India has a growing AI talent pool and a young workforce, yet employers struggle to find job-ready professionals. As Budget 2026 approaches, industry leaders highlight the widening gap between training and employability, calling for apprenticeships, workplace readiness, and outcome-focused skilling reforms.
A viral tweet has revived interest in the Pawar family's long-standing connection with Israel. While not diplomatic, the link traces back to agricultural learning in the 1970s, when Baramati adopted water-efficient farming ideas inspired by Israeli practices, thanks to late Padmashree Dr DG 'Appasaheb' Pawar.
The Economic Survey 2025–26 shows near-universal school enrolment in India, but flags that learning outcomes, teacher gaps and post-pandemic recovery remain uneven across states and student groups.
UGC's 2026 equity regulations aim to tackle discrimination across caste, gender, disability and institutional power. Yet public protests frame them narrowly through caste. This opinion piece examines why caste dominates the debate, what the rules actually do, and what the backlash reveals about how India talks about equity.
UGC's 2026 anti-discrimination regulations replace an old 2012 framework, expanding protections, tightening enforcement and formally including OBCs, gender minority, faculty and staff. As complaints of discrimination rise, critics fear misuse while supporters argue stronger safeguards are overdue. Here's what changed in the UGC equity rules since 2012, what hasn't, and why the debate has turned so heated.
IIT Kanpur has reported a disproportionate number of student suicides in recent years, raising urgent questions about institutional accountability, mental health systems, and academic culture. Despite task forces and guidelines, students continue to fall through cracks, exposing deep flaws in how India's elite institutes handle distress.
THE Subject Rankings 2026 reveal a stark gap between India and Asia's top universities. While China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea dominate the global top 100 across disciplines, India features just once. A closer look shows what Asian higher education systems are doing right, and what India is not.
A riveting conversation on Gandhi, Savarkar and Jinnah at JLF 2026 reveals how personal relationships, ideological clashes and political missteps shaped India's freedom and Partition. Historians Alex von Tunzelmann, Kishwar Desai and Makarand Paranjape unpack forgotten meetings, shifting identities and decisions that continue to shape India's politics today.
At the Jaipur Literature Festival, former CJI DY Chandrachud addressed concerns around Umar Khalid's prolonged detention, stressing that the right to a speedy trial is part of Article 21. He argued that unless strict exceptions apply, bail must remain the constitutional norm.
At the Jaipur Literature Festival, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud flagged how India's bail system is under strain as national security laws increasingly override personal liberty. He explained why bail must remain the rule and the three exceptions where bail can be denied, how prolonged trials turn detention into punishment, and what the Constitution says about freedom, innocence and state power.
