Record patent filings in recent years suggest an expanding research ecosystem. Yet with only a fraction granted and even fewer commercially worked, scale may be outpacing substance.

Global growth is weakening as rising trade barriers and an increasingly uncertain global policy environment continue to weigh on economies worldwide

Robust economic objectives can be achieved not just by spouting numbers but when growth is equitable

Despite optimistic claims of poverty elimination in India, significant changes in survey methodology over the years and the persistence of outdated poverty lines render such conclusions dubious

About 28 million unemployed educated youth in India are looking for jobs. And about 100 million, mostly women, have stopped looking for jobs

The slowdown should be a wake-up call for the government to take remedial action especially to address weakness on the demand side

Youth rage over unemployment, paper leaks, economic disparity, and India’s grim future persists