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As the Pegasus-WhatsApp breach raised concerns of privacy in India again; it is noteworthy that the Indian government had already designed and started operating mass surveillance systems, making privacy obsolete quite a while ago

While Delhi is struggling to breathe, the farms of Punjab and Haryana remain ablaze – bereft of alternatives, caught in a vicious cycle and knee-deep in debt, the farmers’ wishfully burnt fields are only reflective of their slipping fates

The streets of NCR today have become a haven for petty criminals who snatch, rob and even assault unsuspecting victims for meagre valuables that then fuel the notorious black market; discuss Abhay Singh, Piyush Ohrie & Rahul Singh

Growing up in the streets of Kolkata and becoming a stalwart of practical developmental economics, Abhijit Banerjee’s Nobel – that he shares with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer – has brought the prestigious award back to the country’s eastern shores after a long, anticipated wait

Since Jammu & Kashmir’s fate was overturned on August 5, the Valley has been caught in the winds of an agonising downward spiral – businesses are running dry, citizens feel alienated and democratic ideals are conspicuous only by their absence

Tuberculosis has plagued India for years but in modern times, the age old disease has taken a deadlier version. Patients across the country are now facing various challenges trying to procure the medication which is not in adequate supply

Steep duties on gold in India and simultaneous lower prices in foreign markets have made the yellow metal a most lucrative contraband for illegal smuggling – and, this wide network of deceit and illegal profiteering is today flourishing abundantly

Crisis in the automobile sector has been making headlines for a few while; now, this continuous slump in sales has crippled the entire value chain of the industry – from suppliers to manufacturers, all are embedded in this brewing financial catastrophe

Witnessing a 650 per cent per capita income growth in the last decade, Rajasthan's remote Barmer district is an exception that must become the norm for India to achieve self-sustenance and social prosperity

Despite decades of hue and cry that pettily politicised Assam as a state marred by external aggression emanating from large-scale illegal migration, only 5 per cent of the population has, so far, been excluded from the National Register

Though Amazon is burning in Brazil, the responsibility to prioritise its conservation must be shouldered by the entire world – a majority of which, even today, considers the perils of climate change mere hoax

Personal negligence – whether in carelessly crossing roads, avoiding helmets or taking selfies on railway tracks – has become a leading cause of premature death in Indian cities that are already brimming with people struggling to make their basic ends meet