nepal?

Regime change on cards in Nepal?

Tuesday, 14 May 2024 | Ashok K Mehta

Amid strained India-Nepal relations, speculation swirls around a potential regime change in Nepal Nepal’s late Foreign Minister Rishikesh Shah would say that Kathmandu is the rumour capital of the world and also the fount of speculation.  Our own Madhuri Dikshit once hailed Nepal as a beautiful country adding: “We’re lucky it...

Sunday Edition

Vibing to the dance of a 100 drums

12 May 2024 | Navneet Mendiratta | Agenda

Encalm’s warm embrace of Atithi Daivo Bhava

12 May 2024 | Shobori Ganguli | Agenda

Splendid Expedition Across Switzerland

12 May 2024 | AKANKSHA DEAN | Agenda

Let's Goa...

12 May 2024 | Pawan Soni | Agenda

Astroturf | Shape your destiny through conscious efforts

12 May 2024 | Bharat Bhushan Padmadeo | Agenda

Saving the Great Indian Bustard

12 May 2024 | BKP Sinha/ Arvind K jha | Agenda