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Beyond degrees: How Kerala can build a global higher education hub

Beyond degrees: How Kerala can build a global higher education hub

Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. The most consequential migration from Kerala today is no longer just of workers;...

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The News Minute

Amal Chandra

Kerala’s all-out war

Kerala’s all-out war

Kerala’s launch of ‘Operation Toofan: The Narco Hunt’ on 1 June acknowledges that the state’s narcotics challenge is no longer a peripheral...

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National Herald

Amal Chandra

The freedom to think critically

National Science Day, observed annually on 28 February to mark C.V. Raman’s discovery of the Raman Effect, honours India’s enduring faith in...

28.02.2026 20

National Herald

Amal Chandra

When power trumps principles

09.01.2026 30

The Pioneer

Amal Chandra

How India is recalibrating its China policy

For a decade, India’s foreign-policy discourse has hung on a paradox: the simultaneous insistence on strategic autonomy and an ever-deeper...

19.12.2025 10

The Pioneer

Amal Chandra

Sabarimala administration is stuck in the 1960s

If administrators and political actors continue to rely on ritual rhetoric, temporary fixes, and reactive policing, the shrine’s vulnerabilities...

26.11.2025 10

ThePrint

Amal Chandra

Women in blue — shattering stereotypes, forging legacies

09.11.2025 20

The Pioneer

Amal Chandra

Opinion | The Rich Get Fit, And Poor Get 'Lectures' - That's India's Ozempic Problem

05.11.2025 20

NDTV

Amal Chandra

Opinion | A Fragile Dawn: Gaza’s Ceasefire Offers Hope But Demands Justice For A Generation Lost To Bloodshed

Without accountability for mass killings and the deliberate targeting of children, today’s ceasefire risks becoming little more than a brief...

12.10.2025 20

News18

Amal Chandra

Reviving SAARC: India’s imperative

South Asia, home to nearly two billion people, finds itself at a moment of reckoning. Political instability, economic slowdown, and mounting climate...

29.09.2025 40

The Pioneer

Amal Chandra

Opinion | GST 2.0: India’s Bold Tax Overhaul With A Human Heart

GST 2.0 is a commendable pivot toward maturity, rectifying the original sin of overcomplication while injecting fiscal stimulus.

26.09.2025 30

News18

Amal Chandra

Opinion | Strategic Autonomy: India’s True Compass After SCO

At the SCO, India projects itself as an independent pole that can speak for sovereignty and against terrorism without capitulating to bloc politics

06.09.2025 50

News18

Amal Chandra

Opinion: India’s stray dog crisis is a public health emergency

02.08.2025 10

The News Minute

Amal Chandra

No liability, all optics: India's infrastructure mess

22.07.2025 20

National Herald

Amal Chandra

The all-party voice against terrorism

01.06.2025 20

The Pioneer

Amal Chandra

Opinion | Jyotirao Phule: The Revolutionary Flame Still Burning Bright

Phule rose not merely as a social reformer but as a fearless visionary who imagined an egalitarian future far ahead of his time. His fight was not for...

13.04.2025 10

News18

Amal Chandra

Opinion | ASHA Workers’ Struggle In Kerala: A Fight For Dignity, Rights, And Fair Wages

The ASHA workers’ fight is not merely about wages—it is a struggle for justice, dignity, and recognition

23.03.2025 40

News18

Amal Chandra