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Turning waste to wealth: Indian Railways eyes fly ash market
With the success of cement freight reforms, Indian Railways is now looking to transform fly ash transportation into its next major ‘waste-to-wealth’ logistics opportunity.
How is the world tackling the issue of illegal migrants?
The world is shifting away from the humanitarian view of illegal migrants to a security-centric approach. Let’s understand the ‘Why’ and ‘How’ of this, and the Indian context.
India stayed afloat through a decade of global storms
Pandemics, wars, fuel shocks, shipping disruptions and tariffs. No major economy faced this many global crises together. Yet India kept growing. How did it survive?
Prejudice Premium and Narrative Risk: What to read in Western media’s headlines
Prejudiced framing in the international media benefits the Western countries but inflicts real financial costs on the non-Western countries. Know how it works.
Whispers of the Rain: Traditional Monsoon Indicators Along India's Monsoon Path
From the first golden showers over Kerala to the cloud-burst valleys of Manipur — a journey through millennia of nature-reading wisdom.
How multipolarity is emerging in the world and how India's foreign policy makes sense in long term
While the US loses global trust, Russia bleeds in Ukraine, and China burns goodwill, India has quietly become the pragmatic bridge-builder and most trusted player in a new multipolar world—here’s how.
What if India’s biggest growth story is actually its small businesses?
MSMEs are India’s most important economic equalisers. They convert aspiration into enterprise, monetise skill, stabilise families, generate dignity through self-employment and job creation, and export.
Great Nicobar project: Between environmental concerns and strategic cost
The Great Nicobar project is strategically important but widely opposed. Nearly 30% of global trade passes through the Strait of Malacca to the island’s east.
The 'Saraswati' that lived in India’s civilizational memory! Science may have found its trace...
A newly discovered buried river system beneath the Ganga-Yamuna Doab is reviving discussions around the Saraswati river through scientific evidence and geological research. Beyond faith and history, the discovery could significantly impact India’s understanding of ancient civilization patterns, groundwater security, and environmental change in the Indo-Gangetic plains.
Global economies scramble to manage the fuel crisis
Global economies are responding to the fuel crisis triggered by West Asia tensions with a variety of regional strategies. While Asia-Pacific and African nations have implemented strict emergency mandates and fuel rationing, European countries are focusing on long-term resilience through electrification and citizen subsidies.
Ayushman Bharat: Transforming India’s healthcare landscape, one life at a time
Often called the world’s largest government-funded healthcare scheme, Ayushman Bharat provides up to Rs 5 lakh per family annually for secondary and tertiary hospitalisation, becoming a lifeline for millions.
Is India ‘wastefully splurging’ on metros?
India's metro expansion is often criticised for low ridership and poor profitability, but this misreads how infrastructure works. Every major metro system in history, from London to Tokyo, took decades to reach full utilisation, and India is simply in the early, essential phase of building capacity for a rapidly urbanising future.