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Midway through his event at the National Para Athletics Championships in Chennai recently, Navdeep Singh — India’s gold medallist in the javelin throw (T41 class for athletes with short stature) at the Paris Paralympics — was fairly relaxed. Seated in the company of the chief coach of the Indian national team Satyanarayana and Nishad Kumar, … Read more

NEP, language row Apprehensions about the language issue in the New Education Policy must be sincerely addressed. India’s diverse cultural identities should not be marred by any of the hegemonic policies imposed by the Centre. We have already seen that it is this issue that has caused much strife in the past. The success of … Read more

Even as State after State is splurging on cash transfers for women, the most vulnerable among them, pregnant women, continue to be deprived of their legal right to maternity benefits. Worse, whatever little used to be paid to them seems to be shrinking. The main responsibility for this lies with the central government. Under the … Read more

‘The approach to passenger safety and convenience is at best tragically outdated’ | Photo Credit: ANI In the cacophony of religious fervour for a holy dip at the Kumbh, amidst bustling railway stations, jostling crowds, and ceaseless proclamations by Indian Railways about the number of train services and the passengers ferried to Prayagraj, lies an … Read more

MLAs Sanjay Saraogi, Jibesh Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Raju Kumar Singh, Krishna Kumar Mantu, Vijay Kumar Mandal, and Moti Lal Prasad during their swearing-in ceremony as Cabinet Ministers, in Patna, on February 26, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Seven new Ministers — all from the BJP — took oath to join Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s … Read more

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is an autonomous body established by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in 1994 to systematically assess and accredit the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) in India, with the objective of quality assurance and improvement in the quality of education. Over the years, the NAAC rating has acquired a lot … Read more

Recently, I participated in a panel discussion at the Azim Premji University in Bengaluru as part of the Wipro Earthian Awards. This gathering brought together participants from diverse backgrounds — students and educators from remote villages, tier-2 and tier-3 cities, and major urban centers — each with their perspectives and experiences in environmental stewardship. The … Read more

A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare. But as experts on the entangled history of life and our planet, we propose that the coevolution of life and Earth’s surface environment may have unfolded in a way that makes the evolutionary … Read more

America has already lost its global competitive edge in science, and funding cuts proposed in early 2025 may further a precipitous decline. Proposed cuts to the federal agencies that fund scientific research could undercut America’s global competitiveness, with negative impacts on the economy and the ability to attract and train the next generation of researchers. I’m an astronomer, and … Read more

Students will be better prepared for success in their careers if their learning is driven by curricular outputs. Learning outcomes has become a focus in education policy and pedagogy. But schools need to move beyond textbook learning and education should shift focus from rigid learning objectives to achieving dynamic curricular outputs. Schools need to implement … Read more