The Green India Mission relies on outdated and distorted data from the Forest Survey of India and is implemented by the Forest Department, which lacks a science- and nature-based approach. A new, people-oriented, science-driven strategy is needed to truly green the Western Ghats.
India’s refusal last week to sign the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) joint statement has brought to the fore the big gap between the forum’s declared commitment to combatting terrorism and its traditional blind eye to Pakistan-sponsored violent extremism in India.
It is time India reconfigured its global engagements, going beyond old-world romanticism and Cold War calculations.
The American strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan have brought to the fore three major issues: The success of the strikes, the future of Iran’s highly enriched uranium (HEU), and the nature of US-Israel-Iran dealings going forward.
Government's decision to conduct a household income survey is welcome. It should learn from past exercises and experiences of other countries.
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukhla and three others docked with the International Space Station (ISS) recently.
Ten minutes after the Axiom-4 launch, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla stated that the lift-off marked not only the start of his journey to the ISS but also the beginning of India’s human spaceflight program.
Recently, Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched an outreach programme.
Now beset by a rising tide of strong-armed rulers and demagogues worldwide, democracy is also the best check on their unrestrained power. Those who resisted the Emergency understood this.
The Emergency was imposed exactly 50 years ago on June 25, 1975.
Worldwide reactions to the US attack on Iran demonstrate once again that we live in an age of moral paralysis.
Gyanish Kumar Mishra, a young entrepreneur, with support from the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme, has transformed a traditional crop — foxnut, or makhana — into a nationally recognised brand of flavoured snacks.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes 11 years in office, it’s time for a stocktaking of his government’s achievements at the macro level, and a framing of the challenges that lie ahead.
The United States launched strikes on Iran’s key nuclear facilities at Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz, all critical sites involved in enriching uranium to potentially weapons-grade levels for nuclear bomb development.
Solution to import dependence on vegetable oil does not lie in hiking MSP.
Islamabad has extended strong rhetorical support to Tehran amid the ongoing Iran-Israel conflict.
The Indian government's move to limit AC temperatures between 20°C and 28°C is a small technical step with major symbolic significance in rethinking our approach to cooling.
When it comes to critical minerals, India cannot rely on China — it needs to fast track its own exploration.
The government’s decision to revise the Green India Mission (GIM) and focus on restoring vulnerable landscapes, such as those in the Aravalli range, the Western Ghats and the Himalaya, is welcome.
Israel’s recent strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to military activity around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, witnessed the erosion of a longstanding principle: That nuclear facilities must be protected, in war and peace.
For its economy, India must get closer to the world.
Israel and Iran have been attacking each other, and there is no saying how bad the war situation could get. But India’s stock markets have remained calm.
The 16th census marks a significant milestone: it will include the first nationwide caste enumeration since 1931.
As the G7 summit unfolds in Canada, global attention risks being diverted by fringe protests and rhetorical distractions. Amid this backdrop, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s presence is a significant diplomatic opportunity for India to navigate a fractured Western alliance and assert its role in the emerging global order.
After the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, authorities are using DNA analysis to identify the remains of those killed in the accident.
India-EU partnership is a stabilising force amid turbulence.
Celebrating those who resisted invasions is not chauvinism — it’s reclaiming history.
India’s real fertility crisis is about choice, not numbers.
Regimes of free speech are fundamentally regimes of trust. They rely on a healthy distrust of the power of the state.
An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner flying from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick with 242 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff recently.
India’s aspiration to be “viksit” by the centenary year of its independence, while adhering to the net zero carbon emissions target for 2070, needs a strategy for sustained per capita energy use.
Drone warfare came home during Op Sindoor.
Trump-era volatility has drawn India and Europe closer.
The Axiom-4 Mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Wednesday.
After Op Sindoor, what is needed is a shift from episodic response to permanent institutional architecture combating terror.
The travel of Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station (ISS) on the Axiom-4 mission on Wednesday marks the beginning of a new era in Indian space.
India’s wind sector must innovate and secure, not just scale.
India's share of global apparel trade is only 3% and has stayed the same for the last 20 years.
The June meeting of the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee contained many surprises.
The Indian economy is on the threshold of crossing another milestone and becoming the fourth-largest in the world.
The question lies that could the Chinese dams can affect Brahmaputra flow in India.
Faith leaders can play a pivotal role in rekindling the sense of connection with the planet, with nature, and creating a sense of urgency in people for its preservation.
With prey base declining, the animal can stray out of reserves.
The Centre on Wednesday announced that the much delayed Census 2021 will be held in two phases beginning October 1, 2026 and March 1, 2027.
Over the past few years, civil society in Ladakh has raised demands for inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. The new regulations address some of these concerns, but fall short in significant ways.
Italy’s Mount Etna, the largest volcano in Europe, produced an explosive eruption recently, sending a huge cloud of ash, smoke and rock fragments several kilometres into the sky.
Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web may have redefined the battlefield and changed modern warfare.
Clocking 6.5 per cent growth in 2024-25 amidst all the global uncertainties is creditable and encouraging.
GDP figures show India is back on the road to growth.
Security imperative must be insulated from politics. Only then will it engender a security that endures.
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