US: Indian teen named Marshall Scholar

As it happens at any scholarship interview, the questions kept coming at bullet speed. Sonia Sarkar was asked about education policy, the Presidential election and healthcare plans. Would she plan......

How India Got The MiG-21 63 Years Ago

The MiG-21 episode demonstrates that procurement is always strategic.Choices about what aircraft to acquire, who builds them, who supplies the spares, who trains the pilots and technicians are......

Military prepared as Operation Sindoor continues: CDS

Asserting that Operation Sindoor "still continues", Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Friday said the country's military preparedness must remain at a "very high" level,......

'Sudarshan Chakra' will be India's own 'Iron Dome': CDS

India's propose air defence system -- Sudarshan Chakra -- will entail a colossal amount of integration of sensors, missiles, surveillance apparatus and artificial intelligence tools, Chief of......

Take visual literacy seriously

Students’ flagging interest in the written word is because of a generational digital divide, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Teachers everywhere, be it at our IIMs or at our high schools or at......

Miles to go for Dalit entrepreneurs

  On Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary on Tuesday, political parties across the spectrum tried to stake claim on his legacy. Since Independence, governments have introduced......