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Behind the numbers looms a stark paradox: in the world’s most populous nation, it is the southern states—long successful in reducing fertility—that now face losing their political power. Decades of demographic progress could ultimately erode their influence—an irony as profound as it is overlooked.
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The Centre’s recent regulations for land, jobs and cultural preservation aim to address concerns raised by civil society in Ladakh, but Ladakhis feel this is just a quick-fix bureaucratic solution as their primary demands—inclusion in the Sixth Schedule and statehood—have been ignored
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What does the future hold for Indian students in a country where dissent is being policed and foreign students are being labelled? What other options do they have? Are there comparable courses available in countries other than the US, or within India?
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Ideological deportations aren’t official policy, but they strike at the heart of United States Ivies
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Once a magical place for learning, universities have become a space of conflict, of tension, a space to be derided and ridiculed.
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Are Indian universities turning into suffocating spaces where constant censorship and surveillance is leaving no room for protests or dissenting voices?
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In an email exchange with Saikat Majumdar, Ashoka University professor and former faculty at Stanford, Satish Padmanabhan of Outlook raised a few questions.
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With students from India’s tier‑two and tier-three towns filing out to foreign campuses, a cottage industry of visa‑and‑advice agencies and specialist coaching centres has sprung up
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Many Kashmiri students choose to study in Iran due to a combination of affordability and cultural familiarity. A degree in medicine is the most preferred option
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During COVID-19, while the economically privileged students from urban and semi-urban areas adapted to an online system of education, it was soon evident that the country was not equipped to take up such a challenge, even after the government’s chest thumping of 'Digital India'.
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Weak regulations, under-trained staff and the lack safety mechanisms led to the blast at Sigachi Industries that claimed 42 lives
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Following Operation Sindoor’s low traction in its Bihar election campaign, the saffron party rakes up ‘socialism’. Will the ploy work?
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India has fallen into a moral and intellectual stupor in the last 11 years
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The Centre’s recent regulations for land, jobs and cultural preservation aim to address concerns raised by civil society in Ladakh, but Ladakhis feel this is just a quick-fix bureaucratic solution as their primary demands—inclusion in the Sixth Schedule and statehood—have been ignored
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Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s films raking it in at the box office speak of a bigger problem
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