Bibhudatta Pradhan

How deadly are heat waves? India doesn’t know but it must

Heat waves are likely to breach the human survivability threshold in the not-too-distant future; experts question whether India is properly prepared

How useless degrees are making a generation unemployable

Students around the globe are increasingly questioning the returns on education. Nowhere is the problem more complex than India

What India is paying for world's biggest free food scheme

With the free foodgrains programme costing the government Rs 1.5 lakh crore annually, PM Modi faces the tough choice of continuing it to keep voters happy in election season or scrapping it to ease the strain on the exchequer as well as dwindling reserve grain stocks

PM Modi gets a three-week birthday bash as popularity dips

PM Modi gets a three-week birthday bash as popularity dips

The grand events come as Modi’s popularity has dipped to 24% from 66% a year ago, the lowest point since he came to power seven years back

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