The transformation of India’s Higher Education System: increasingly aligning with the advanced models of US and UK

Over the past decade, India’s higher education landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation—so significant that the longstanding gap between the Indian system and the higher education models of Europe and the West has begun to narrow considerably. What many perceived as the curse of COVID-19, especially in the global context, became unexpectedly transformative for […]

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Netflix Just Ate Hollywood— And Your Comfort Shows Are the First to Go

If your yearend ritual includes re-watching Friends or zoning out to The Big Bang Theory, here’s the bad news: both shows exit Netflix at the end of December.For millions this feels like a personal loss. But their exit isn’t random nostalgia theft, it’s collateral damage from Netflix’s most aggressive power move yet, its $72-billion takeover […]

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Journey of Strengthening Banking Sector in India

New Delhi: Over the past decade, India’s banks have moved from stress to strength. NPAs have dropped sharply from a peak of 11.4% in 2018 to just 2.3% in 2025, reflecting healthier balance sheets and stronger recoveries. Profitability is at record highs with scheduled Commercial Banks earning ₹4.01 lakh crore in FY24-25 and PSBs reaching […]

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AI in Indian Classrooms: A Future We Must Prepare for Today

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept tucked away in tech laboratories. It has already stepped into our classrooms, influencing how students learn, how teachers teach, and how knowledge is created. In India—where education is both a social priority and a massive ecosystem—AI is quickly becoming a major player across disciplines. But as […]

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Meghalaya’s Living Treasure: New Species of Jumping Spiders

Kolkata: Scientists of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered two new species of jumping spiders, Asemonea dentis and Colyttus nongwar, in the biodiversity-rich State of Meghalaya. This significant finding reaffirms Northeast India’s status as a critical part of the Indo-Burma mega biodiversity hotspot. The newly described species belong to the Salticidae family, or “jumping […]

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Handicrafts and India’s rural economy

New Delhi: India’s handicraft sector plays a vital role in the country’s economy, especially in rural areas. It provides livelihoods to a large number of artisans and craftspersons across rural and semi-urban regions, contributes to exports, and helps preserve India’s rich cultural heritage. With 318 GI-tagged handicraft products and around 455 formally classified craft categories, […]

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How Indian Cinema Has Glorified Literature in the recent years

In the recent past, Indian cinema has increasingly turned to literature as a source of depth, authenticity, and cultural pride. Across regions—especially Bengali, Malayalam, and Gujarati—filmmakers have celebrated literary works through inventive adaptation and sensitive reinterpretation, reaffirming the enduring relevance of the written word. Bengali cinema has been at the forefront of this revival. Filmmakers […]

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Why Rahul Gandhi is failing in electoral fight against BJP?

After the defeat of 1977 Lok Sabha election the most powerful leader of South Asia, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi humbly accepted the defeat. And said, “I have led the party for 11 years. Now the responsibility for the faliure is on me.” Can anyone finds any comment like his grandmother from Rahul Gandhi after a […]

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Bengal’s economy poised for a phenomenal leap

    The alternative economic policy pursued by the Mamata Banerjee government through a number of social schemes alongside attracting employment- driven investment has resulted in nothing less than a miracle on the economic front. The little over 14 years of the regime has witnessed a phenomenal six-fold jump in the state’s own revenue from […]

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From Nehru to Modi: India, Russia, US and the Art of Strategic Balance

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India is best read not as a deviation in New Delhi’s foreign policy, but as a reminder of its deepest continuities. From the Nehruvian era to the present, India has sought something rare in international politics: the ability to engage major powers on its own terms. While the idiom […]

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