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Ravaged by Covid-19, Indian businesses are hoping that the ongoing festival and wedding season will put them on the path to recovery

Ahead of World Adoption Day (November 9), a single parent retraces the unique joys and challenges that arrive home with the child

Indira Gandhi gave orders, while Rajiv, as Prime Minister, sought ideas to steer India towards modernisation

The vote count in the US general election reveals a deepening of the schisms that brought Trump to power

Along with equal representation in politics, women in Bihar need enhanced access to education, health and employment

As extreme rainfall and flooding of major cities become regular features, it’s time urban infrastructure factored in effects of climate change

Libraries are pivotal spaces in times of crises. More so in a pandemic, when the mental health of a nation is at stake

Post the pandemic, the country’s public and private sectors must combine lessons from the ancient past with modern-day solutions for sustainability

Artist and costume designer Bhanu Athaiya’s imprint on Indian films and fashion is indelible

The havoc caused to land by agricultural practices is not lost on us, but we don’t know how to reverse it, observes Navin Ramankutty, winner of the 20th Wihuri International Prize

The fear of Covid-19 is pushing many to try a slew of so-called natural immunity boosters, but doctors warn of the dangers of untested self-medication

Delhi’s own stretch of the Aravali Range is steeped in history but seems to have fallen off the city’s mental map, writes Thomas Crowley in his new book

A former employee recalls how the World Food Programme, recipient of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize, acquainted her with the grim and disparate realities of her country

Organisations across the country are using art forms to develop social campaigns on the Covid-19 pandemic

An Indian single malt whisky has been judged the third best in the world. Here’s why

Mumbai’s Dharavi and Kibera in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, share many similar challenges, as also the resolve to beat Covid-19 from their dangerously congested living spaces

A writ petition in the Supreme Court argues that animals have legal entitlements. A look at the Constitution and the judiciary’s progressive animal rights record

A train wreck that began in slow motion, the Trump presidency has now plunged the US into social and economic chaos

As the buzz around a vaccine rises, people want to know if it can keep them safe

A new compendium underlines the tasks, challenges and milestones of India’s Take-Home-Rations (THR) programme, along with its role it minimising the Covid-19 pandemic’s nutritional impact

Rationalist movements are swelling in ranks after a lull of three decades

Negotiating the India-China border dispute has been a saga of missed opportunities and half-chances

A call for a freedom movement against data mining by the modern-day avatars of the erstwhile East India Company

Even after recovering from Covid-19, a small section of people are showing symptoms of crushing fatigue, lung damage and other health problems