How India’s Rural Revolution Redefined Global Development

How India’s Rural Revolution Redefined Global Development

Saturday, 14 June 2025 | Binod Anand

Some statistics stop you in your tracks. They don’t just tell you a story — they change the very narrative of a nation. One such number is this: India’s extreme poverty rate has fallen from 27.1 per cent in 2011-12 to just 5.3 per cent in 2022-23. That means 269...

Gandhi’s ‘Indian Opinion’ and its message for the digital age

Gandhi’s ‘Indian Opinion’ and its message for the digital age

Friday, 13 June 2025 | Rajdeep Pathak

In today’s digital world of misinformation and fleeting outrage, Gandhi’s model of principled media — anchored in trust, restraint and purpose — offers a timeless blueprint for using technology to serve truth, not trends On June 4, 1903, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched The Indian Opinion in South Africa, a publication that...

A Silent Revolution in Justice Delivery

Friday, 13 June 2025 | Vipul Yadav

The Legal Aid Defense Counsel System (LADCS) in India is emerging as a critical initiative to enhance access to justice for the poor and marginalized. Launched by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), LADCS operationalises the constitutional rights to life and personal liberty (Article 21) and the state’s duty to...

Falling Fertility Rate: Crisis or course correction

Friday, 13 June 2025 | Pioneer

India’s demographic story is changing and with it comes a new set of opportunities and challenges India, with concerns about overpopulation, now faces a very different demographic dilemma — one marked not by too many births, but by too few. According to the UNFPA’s State of World Population 2025 report, India’s...

Trump takes aim at Ivy League

Trump takes aim at Ivy League

Friday, 13 June 2025 | Kalyani Shankar

In a controversial campaign, President Donald Trump has launched an aggressive offensive against America’s most prestigious universities, particularly Ivy League institutions, through funding cuts, policy investigations, and harsh rhetoric US President Donald Trump has targeted top US universities during his second term. He has been waging a war on Ivy League...

From Myth to Mission: The Untold Story of India’s Women Warriors

Thursday, 12 June 2025 | Priyal Bhardwaj

Traditionally, across civilisations, women have not played a direct role in wars and battles. In early societies, the preservation and safety of women were seen as vital to the survival and continuity of communities. Yet history offers many powerful exceptions — women who defied convention and proved themselves as exceptional...

RBI shields India from global turbulence, spur domestic growth

RBI shields India from global turbulence, spur domestic growth

Thursday, 12 June 2025 | Shivaji Sarkar

In an assertive policy pivot aimed at shielding the Indian economy from both internal slowdown and external headwinds, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) repo and Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) cut decisions reflect an urgency to fortify domestic demand and build monetary buffers ahead of any external shocks. The repo rate...

Film Festivals and the 3C Mantra: Creativity, Culture, Commerce

Film Festivals and the 3C Mantra: Creativity, Culture, Commerce

Thursday, 12 June 2025 | chaitanya k prasad

In an era marked by technological acceleration and cultural fluidity, film festivals serve as vital spaces of connection and creation. They are where artistic vision finds commercial grounding and where the business of cinema becomes inseparable from the soul of storytelling. The 3C’s mantra that defines the film festival ecosystem —...

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Desserts à la Lille: Park Street’s Newest Indulgence

14 June 2025 | Antara Mohan | Ranchi

The Empty Benches

14 June 2025 | Sheetal Bagaria | Ranchi

12 JUNE 2025: When the Sky Shattered

14 June 2025 | Major (Dr.) Mohommed Ali Shah ( Veteran). | Ranchi

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Are you being duped?

08 June 2025 | Subhash Chandra Agrawal | Agenda

Almost halfway in 2025

08 June 2025 | Abhi Singhal | Agenda

Rise of picantes: The zesty delight

08 June 2025 | Team Agenda | Agenda

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08 June 2025 | Team Agenda | Agenda

Between hills and heaven

08 June 2025 | Team Agenda | Agenda

Living Slowly in Village Peace

08 June 2025 | SAKSHI PRIYA | Agenda