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Print and electronic media are coping admirably with the upheavals being wrought by social media.

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar wanted to issue an advisory to the enforcement agencies to refrain from going after the opposition politicians after EC announced MCC, but he was overruled by his colleagues. Why?

Press freedom in India has been badly hit by the gobbling up of media platforms by a few large companies.

For nine of the last ten years, the most searches were for why Apple products and Evian water are so expensive.

Following recent hostilities in Gaza, the once-promising IMEC – India-Middle East-Europe Corridor – succumbs to geopolitical pressures, raising questions about the future of regional trade routes and alliances.

Mahatma Gandhi’s mind reveals both the individual and collective shaping of India’s mind. Why does Ram hold the place he does in the Indian psyche? Also, why is Krishna difficult for people?

Removing institutional bottlenecks will attract foreign and domestic participation in India’s nuclear energy programme.

Whimsical and capricious behaviour by public officials is not the sign of a democratic polity, but an absolutist one. The rule of law becomes the rule of the petty bureaucrat.

Exploring the Depths of Electoral Integrity: The Battle Over EVMs and Voter Trust. Amidst increasing scrutiny, the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 face challenges from technological trust to the transparency of the voting process.

The poor conditions at the world’s largest refugee camps have affected both the physical and mental health of the one million occupants.

The Rohingya are seen as “foreigners” and designated as “Bengalis” by the majority Buddhist ruling classes of Myanmar. They have been denied citizenship and excluded from any future vision of Myanmar, as the nation grapples with issues of ethnicity, religion and citizenship.

The Houthi attacks on ships may offer the region a chance to reinvent how it deals with supply chain disruptions.

Fair access to water is an issue for millions of people in India. Who controls access and how this is governed needs fixing.

On February 01, a Varanasi district court allowed Hindus to […]

A pre-pandemic survey of time use in India showed that in both urban and rural areas, girls and women aged 6+ were several times more likely than boys and men to do care work and especially domestic work — and the ones who did spend several times as long doing it. These multiplying disparities mean domestic work takes up about 10 times as much of girls’ and women’s time.