Landmark Climate Pact Reached After Marathon Overnight Talks in Geneva
Negotiators from 190 countries agreed to a binding framework on adaptation finance, ending a decade of deadlock.
Sara Iqbal
The Quiet Erosion of the Public University Is a Crisis We Refuse to Name
Underfunding is not a budgeting accident. It is a policy choice with generational consequences.
After the Ceasefire: The Slow, Uncertain Work of Rebuilding Begins
Aid agencies warn that reconstruction pledges are arriving slower than the winter. A ground report.
Anti-Defection Law Back in Focus as Speaker Reserves Ruling on Disqualification Pleas
Constitutional experts say the case could finally settle how long a Speaker may sit on such petitions.
Election Observers Flag Disinformation Surge Ahead of Key Regional Votes
Monitoring groups documented a tripling of coordinated inauthentic activity across platforms in three months.
Restoration of a 400-Year-Old Stepwell Becomes a Model for Community-Led Conservation
Local masons trained in traditional techniques completed work that estimates had priced at four times the cost.
Panchayat Devolution Report Card: Funds, Functions and the Gaps Between
A new study of 2,400 village councils finds wide variation in how much power actually reaches the grassroots.
Private Capex Finally Stirs: Machinery Imports Hit a Five-Year High
After years of deleveraging, corporate India is spending again — selectively, and with new priorities.
Arctic Shipping Lanes Open Early, Redrawing Trade Maps and Tensions
Melting ice is cutting weeks off freight routes and pulling new navies into northern waters.
Pacific Islands Bloc Wins Landmark Climate Financing Commitment
The deal ties disbursement to sea-level metrics for the first time, a model small states fought years to secure.