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.

In East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia, a 10-year-old boy’s suicide exposes the limits of income-based poverty metrics. Multidimensional data show that deprivation in Indonesia often clusters long before a family is officially classified as poor.

The country has rushed to embrace artificial intelligence. Its impacts on jobs, the electrical grid and water availability need to be taken into account.

The India–EU Free Trade Agreement is expected to expand exports and employment. But many of the sectors set to benefit are also among India’s most polluting, raising doubts about whether environmental oversight can keep pace.

Gender equality and women’s rights remain among the most critical yet inadequately fulfilled global development priorities. Despite decades of international commitments, legal reforms, and policy frameworks, progress toward gender parity has been uneven, slow, and, in some contexts, reversing. women’s empowerment, suffers due to persistent socio-cultural and structural barriers. Achieving gender equality is not merely a matter of social justice but a prerequisite for sustainable development, inclusive growth, and democratic resilience. Accelerated, coordinated, and accountable action is imperative to transform commitments into measurable outcomes for women and girls worldwide.

Bangladesh’s February 12 vote seeks to end rule, redefining politics as BNP resurges and Jamaat offers an alternative after Hasina’s era

Suman’s voice, texture, and range were strikingly similar to Lata’s, so listeners, radio stations, and even music directors initially mistook her for Lata.

There is a temporary thaw in US-China relations, but India will have to balance its ties deftly with both powers.

Lyricists in Hindi film songs remain unrecognized, overshadowed by singers and composers, except among connoisseurs.

Conceived as tribute after Gandhi’s assassination, the song chronicled his life, decried violence, moved Nehru to tears, and sold a million copies in first month.