The last two decades have seen an explosion of aspirations and a manifold rise in the demand for education, but the country’s education system has not kept pace with this social reality.

Among the problems highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic was that of excessively demanding workplaces and burnout.

Karnataka is the only southern state where the BJP has the organisational spread and depth to win elections on its own. But evidently, the party, beset by corruption scandals and infighting, seems unsure of its governance record.

Three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, many of Mikhail Gorbachev’s presumed triumphs have turned out to be ephemeral.

It is easy to get swayed by the current of justifiable outrage at the reprehensible behaviour displayed in the videos.

Floods in Pakistan bear similarities to those in India. It's time for a collaborative mechanism to deal with extreme weather events

As Supertech towers crashed down, a mass of private tragedies became a public spectacle. At the Supertech demolition site, it was easy to forget, perhaps, that the two towers were once the brick-and-mortar embodiment of many families’ dreams

Challenge for new CPM secretary M V Govindan in Kerala: To hone and amplify party’s voice in its last citadel. Kerala is the last citadel of the CPM, the only state in India where left ideology continues to have political salience

US Fed signals more rate hikes ahead: As global macroeconomic environment becomes more uncertain, RBI must tread carefully. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said the Fed would “use our tools forcefully” to tackle inflation

India-China war of words shows Beijing in poor light — for trying to pull into its tensions with US a country struggling to survive. If Beijing is really a steadfast friend of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan people and the world would like it to show more purpose on this front instead of stirring the geopolitical pot.