Agriculture is too important to be given a cavalier, do-nothing approach. The GST Council's reform should be the start of something much bigger

Nimble regulation could fast-track research in cutting-edge medicine and enable doctors to deploy novel therapies for TB, cancer, autoimmune disorders, and Alzheimer's

Glimpsed in the infinite scroll of social media, they show what the world stands to lose if it looks away

GST Council pushing ahead with rate rationalisation will ease taxpayer burden and have revenue implications for Centre and states

Five years on, the Delhi HC's refusal to make vital distinctions — between constitutionally protected freedoms, which include the freedom to dissent, and a direct incitement to violence — is extremely disturbing

Both players model a version of strength that runs counter to the culture of cutthroat ascendancy

At the very least, it will send a message to the people of the besieged state that the nation acknowledges their crisis

Eat as you want, pay as you can is a radical reimagination of the community table

They threaten to shrink spaces for diplomacy. So far, New Delhi has done well to ignore such loose rhetoric

They could enable more effective and targeted interventions against the disease

India-China-Russia warmth masks gaps and contradictions while Delhi-Washington chill overshadows reality of shared interests.

Punjab’s farmers, the backbone of the nation’s food security, deserve more than token sympathy

In a world wracked by war and climate change, horror pushes the audience to the depths of darkness and danger

There’s a loser in all this, though — the Indian cotton farmer

Firing of CDC director is a new low in his administration’s approach to institutions.

Some consumption may get deferred in the immediate term. Some analysts have already begun marking down their growth forecasts for the year

After all, must one be made unwilling participants in someone’s morning motivational video or a witness to a stranger’s breakup in Dolby surround sound?

In his lecture series, RSS chief tried to frame a more inclusive Hindutva. But he fell short

Unless the metrics of academic success are diversified, seats in higher education expanded, and the school curricula strengthened not just in infrastructure but relevance, coaching will remain not just an option, but a perceived necessity in the rush to get a head start in life

Today, spoiled for choice, the path to a healthy life has become needlessly complicated. But the answer could be rather simple: Follow the bees

Authorities should take into account the need for systems that alert people in advance

Tourists are treated to consumerism with communist characteristics in Pyongyang

A careful step towards not only identifying but also addressing Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups is necessary to facilitate social inclusion, instead of assimilation

Even as India continues trade talks with the US, it must reiterate red lines, push ahead on domestic reforms

The question is more about people than technology