The People Saving Species Most of Us Rarely Notice India’s wildlife conservation story is often told through tigers, elephants and rhinos. But some of the country’s most remarkable conservation battles involve animals that many Indians would struggle to recognise — and people whose names rarely make national headlines. Ask someone to name an Indian conservation […]

India’s Young Biotech Innovators: From Lab Experiments to Real-World Solutions One in which young scientists, researchers, students and entrepreneurs are increasingly being encouraged to take ideas beyond the laboratory and test whether they can work in the real world. For years, biotechnology in India was associated primarily with research laboratories, pharmaceutical manufacturing and vaccines. That […]

From Jugaad to Strategic Innovation: How India Is Building Its Next Technology Economy India’s technology story is entering a different phase. The ambition is no longer simply to find clever solutions with limited resources. It is increasingly about building the chips, computing infrastructure, scientific capabilities and intellectual property that allow India to shape the technologies […]

Your Household Budget Knows It There is a particular moment when an inflation number stops being an economic statistic and becomes a household conversation. It usually sounds something like this: India’s official retail inflation rate moved up to 4.82% in August 2026, from 4.45% in July, according to the latest Consumer Price Index release from […]

India has just produced the kind of economic number governments, businesses and economists like to put in bold type. Real GDP grew 7.8% year-on-year in April–June 2026, the first quarter of FY2026–27. Manufacturing grew 9.2%, real fixed investment rose 11.9% and private consumption increased 7.1%. Services also remained a major engine of expansion. And yet […]

IISc: Where India’s Scientific Ambition Becomes Research, Technology and Innovation In Bengaluru, there is a university campus where the trees are old, the laboratories are serious and the homework can occasionally involve problems that do not have answers at the back of the textbook. That institution is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Founded in […]

Amity University: From a Noida Campus to a Research, Skills and Global Education Network There was a time when choosing a university largely meant asking three questions: What course? What campus? What job after graduation? Today, the question is considerably bigger: What can a university actually help a student become? That question is particularly relevant […]

AI Innovation Meets a Governance Test India’s universities are being asked to do two very different things at the same time. They must prepare students for a world being transformed by artificial intelligence, advanced technology and rapidly changing employment patterns. At the same time, institutions — particularly private universities — are facing sharper questions about […]

LPU at 25: From Campus Learning to Careers, Startups and Global Skills A university campus can be many things. A place to attend lectures. A place to collect a degree. A place to discover friends, survive examinations and develop a mysterious ability to survive on hostel food. But the more interesting question for higher education […]

How India’s Celebrations Are Creating New Markets for Local Products India has a remarkable commercial calendar. Before one festival’s decorations have been packed away, another celebration is already approaching. Garba outfits appear. Then Bengali saris. Then diyas. Then bamboo baskets. Then winter handicrafts. Then Christmas décor. For consumers, it is a calendar of celebrations. For […]

Ganpati Visarjan 2026: For ten days, Lord Ganesha becomes part of the neighbourhood. He arrives with music, flowers and prayers. Children visit the pandal. Families prepare modaks. Friends stop by after work. Streets become brighter, noisier and considerably less interested in ordinary traffic rules. And then comes the difficult moment. Visarjan. On Friday, September 25, 2026, […]

India’s Festival Season 2026: Where India Comes Alive India does not simply celebrate festivals. It travels for them. As the final months of 2026 approach, India’s festival calendar is turning into one of the country’s biggest cultural travel seasons. From Navratri and Durga Puja to Diwali and Chhath, from the Pushkar Fair and Rann Utsav […]