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INDIA AS A GLOBAL STUDY CENTRE

Outdated curricula, inadequate infrastructure and ill-trained faculty have been the bane of Indian higher education. A structural overhaul, strict oversight and emphasis on digital education will raise standards to global levels

BECOMING THE HUB OF GLOBAL AVIATION

India's aviation sector is poised for unprecedented growth, with both domestic and international passenger numbers and aircraft fleet expected to double by FY30. This rapid expansion presents a unique opportunity to establish the country as an international aviation hub.

MAKING A GLOBAL MARK

Indian industry has to seize the Make in India moment and take advantage of the opportunities the government is creating through its enabling business and foreign policies to become masters of the world, not just of their home ground

FAST LANE TO PROGRESS

India's ambitious infrastructure drive is transforming roads, railways and aviation while integrating climate resilience, positioning the nation for accelerated growth and global competitiveness by 2047

SHAPING THE NEXT TOURISM POWERHOUSE

With rich cultural heritage and natural beauty, India can become a global tourism favourite. But sustainability should be at the heart of all such efforts

HONING THE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT

India is the fifth largest economy in the world, with a GDP of $3.2 trillion in 2023, and we have been growing at an average rate of 7.6 per cent in the past decade.

BUILDING A LOGISTICS SPEEDWAY

By investing in infrastructure, enhancing data visibility, and optimising Digital Public Infrastructure and asset use, India can build a world-class logistics sector

IN NEED OF A BOOSTER DOSE

INDIA CANNOT TAKE ITS EYE OFF THE BALL IF IT HAS TO MAINTAIN A GROWTH RATE OF 7-8 PER CENT IN THE NEXT TWO DECADES TO BREAK INTO THE LEAGUE OF HIGH-GROWTH ECONOMIES

THE ESSENTIAL GROWTH SUTRAS

To move to a higher economic plane, India must fortify its human capital and harness emerging technologies to deliver all-round growth. Champion states need to be key drivers in that growth

FROM POVERTY LINE TO DIGNITY LINE

For India to grow at full potential, we must transform the bottom 50 per cent of our income distribution from passive beneficiaries of welfare schemes to active contributors to personal and national growth

Neighbours - Why India Should Worry

Surrounded By Turmoil, India Needs To Reinvent Its Neighbourhood First Policy, Lest China Takes Advantage And Extends Its Influence

Finding the Sweet Spot

Four promising new EP releases by independent artists show that relationships remain an endless source of inspiration

Age No Bar

Keep Moving, Milind Soman's latest book, cowritten with his wife and mother, shows that you can be fit at any age

FEVER PITCH

If there are rains, can viruses be far behind? The southwest monsoon, which hit India at the end of May, brought with it much-needed relief from the blistering summer, but also saw an alarming outbreak of a range of viral infections across the country. \"

Like Father, (Un)like Daughter

An exhibition at Mumbai’s Chatterjee Lal compares and contrasts the works of an influential fatherdaughter artist duo

TACKLING TEETHING TROUBLES

A NOBODY PITCHFORKED INTO THE HOT SEAT AS CM, BHAJAN LAL SHARMA HAS BORNE THE BAPTISM BY FIRE WITH NO RANCOUR. NOW, HE'S SLOWLY EVOLVING HIS POLICY SIGNATURE: SENSIBLE, BALANCED AND NOT WITHOUT THE BIG IDEA

THE SLATE IS CLEAN

Tejas Majithiya, a resident of Gujarat's Una town, is a science graduate, has a Master's degree too in science, has completed a Bachelor in Education (BEd) course and also cleared the state government's teachers' aptitude test (TAT, for recruitment as teaching staff in a government-run or aided school) in 2023.

Symphony of Success

The Musical Maverick is a detailed account of Shankar Mahadevan's career as a musician and singer

Not All Fun And Games

In Boundary Lab, Nandan Kamath examines the phenomenon of sports, \"the world's largest social experiment\"

PANACEA OR PANDORA'S BOX?

THE SUPREME COURT'S RECENT VERDICT ALLOWING SUBCLASSIFICATION WITHIN SCS/ STS HAS SET OFF A DEBATE ON WHETHER RESERVATIONS LEAD TO TRUE SOCIAL EQUITY OR GET REDUCED TO A TOOL IN THE HANDS OF POLITICAL PARTIES SEEKING TO PROFIT FROM VOTE BANK POLITICS

CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN

Everest, Inc.is about the aura of the world's tallest mountain and the commercial climbing industry it has spawned

EYE ON INDIA

DESTINATION INDIA AT DAG, DELHI, SHOWS HOW PERCEPTIONS AND TREATMENTS EVOLVED AMONG FOREIGN ARTISTS IN THE PREINDEPENDENCEERA

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTING

In between directing and teaching in film schools, Anurag Kashyap is doing a lot of acting this year

DRIVEN TO DESPAIR

\"Are loco pilots not humans?\" the Congress had asked on social media platforms, after Rahul Gandhi, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, visited a running room, or rest room, for locomotive pilots at the New Delhi railway station last month to review their working conditions. Rahul himself spoke of their \"16-hour\" workday and \"boiling hot\" cabins.

Shunning Stereotypes

Writer-producer Kanika Dhillon returns with Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba, whose divisive lead character Rani makes unapologetic choices and is anything but docile

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE

In the last week of June, a highprofile delegation from Pakistan travelled to Jammu and Kashmir to inspect hydropower projects covered under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), marking the first such visit in over five years to address differences between the two South Asian nations over shared water resources.

REIMAGINING EDUCATION

The India Today Education Conclave 2024 saw educators debate on making India a global leader, ready for the 21st century

HUMANS OF BANDHAVGARH

Recent explorations by historians and archaeologists in the Bandhavgarh National Park have shone a torch on the hitherto unlit history rather, prehistory of the Baghelkhand region in eastern Madhya Pradesh.

PICKING UP THE PIECES

It's as if even the road is afraid to go down that last stretch to the 'valley of death'.

A MINISTER REBELS

Crisis brings understanding.