National Dental Commission, oral health

National Dental Commission can make oral health part of primary care

India’s new National Dental Commission must bring oral health into primary care, reform dental education, and widen affordable access. #oralhealth Read more »
higher education

Higher education inequality: Why access is not the same as opportunity

India has expanded higher education access, but not fairness, with institutional hierarchy, coaching markets, and cost barriers continue to shape who succeeds. #education Read more »
Supreme Court’s menstrual leave judgment rests on hiring fear

Menstrual leave judgment weakens Article 21’s promise of dignity

The Supreme Court’s menstrual leave judgment rests on a hiring-fear argument that sits uneasily with constitutional doctrine, state experiments, and global practice. Read more »
electric vehicles VS hybrids

What Honda’s electric vehicles retreat means for the future of mobility

Japan’s carmakers treated electric vehicles as niche, betting instead on hybrids, hydrogen and e-fuels while China benefitted from its focus on EVs and batteries. Read more »
air pollution

Air pollution inequality is turning clean air into a class privilege

Air pollution in India is not just an environmental failure, it is a question of justice, public health and unequal citizenship. #airpollution Read more »
Expensive healthcare real estate driving up costs

Healthcare real estate is driving costs, access, priorities

As hospitals become tenants and healthcare real estate turns into an asset class, rent obligations and investor priorities are beginning to influence medical decisions and system resilience. Read more »
women empowerment

Women empowerment incomplete without safety, work and agency

India has improved girls’ education and expanded protections, but women empowerment still falters where it matters most: agency, safety, and paid work. #womenempowerment Read more »
GM mustard

GM mustard delay has deepened India’s edible oil shortage

The delay in commercialising GM mustard after regulatory clearance in 2017 may have cost the country up to ₹30,900 crore in lost output, higher imports and missed farm gains. #GMcrop Read more »
higher education reforms

Higher education reform: How universities can restore academic rigour

Higher education reforms have become necessary. Universities must return to their core mission of fostering critical thinking and intellectual rigour. #Education Read more »
Indonesia’s President Prabowo with US President Trump to sign up for the Board of Peace.

Responding to the US-Iran War: Indonesia’s Board of Peace dilemma intensifies

The US-Iran war is forcing Indonesia to reassess its Gaza Board of Peace stance, balancing neutrality, public pressure, and support for Palestine. Read more »