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Why industry-driven, tailored courses are an alternative to bachelor’s degrees
As the worth of the time-tested bachelor’s degree becomes questionable, a bevy of newbies is luring students with new and attractive propositions

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 02:49 PM IST
Ecostani: India walking out of Indus Waters Treaty and its hydrological impact
Climate change has already reduced water flow in Indus; suspension of the Treaty would hit at least three big hydro projects and agriculture in Pakistan.

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 01:30 PM IST

Germany’s New Coalition Plans a Crackdown on Free Speech
Centrist parties seek to impose tighter controls on public debate, all in the name of democracy.

Published on Apr 28, 2025 07:22 AM IST

WSJ

The Russian Military Moves That Have Europe on Edge
Putin is expanding bases and preparing to move more troops to European border regions far from Ukraine. “We’re expecting some conflict with NATO.”

Published on Apr 28, 2025 07:20 AM IST

WSJ

America Inc. Slashes Spending as Tariff Uncertainty Swirls
CEOs are pausing travel, delaying construction projects and slowing hiring in response to tariffs and cloudy economic forecasts: “Control the controllables.”

Published on Apr 28, 2025 07:19 AM IST

WSJ

The pope’s last coded message
The message that shone through Francis’s provisions for his departure was that the true place of his church was on the margins of society.

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 07:18 AM IST

The Economist

Tensions soar as India weighs how to hit Pakistan
Yet India has few good options for more muscular kinetic action that would not risk provoking a bigger conflict

Published on Apr 28, 2025 07:15 AM IST

The Economist
Fadnavis’s go-to-man for every emergency
Deputy CM Eknath Shinde's Kashmir visit for tourist evacuation followed the Pahalgam attack, while Minister Girish Mahajan handles coordination quietly.

Updated on Apr 28, 2025 05:54 AM IST
Women pedal their way to freedom
Working-class women typically travel shorter distances and make multiple stops to run errands during a single journey.

Published on Apr 28, 2025 05:12 AM IST
The journey ahead in India-China ties
Restarting after a gap of five years, the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is a cautious and agreeable step in normalising ties

Published on Apr 27, 2025 08:12 PM IST
Falling short on credibility
Pakistan PM’s offer to join in a neutral probe on Pahalgam is duplicitous

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 08:09 PM IST
From cosmos to classrooms, the Kasturirangan impact
Kasturirangan recognised that the key to India’s growth lay in empowering its youngest minds with the foundational skills

Published on Apr 27, 2025 08:05 PM IST
A civilian duty to India after Pahalgam attack
We need to stand with the victims and show solidarity towards the Kashmiri people, as they have lost more lives and livelihoods than other parts of India

Published on Apr 27, 2025 08:03 PM IST
Challenges New Delhi faces in responding to Pahalgam
India will have to factor in domestic political compulsions, bilateral impact, and international perception as it debates its options

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 07:59 PM IST
MP: As baton is passed, Mohan Yadav tries to leave behind Shivraj legacy
Mohan Yadav was appointed as CM of Madhya Pradesh in December 2023, replacing Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who had been CM for 16 years

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 04:05 PM IST
Book Box : Reading China - Part 1
Traveling from Hong Kong to Mainland China, I reflect on the rapid transformation of China while reading insightful books that reveal its complex history.

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 01:28 PM IST
Just Like That| British museums: Curators of plundered Indian wealth, culture
Among the most evocative looted object is Tipu Sultan’s mechanical tiger, a wooden automaton depicting a tiger mauling a British soldier

Published on Apr 27, 2025 11:16 AM IST
Neeraj to Dalilah, finding ways to stay motivated
Winning against the world’s best is a tough act, but finding the excitement and energy for a long career isn’t easy

Published on Apr 27, 2025 06:38 AM IST
The bark and bite of Indus Waters Treaty
Currently, India lacks the required infrastructure to use the Indus system as an effective hydro-disciplinary tool.

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 01:55 AM IST
Across the border: An army’s rising desperation
Pakistan is still fighting ghosts. The only thing going for it, and why it is still dangerous, is that its army is suicidal

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 08:47 PM IST
In Bihar, women script a tale of empowerment with goat rearing
Project Mesha has led to para-veterinary services for goats becoming a key pathway for women’s economic and social empowerment

Published on Apr 26, 2025 08:44 PM IST
Revealed: The mystery that Agatha Christie was
Lucy Worsley’s A Very Elusive Woman -- a fascinating biography of Christie -- reveals much about the author at her desk and in her home

Published on Apr 26, 2025 08:35 PM IST
After Pahalgam, a nation united in battling terror
Trusting the government to do the right thing with all its might and maturity, we must assist it by resisting giving in to communal passions

Published on Apr 26, 2025 08:01 PM IST
Health Talk: India’s 2026 target of measles-rubella elimination is achievable
India runs the world’s largest vaccination programme for pregnant women and children – 29 million pregnant women and 26 million newborns are covered annually

Published on Apr 26, 2025 04:38 PM IST
Tariff wars and their effects on social development
This article is authored by Gunwant Singh, scholar, international relations and security studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 03:03 PM IST
Just someone I used to know?: Charles Assisi writes on fading intimacy
When friends, or ex-lovers, drift apart, it may leave no bruises. But it’s still hard to reconcile, isn’t it, the quiet loss of a bond that once meant so much?

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 03:14 PM IST
Mental health: A trigger for NCDs
This article is authored by Dr Atul Goel and Dr Bhavuk Garg.

Published on Apr 26, 2025 02:56 PM IST
Workout tunes: Sanjoy Narayan puts together a playlist to help you flex
‘I went from punk rock deadlifts to squatting with Miles Davis,’ Narayan says, ‘and discovered that jazz is the ultimate soundtrack to strength-training.’

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 03:10 PM IST
Palm before the storm: A look at how gestures can be misunderstood
The cheery thumbs-up can mean “f**k you”. A raised palm, in Greece, is considered a deep insult. Adam Jacot de Boinod has more, in this week’s Capital Letters.

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 03:08 PM IST
The new ‘security dilemma’ and international relations
This article is authored by Sriparna Pathak.

Updated on Apr 26, 2025 02:44 PM IST