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India among top 5 for expanding research in critical technologies, despite low R&D investment

The Economic Survey 2025-26 shows India among the top five countries in 45 out of 64 critical technologies in the Critical Technology Tracker.

Why fixing near vision clears a surprisingly high bar for public investment

Near-vision loss quietly erodes productivity and income for millions of working adults at the last mile, yet fixing it is among the cheapest, fastest and most scalable ways for public and philanthropic capital to unlock human productivity.

India is growing, but not developing, says author Santosh Desai

At the launch of his book, Memes For Mummyji, Desai expanded on the widening gap between urban aspirations and reality, saying that while our ambitions have grown, cities have lagged.

Granta’s India issue goes into the heart of ‘vikas’. Restlessness written all over it

The Ramayana entering politics is not the collapse of reason alone; sometimes it is also the search for continuity in a decade that has moved faster than people can catch up with

West Bengal is a puzzle for this political scientist—’It was failed by its intellectuals’

Speaking at the launch of 'A Sixth of Humanity' by economist Arvind Subramanian and political scientist Devesh Kapur, Subramanian said the book has a theme of ‘precociousness’.

War has set back development in Gaza by 69 years, says UN report

UNDP and ESCWA warn of severe economic impact, poverty surge, and unemployment rise.

Mumbai needs 2.7L houses for all development, infra projects. How govt plans to build the stock

The state government, in a new policy seen by ThePrint, has made a number of proposals to create the requisite housing, including incentives for developers and unlocking vacant land.

Budget 2024 gives cosmetic solutions to unemployment—hollow shells where substance is needed

The measures announced in the Budget to address the problem of thwarted aspirations of young people don't seem to be a strategic response to the underlying issues.

Punjab’s Green Revolution-era success is long over. Four factors now constrain its economy

Realising that the economic, social and environmental situation in Punjab is a matter of national concern is the first step in working towards a new arrangement.

Once known for hunger deaths, Kalahandi is catching up fast. Smart classrooms to women-run cafés

Kalahandi Lok Sabha seat goes to polls on 13 May. Residents applaud pace of development, but emphasise need for job creation to arrest migration of labour.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.