Demystifying economic growth
DC Pathak
Some academicians describe economics as science because it submits to facts, measures up to logic, and defines principles that are lasting enough even...
Plight of old people
Prof Aurobindo Mazumdar
Throughout the world, large numbers of older persons face challenges such as discrimination, poverty, and abuse that severely restrict their rights and...
‘Circular economy’ needed to end plastic pollution
Rafiqua Ahmed
This year, the theme on World Environment Day was ‘Solution to Plastic Pollution’. In India, the Government has tried to control the menace...
Road infrastructure to boost development in NE
Nijara Deka
The Government of India has initiated various national highway projects of significant investment in the Northeast. The highway projects are expected to enhance...
Spectral proletariat
Uddalak Mukherjee
In early July, a ‘civil servant’ committed suicide in South Korea. The remains were discovered at the bottom of a stairwell at the...
Jobs remain elusive
Alok Tiwari
Among the failings of the Modi government in the last 10 years, the biggest has been on the employment front. True to its...
Multidisciplinary education is the gift of ancient India
Dr. Mukul Chandra Bora
(Director, Dibrugarh University Institute of Engineering and Technology)
The concept of multidisciplinary education and research is not new, as it is perceived...
Global Warming & Rains
Steven Sherwood & Anna Ukkola
The past century of human-induced warming has increased rainfall variability over 75% of the Earth’s land area – particularly over...
Chipko spirit needed to save Himalayan ecology
Bharat Dogra
peaking at an event ‘Mountain Dialogues’ on July 26 in New Delhi, the former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir NN Vohra made a...
The Revolution Next Door: In Bangladesh, the Students Have Won
Bharat Bhushan
As of 5 August, Sheikh Hasina has resigned as Bangladesh Prime Minister – and fled Dhaka. Soon after, the Bangladeshi Army announced that...
Bangladesh Follows Pakistan’s Arc
Rahul Shivshankar
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country after resigning from her post.
At least Sheikh Hasina got to set the terms of her...
The life cycle of stars
By Priyanka Shrivas
The universe is a vast expanse filled with countless stars, each at a different stage of its life cycle. From the birth...
