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What it will take to finally defeat Tuberculosis

A shortage of global funding for medical research — which is only a third of what’s required — explains why decades have passed with no new TB treatments or vaccines.

Tuberculosis kills 4000 people everyday : Understanding the world’s problem with the deadly disease

From 2000 to 2015, TB claimed 33 million lives and cost the world economy an estimated $616 billion. By 2030, a further $1 trillion and 28 million lives may be lost. 

There’s no accurate data on Other Backward Classes. 2021 census should start counting

During the past month, a state-wide rally and a conference have been organised in Maharashtra to mobilise OBCs over the issue of caste census.

How Rajiv Gandhi, ‘such a nice man’, won and ruined India’s biggest mandate

When Rajiv Gandhi started he could do no wrong. Halfway through his five years, he could do no right. His tenure had many chastening lessons in how mega mandates can make you smug and self-destruct.

Civil service recruitment needs real reforms, not ad hoc approach

By turning the foundation course into an obstacle course, we will really convert the ‘Happy Valley’ into a ‘Paradise Lost’.

If Walmart can stretch the ordinary rupee, it can boost capitalism in India more powerfully than most

Walmart's relentless striving for “everyday low prices” make it a great envoy for capitalism in a price sensitive market like India. Is Walmart Inc.’s $16...

With civil-services revamp, enduring friendships at ‘Happy Valley’ will turn into competition

If the proposal comes through, scores awarded by the training academy will now be on par with those given by the UPSC, a constitutional body.

From vikas to garibi to anti-Congressism: the faltering Modi narrative

Modi can’t carry out an ‘anti-incumbency’ campaign against the Congress when he is the incumbent, he needs a new strategy for 2019. 

From Kanye West to Kangana Ranaut: How to advocate a cause, not its icon

Our icons are falling as quickly as new ones emerge in this fastest-finger-first social media era. Here’s a survivor’s tool-kit.

The suspicion over Aadhaar shows why IIT engineers don’t have solutions to India’s ills

As more business is transacted on the basis of our online behaviour and ‘intuitive functionality’, a liberal arts degree is the most sought-after skill in the American tech industry today.

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The big squeeze: Why India’s richest states are spending more but building less

As consumption, debt servicing and welfare schemes eat chunks out of productive investment, the future isn’t looking too rosy anymore.

Brigadier & son assaulted in South Delhi for objecting to public drinking. No FIR yet, Army seeks action

Army has written to Delhi Police seeking action against the accused involved in the Friday night episode.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.