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EDUCATION INEQUALITY IN INDIA
Paper leaks are the symptom, the jobs gold rush is the diseaseIndia's economy features a limited number of well-paying jobs and many low-wage positions. Young people pursue selective education and gove...
India’s prosperity problem: Public finances now compensate the majority for economic insecurity, regardless of growthIndia has significantly reduced extreme poverty, achieving a major development goal. However, recent economic growth has not broadly benefi...
NEET row, coaching stress to feature in Supreme Court panel final report on student suicidesA Supreme Court task force will highlight competitive exams as key student stress factors. Frequent curriculum changes and structural inequ...
Hindu Succession Act: When a woman’s property may go to her husband's legal heirs before her own parentsIndian law governing a woman's property after her death without a will prioritizes her husband's heirs over her own parents. This outdated ...
India emerges as AI opportunity hub, but UN panel warns of gaps in infrastructure, talent and safeguardsA UN-backed panel's initial report highlights India's AI healthcare successes but warns of a growing 'AI divide'. While India possesses tal...
Once known for drought & rejecting girl child, this village is now green haven that celebrates every girl born. All because one father turned his daughter's death into revolutionA father's grief over the loss of his daughter sparked a remarkable movement in a village in Rajasthan. Today, Piplantri celebrates the bir...
Future generations must know Emergency's dark deeds: Union Minister Dharmendra PradhanUnion Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has lauded NCERT's decision to include the Emergency period in Class IX textbooks. This move ai...
Rahul Gandhi turns 56, wishes pour in from Congress leaders, alliesRahul Gandhi turned 56 today. Political leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, extended bir...
India Inc. is profitable. So why isn’t it investing?Indian companies are making record profits, but they are not investing in new factories or infrastructure. This is creating fewer jobs and ...
Examination system in crisis: The urgent need to shift focus from cost to capabilityRecent examination fiascos highlight a critical need to reform India's testing system. Current procurement practices favor low costs over e...
BRICS+ agriculture beyond borders: Trade and resilience for a food-secure worldWith India’s leadership and BRICS+ cooperation, agriculture can become not only a source of food, but a foundation for resilience, prosperi...
Education policy failure is being dressed up as innovation, employer abdication as a skills gapIndian universities are failing to equip graduates with needed skills. Private firms now offer expensive courses, creating a barrier for ma...
India's birth rate has fallen below replacement: Elon MuskIndia's birth rate has dropped below the replacement level. This trend is particularly noticeable among educated women. The nation's fertil...
Elon Musk's tweet on India's falling birth rate goes viralElon Musk's comment on India's falling birth rate has gone viral. India's total fertility rate has now dropped below the replacement level....
Over 27% Indian households remain offline despite 95% mobile penetration: ReportIndia has achieved widespread mobile phone ownership. However, a significant digital divide persists. More than a quarter of Indian homes l...
Quote of the Day by Kailash Satyarthi: ‘For centuries, we were taught that anger is bad...’ - What the Nobel laureate understood about turning frustration into social changeQuote of the Day by Kailash Satyarthi challenges the notion that anger is always destructive. He advocates for transforming anger stemming ...
Anthropic, Gates Foundation launch $200 million partnership for AI in health, educationAnthropic and the Gates Foundation have teamed up to allocate $200 million over the span of four years, with the goal of advancing artifici...
NITI report says India has solved school access challenge, retention remains a hurdleIndia has succeeded in bringing children to school but struggles to keep them enrolled in higher classes. A NITI Aayog report reveals a sig...
India should focus more on reducing poverty than inequality: Arvind PanagariyaInequality is complex as well as multi-dimensional and in developing countries like India, poverty reduction should take precedence over in...
Financial inequality highest in India, China: International Monetary FundAccording to IMF, China and India have grown rapidly and reduced poverty sharply, however, this impressive economic performance has been ac...