E20 Fuel: Clean Energy, Costly Confusion

Legacy cars pay the price. India’s push for E20 fuel — petrol with 20% ethanol — is meant to cut oil imports and emissions. But for 240 million legacy...

Politics Without Dignity

Tamil Nadu’s discourse turns personal. A remark by Leader of Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Udhayanidhi Stalin, during a Cauvery protest in Th...

Build Fast, Build Green

Andhra Pradesh’s Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department is trying to change its image from a "tree guard fee" bureaucracy to a tech...

Year Back, Life Lost

On August 12, 2026, Michi Marpu, a 20-year-old B.Tech student from Arunachal Pradesh, was found dead in his hostel room at Mar Athanasius College, Kot...

Rat-Hole Deaths: Policy Vacuum

The Meghalaya High Court committee has flagged that the state has failed to close rat-hole coal mines despite NGT’s 2014 ban. 45 deaths in East Jainti...

Census Without Fear

Census 2027 will have 40 questions vs 29 in 2011. New ones: COVID vaccination, digital literacy, internet access. RGI says no "private data" will be s...

Delimitation’s Federal Trap

One person, one vote vs states’ rights. The Centre plans to increase Lok Sabha seats from 543 to ∼850 after Census 2027. Tamil Nadu has passed a resol...

Shipwreck Without a Wave

On May 25, 2025, container ship MSC Elsa 3 sank off Kerala with 24 containers. Initial fears: oil spill, ecological disaster for Lakshadweep. A study ...

Yellow Water, Red Alert

Groundwater crisis in Uttar Pradesh. Patches of fluorescent green-yellow water in Fatehpur, Kanpur Dehat, and Kanpur Nagar are not a chemical experime...