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Infosys, Azim Premji univ roped in to power gig workers’ welfare tech
Karnataka govt has enlisted some of the country’s top tech brains and research institutions to build the IT infrastructure required to roll out its landmark social security scheme for gig workers.
Should new medical colleges focus on undergraduate or specialists training?
Sandra Albert and Mayur Trivedi, in The Shillong Times, suggest an arrangement that addresses deficits while simultaneously improving the quality of services at hospitals.
NEP 2020: Unfolding of Three Quiet Revolutions
Early childhood focus, mother tongue-based learning, and teacher education reform hold the seeds of a more equitable and effective system, writes Anurag Behar in The Statesman.
Beyond the skylines
Statues and memorials are part of our cities’ social ecology. To preserve these spaces is not just to conserve the past but to make room for reflection in the present, writes Arvind Lakshmisha in Deccan Herald.
Why the double burden of employment and unpaid work is greater for urban women
Urban Indian women spend more time working in paid employment but they spend as much time as their rural counterparts in unpaid care and domestic work in the household, writes Kawin Kumar in IndiaSpend.
Will humans outgrow war?
Now is the time to create international states, which can build peace and justice by converting rival political systems into partners, writes Amman Madan in Deccan Herald.
ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟಿಗ ಟೆಂಬಾ ಬವುಮಾರಿಂದ ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರ್ ಮಾಧವಿ ಲತಾವರೆಗೆ; ಕೀರ್ತಿಯ ಹಂಬಲವಿಲ್ಲದ ಮಹಾನುಭಾವರು
ಪ್ರಶಂಸೆಯನ್ನು ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸುವುದು ಸುಲಭವಲ್ಲ. ಇದು ಪರಿಪಕ್ವತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ತಮ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಹೊಂದಿದವರಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಸಾಧ್ಯ. ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಈ ಪರಿಪಕ್ವತೆಯನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸಿದ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಮಹಾನುಭಾವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ HT ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಸುಧೀಶ್ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್.
‘Caste Census Essential Tool to Advance Social Justice’
In this interview with Shreehari Paliath for IndiaSpend, demographer and researcher Srinivas Goli highlights the issues around intra- and inter-caste mobility, the need for sub-caste level data, and the upcoming census.
Rampant Waste Dumping Choking Creeks: Report
The team, including students from Azim Premji University, recommended immediate measures to allow floodwater to naturally flow into nearby rivers, creeks, or the sea, as reported by Yagnesh Mehta in The Times of India.
Education crisis: Don’t let fads disrupt the fundamentals of learning
Stop chasing the next big idea and focus instead on teachers, basic systems and execution, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.
Without Jati data, social justice is guesswork in the dark: K Kalyani
In a conversation with Pragya Singh, Outlook, K Kalyani highlights how the caste census, recently announced by the central government, can help change the understanding of how caste truly operates in Indian society today.

Back to High School: An Outreach Effort by Scientists
Entertaining close to 350 high school students with science sounds like a tall task, but a group of faculty members from Azim Premji University rose to the challenge, writes Nandita Jayaraj.
Saving Himachal’s Apples from a Warming Sky
Developing climate-resilient apple varieties, promoting sustainable farming practices, and implementing market intelligence systems to ensure better prices for farmers are needed to tackle the crisis, write Ankur Jamwal and Mohit Sharma in The Hindu Businessline.
Out Footprints on Nature: Digging up Archives
These archives hold clues to better understanding and addressing uniquely regional challenges, such as human-wildlife conflict, zoonotic disease transmission, and climate change scenarios, write Shaurabh Anand and S Vignesh in Sikkim Express.
The death of thought by AI prompt
The exceptions in a world of people whose intellectual and emotional faculties have been stunted by overreliance on generative large language models (LLMs) will be those who love the work that goes into being human, write Neha Yadav and Rukma Prince in Deccan Herald.
Give Blood, Give Hope: Together We Save Lives
India still falls short of WHO’s recommended donation rate of 1 percent of the population. In 2022, only 0.8 per cent donated, resulting in a shortfall of nearly a million units annually, as highlighted by Manohar Agnani in The Pioneer.
Azim Premji Health Equity Fellowship Launched for PG Doctors, Apply by June 30
An 18-month immersive learning programme designed for postgraduate doctors, this initiative is a collaborative effort with 11 prestigious healthcare institutions across India, highlights Salil Urunkar in Sahyadri Startups.
अझीम प्रेमजी फाउंडेशनकडून ‘हेल्थ इक्विटी फेलोशिप’ जाहीर
ही फेलोशिप १८ महिन्यांची असून, पदव्युत्तर डॉक्टरांसाठी एक सखोल आणि प्रत्यक्ष अनुभव देणारी शिकण्याची मोठी संधी आहे. ही फेलोशिप अझीम प्रेमजी फाउंडेशन आणि देशभरातील ११ प्रतिष्ठित आरोग्य संस्थांच्या संयुक्त प्रयत्नातून राबवली जात आहे.
Whispers of Change: Preserving Himachal’s Apples Under the Shadow of a Warming Sky
In light of the changing climate, the current apple farming model needs significant revision. Ankur Jamwal and Mohit Sharma, in The News Himachal, shed light on the same.
Acquiring multidisciplinary skills for expanding career opportunities is important, say experts
This was as part of a webinar, “Beyond Boundaries: How Multidisciplinary Learning Prepares for a Complex World”, organised jointly by the SRM Institute of Science and Technology and The Hindu.
Anurag Behar: CBSE’s first language approach to teaching is spot on
He explains why the CBSE directive is the most educationally sound approach to literacy in our multilingual reality, in Mint.
Government extends midday meal benefits to pre-primary children
This expansion benefits an additional 1.98 lakh children in pre-primary, raising total coverage to 51.61 lakh students across government, aided primary, higher primary, and high schools.
How 5 Indian University campuses are going green with solar panels, recharge pits and flowering trees
Srimoyee Chowdhury, in The Better India, highlights some features of the University campuses where the Earth is not just a topic of study, but a constant companion.
Building a case for my freedom in rural Rajasthan
Pooja Kumari highlights in India Development Review (IDR) how she built trust slowly, not by arguing, but by showing people around her what she was capable of.
What happened at Chinnaswamy Stadium was a very irrational kind of frenzy around a sport: A Narayana
A keen observer of the linkages between politics and society, A Narayana shares his thoughts with Frontline on the stampede that occurred outside the stadium on June 4.

A pot of muskeni dal
This hearty dish is a staple in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur. Abhiruchi Das shares Kaushalya’s recipe. This is reported and illustrated as part of her internship with People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI).
How Adivasis can partner in India’s green transition
Lithium, gigawatt-sized solar farms, and high-voltage transmission corridors are required, but so is the ecological knowledge of the people who have saved the densest forests, write Sujit Kumar and Neil Tannen in Deccan Herald.
Implement educational reforms in honour of Dr Kasturirangan (1940−2025)
We must democratise Indian Education in tribute to the vision of an educationist we are indebted to, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.
What’s common between Rajinikanth and Chiranjeevi? Delhi event shows the path they took
S V Srinivas delivered a lecture at Habitat Film Festival 2025, talking about the stardom of the two southern superstars and their contribution to mass films, as reported by Tina Das, in ThePrint.
Chennai-based activist champions for accessibility
“The campus [Azim Premji University] was accessible. There will be no joy in learning if the educational institutions are not accessible to students,” says Smitha Sadasivan, as highlighted by Meghna M in The Hindu.


