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Shrinking the Red Corridor

By Arjun Malhotra 19 Dec 2025 07:54 IST

Standards are shaping development

From trade and technology to climate and health, standards quietly determine who competes, who complies and who is left behind. The World Development Report 2025 argues that development outcomes are increasingly shaped not by tariffs or capital flows, but by rules that govern quality, safety and interoperability. Treated strategically, standards can accelerate growth and inclusion. Ignored or copied blindly, they can deepen inequality and lock countries into low productivity futures.

By Ambreesh Mishra 18 Dec 2025 10:04 IST

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Time to let go of vaccine fears

Years after Covid vaccination, fears about long-term safety linger. But large scale international data and autopsy based studies are now offering the clearest reassurance yet.

By Haasini Iyer 17 Dec 2025 09:00 IST

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Living with a weaker rupee

The rupee’s decline has sparked familiar anxiety and speculation, but it is not the result of a sudden crisis or policy failure. It reflects a convergence of global dollar strength, trade uncertainty, persistent foreign capital outflows and India’s structural import dependence.

By Siddharth Iyer 16 Dec 2025 12:31 IST

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The radical power of stillness

Noise thrives on urgency, but meaning requires time. As constant stimulation fractures attention and exhausts thought, slowness and quiet emerge not as indulgences but as essential tools for clarity, creativity, and sustained impact. Choosing stillness becomes a way to resist distraction and restore depth in how we work, relate, and live.

By Arhan Bagati 15 Dec 2025 09:39 IST

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Free speech is not equal online

Free speech online is often discussed as a question of censorship versus liberty. But this framing misses a deeper reality. In digital spaces shaped by algorithms, business models and private enforcement, not all voices carry equal weight. The debate needs to move beyond whether speech is allowed, and confront who gets heard, who is side-lined and why.

By Sanvi Mukherjee 14 Dec 2025 11:50 IST

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Reviving rivers is economic sense

Reviving India’s rivers is far more than an ecological exercise. From boosting farm productivity and rural livelihoods to reducing urban flood losses, restoration delivers clear economic returns. Treating rivers as growth assets, not drainage channels, is essential to building a resilient future.

By Ananya Sen 13 Dec 2025 10:54 IST

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A UNESCO honour India must leverage

Deepavali’s inscription on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list is more than a symbolic victory. It offers India a rare strategic opening to redefine how living traditions are safeguarded, sustained and shared with the world.

By Akshansh Kashyap 12 Dec 2025 08:21 IST

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Civility too carries political value

As polarisation reshapes public debate, strengthening the conditions that support civil, evidence-based engagement is becoming essential for democratic resilience.

By Ishaan V Rao 11 Dec 2025 08:44 IST

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Illegality thrives, safety dies in Goa

A preventable nightclub fire that killed twenty five people has exposed long standing gaps in Goa’s safety oversight and raised urgent questions about the state’s regulatory culture.

By Aditi Verma 10 Dec 2025 08:42 IST

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