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Monday, September 22, 2025
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SubscriberWrites: India needs to up its infrastructure game. Roads to railway need massive makeovers

Statutory bodies and strict regulations must be in place to allay fears of private players, writes Nikhil Rajput.

SubscriberWrites: Ceiling on the number of street vendors helps no one. Better laws, facilities needed

Civil and legislative bodies should formulate a simple and accessible legal framework for the regulation of street vendors to safeguard their rights, writes Priyank Nagpal.

SubscriberWrites: Lack of knowledge of Ambedkar’s contribution to journalism points at caste-bias in newsrooms

The sociological structure of the Indian newsroom is such that SC/STs and OBCs are almost missing in the newsrooms, especially in decision-making positions, writes Vinay Damodar.

SubscriberWrites: Parents and children should actively work together to bridge generation and communication gap

Children should therefore place more trust in the older generation by giving them a chance to understand their point of view, writes Jayanti Sengupta Sharma

SubscriberWrites: Data assessment helps test the veracity of situations. But is also easily manipulated

The key to accuracy of results is proper collection and integrity of the data. Otherwise, the whole exercise is useless, writes Col KL Viswanathan.

SubscriberWrites: Management and NRI quotas bring down the quality of education

India is paying a heavy price for encouraging the practice of selling the seats to the rich and the mighty under the guise of management/NRI quota, writes Vaidyanathan Subrmanian.

SubscriberWrites: India’s education system fails the trans community. Sensitisation, reframing policy necessary

People who identify as transgender or non-binary frequently feel misunderstood in India’s cis-heteronormative culture, writes Aadya Tyagi.

SubscriberWrites: Policymakers need to identify bio rights as framework to eliminate poverty

Bio rights is a financing mechanism that provides global market players ecosystem services by paying small credits to the local communities, writes Ayush Anand.

SubscriberWrites: Urinary formic acid potential biomarker for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, study says

Economical tools like urinary biomarkers can be beneficial in early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, writes Dr Wamika Arun.

SubscriberWrites: Jyotirao Phule, the reformist knowns as Martin Luther of Maharashtra

Phule challenged the society based on social inequality, injustice and exploitation, and formed an organisation of Bahujans called Satya Shodhak Samaj, writes Vinay Damodar

On Camera

India’s IT firms must reduce dependence on North America, think long term

India’s IT services companies are not holding firms. They should focus on creating long-term value for shareholders instead of returning cash to keep share values up.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.