Machines Replace Hands

Sugarcane cutters lose work as mills mechanise. Lata Waghmar was 6 months pregnant when she cut her last bundle of sugarcane in Beed, Maharashtra. She...

Banks for Gen Z

At a two-day meeting with bankers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said banks must focus on Gen Z and deposit mobilization to support “Viksit Bhar...

Ken-Betwa: Water for Some, Loss for Others

Adivasi resistance grows. In Dadhan village, Madhya Pradesh, Adivasis are protesting the Ken-Betwa river linking project.

E20 Fuel: Clean Energy, Costly Confusion

Legacy cars pay the price. India’s push for E20 fuel — petrol with 20% ethanol — is meant to cut oil imports and emissions. But for 240 million legacy...

Politics Without Dignity

Tamil Nadu’s discourse turns personal. A remark by Leader of Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Udhayanidhi Stalin, during a Cauvery protest in Th...

Build Fast, Build Green

Andhra Pradesh’s Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department is trying to change its image from a "tree guard fee" bureaucracy to a tech...

Year Back, Life Lost

On August 12, 2026, Michi Marpu, a 20-year-old B.Tech student from Arunachal Pradesh, was found dead in his hostel room at Mar Athanasius College, Kot...

Rat-Hole Deaths: Policy Vacuum

The Meghalaya High Court committee has flagged that the state has failed to close rat-hole coal mines despite NGT’s 2014 ban. 45 deaths in East Jainti...

Census Without Fear

Census 2027 will have 40 questions vs 29 in 2011. New ones: COVID vaccination, digital literacy, internet access. RGI says no "private data" will be s...