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More Indian women in STEM but few are becoming leaders. Hard to retain them in workforce

Out of 52 per cent of women enrolled for science, technology, engineering and math courses for graduation, only 29 per cent actually joined the STEM workforce.

How an Odia queen became medieval Sri Lanka’s greatest politician

Queen Sundari’s husband had infuriated the Buddhist Sangha by appropriating their properties; she had to find a way to appease them.

Reform Muslim Personal Law now. It’s communal, sectarian, and anti-Islam

The diverging paths of legislative interventions in Muslim and Hindu personal laws is a result of the damaging effect that Muslim Personal Law symbolises in Indian politics.

Prashant Kishor is right. Modi’s nationalist pitch makes him undefeatable, not Hindutva

Easy for intellectuals to laugh at Modi's nationalist claims. But it is silly to dismiss them. Because the truth is that this strategy is working.

Netanyahu’s judicial reform has brought Israelis to the streets, even IDF is protesting

The bedrock of Israeli democracy has been an independent judiciary. The proposed bill, its critics say, tear this down.

EV sales cross 1 million mark in India. Govt can’t take its foot off subsidy pedal now

Make electric vehicles more affordable through policy instruments while also making petrol and diesel vehicles less attractive.

Lancet Covid letter isn’t about science — no empirical evidence, no disclosure of bias

More and more evidence is mounting in favour of a non-zoonotic laboratory origin for the killer virus. 

China hasn’t restored pre-April 2020 status quo. New Delhi’s muted response is also to blame

S Jaishankar said that China is a bigger economy and there is no merit in picking a fight. By this logic, Vietnam would not have fought the US or pushed back China.

Migration in Amrit Kaal creating inclusive metros. But it has clear political consequences

More than 37 per cent of people in India are internal migrants. This figure may increase when granular data is collected in the next census.

Why Theatre Commands must be accompanied by a Uniform Military Code

The differences on justice delivery among the individual Services exist mostly as a legacy of the British Acts from which the existing laws were derived.

On Camera

New promo video by PLA Navy is a teaser of China’s deep blue capabilities

Rather than functioning as conventional propaganda, the video operates as a device for interpretation, subtly shaping expectations about future developments in China’s naval trajectory.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.