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Women live longer, but spend 25% more of their lives in poor health. Why diagnosis matters

Women are living longer than men, but not healthier lives. Across regions and income levels, the World Economic Forum’s Closing the Women’s Health Gap report found...

4 ways India, Pakistan can protect women from extreme heat risk

Access to cooling is increasingly central to heat adaptation, but who can benefit from it remains deeply unequal.

San Francisco to Bengaluru—Three global cities leading the urban climate revolution

Something counterintuitive is happening. As political headwinds around sustainability intensify in some capitals, a different conversation is under way in other cities – not...

Why Japan is the ‘most trusted’ partner in 2026—Middle powers take the stage

For middle powers seeking to collaborate on advanced technologies, Japan stands out as one of the few peers with both the technological capability and strategic intent to lead.

The next great AI breakthrough isn’t a model—It’s infrastructure

The most consequential opportunity does not lie in deploying digital public infrastructure or AI in isolation. It lies in their convergence.

Energy transition is a fragmented, crisis-driven transformation

The challenge ahead is not only to accelerate the transition, but to manage its inherent instability: to design energy systems that are not only clean, but resilient to shocks.

5 ways workplaces can turn employee well-being into a competitive advantage

When leaders model healthy behaviours, balancing intensity with recovery, demonstrating vulnerability, and using available support, they shape norms across an organisation.

What’s the most powerful secret of healthy ageing? A sense of purpose

Community initiatives must pivot from passive engagement to generative activities. Gathering for a cause creates a significantly higher sense of well-being than gathering for leisure.

EU under pressure to make digital economy safer. AI can address this issue

To combat financial crime, policy-makers need to find ways to build trust in digital systems that don't involve simply expanding surveillance.

How reusable sanitary pads are helping girls stay in school in rural India

Across rural and tribal India, millions of women and girls still manage menstruation without safe products, accurate information or community support. And the barriers are rarely technological.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.