The 2020 policy’s proposals are misrepresented so often that one wonders if its critics have actually read it, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

By clearly identifying which bird species are declining, where they are declining, and why, The State of India’s Birds 2023 report directly informs conservation actions and policies in India.

What began with a podcast episode commissioned by the Azim Premji Foundation on the poets of the twelfth-century Vachana movement has blossomed into a full-fledged band called Kayaka. 

The excavation team includes Vinayak from Azim Premji University, Akash Srinivasa from Ashoka University, Mihir Thangasali from Mohali, Vaishi Roy, and researcher Ashok Abakari.

This disenfranchisement of poor immigrants comes at a time when the country is yet to recover from the post-pandemic recession fully, writes Anisha George in The Indian Express.

Our toilets, much like our kitchens, need to be rescued from the stranglehold of the caste system, writes Anshu Saluja in Deccan Herald.

The process of wrestling with ideas, anticipating challenges and adapting — that’s where most real learning happens. Like pre-made lesson plans, AI can be a tool, but it must never impinge on the core of education, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

Aruna Sankaranarayanan, in The Hindu, highlights how the ​‘productive struggle’ strengthens learning.

The Association of People with Disability (APD) project aims to reach 27,500 PwDs (Persons with Disabilities) and Children with Disabilities (CwDs), with funding from the Azim Premji Foundation and the SBI Foundation. 

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.

Sandra Albert and Mayur Trivedi, in The Shillong Times, suggest an arrangement that addresses deficits while simultaneously improving the quality of services at hospitals. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

ಪ್ರಶಂಸೆಯನ್ನು ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸುವುದು ಸುಲಭವಲ್ಲ. ಇದು ಪರಿಪಕ್ವತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ತಮ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಹೊಂದಿದವರಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಸಾಧ್ಯ. ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಈ ಪರಿಪಕ್ವತೆಯನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸಿದ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಮಹಾನುಭಾವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ HT ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಸುಧೀಶ್ ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್.

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. 

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.

Stop chasing the next big idea and focus instead on teachers, basic systems and execution, writes Anurag Behar in Mint.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.