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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Topic: WEF

Fashion has gone from physical clothes to digital identity. It’s defined by code & pixels

The real question is no longer what fashion looks like or how it’s made, but who gets to shape it and why it matters.

Middle East and Asia are leading food-water innovation—a blueprint for the world

Emerging economies are turning resource scarcity into a catalyst for ingenuity. Asia Pacific and the Middle East are key growth markets for green food and water technology.

What Japan can teach us about tackling rising heat in everyday life

Addressing the threat of extreme heat requires long-term, sustained climate action. Equally critical are immediate measures that protect the most vulnerable from heat-related illness.

Global gender gap narrows to 68.8% but full parity 123 yrs away, finds World Economic Forum report

WEF's Global Gender Gap Report 2025 shows Iceland remains global leader in gender equality for 16th consecutive yr at 92.6%. India among lowest-ranked countries in South Asia.

How climate change is taking a toll on people’s mental health

More countries now recognise the link between mental health and shifting climate patterns, but very few have plans for how to address it.

We’re building ‘anxious cities’. How urban design can avoid this

Delhi's slum-dwelling adolescents and their affluent counterparts show major mental health disparities. Inadequate infrastructure and limited privacy intensify symptoms of depression.

Women’s health is a moral issue & an economic opportunity—worth $1 trillion

Despite comprising 49.7% of the world’s population, women’s health receives just 5% of global healthcare research and development funding.

AI is reshaping the traditional career ladder, with entry-level jobs at risk

While 170 million new jobs are projected to be created this decade, the rise of AI-powered tools threatens to automate as many roles as it creates.

How Japan is using online tools to make education truly democratic

The rise of online institutions at the high school level is gaining momentum in Japan. They reduce educational disparities by helping students learn without geographic constraints.

Zero waste served Indian-style—why the future of food sustainability lies in the past

In rural India, solar drying technology is being used to preserve surplus crops. Such innovations bridge traditional wisdom with contemporary solutions.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.