By A Representative   Tata Sons and the New York Academy of Sciences have announced the three winners of the 2025 Tata Transformation Prize , recognising Indian scientists whose breakthrough work promises major advances in food security , sustainability and healthcare. The prize, established to support high-risk, high-reward research that can improve quality of life, selected its winners from 212 nominations received across 27 states. Each scientist will receive INR 2 crore to further develop and scale their innovations. The award ceremony will be held in Mumbai in December 2025. Padubidri V. Shivaprasad of the National Centre for Biological Sciences won in the Food Security category for pioneering epigenetic engineering and small RNA–based modifications in rice . His research enhances stress tolerance and nutritional value while reducing the need for fertilizers and pesticides, offering a potential boost to productivity and resilience as India prepares to feed an ...

By A Representative   More than 120 children were rescued from a mushroom processing unit in Raipur in a joint operation carried out by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Women and Child Development Department, the police and the Association for Voluntary Action (AVA). 

By A Representative  The Asian Development Bank has released a major policy report,  'Bridging Climate and Biodiversity Law: Coherent, Rights-Based Governance in Asia and the Pacific', warning that Asia and the Pacific, including India , face deepening climate and biodiversity crises unless countries urgently integrate their legal frameworks to deliver on both the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework .  Published this month, the document highlights that the region is warming faster than the global average, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise without peaking, and extinction rates are accelerating, while fossil fuel subsidies reached a staggering 1.3 trillion dollars in 2022 alone.

By Harasankar Adhikari  In India, political parties are both the architects and adversaries of democracy. Since independence, governance has been dominated by ruling parties, while the voices of ordinary citizens have been drowned out by partisan agendas. Every party pursues its own power games, often at the expense of democratic ideals.  

By N.S. Venkataraman*  I am 80 years old, and one of the unfortunate residents of 4th Cross Street in Besant Nagar, Chennai. 4th Cross Street is a small stretch with five building blocks, of which three have been demolished and are now unoccupied. I have counted 11 stray dogs on this short street, with two additional pups seen in the last few days. In effect, the number of stray dogs nearly matches the number of residents.

By Harsh Thakor*  Nikolai Ostrovsky was a Soviet author and political activist best known for his novel How the Steel Was Tempered , published between 1932 and 1934. His life reflected continuous struggle and resilience, echoing the experiences of the protagonists in his works.

By Harsh Thakor*  Kamini Kaushal, one of the earliest and most enduring figures of Hindi cinema, has passed away at the age of 98. Born on February 24, 1927, she would have turned 99 next year. Her career spanned more than seven decades, beginning in the mid-1940s and extending well into contemporary Indian cinema.

By Arsalan Ahad Reshi    Chilly winds blow through the offices of the National Conference after the loss of their bastion. They appear unable to understand what went wrong, but the people know. Ego and the mishandling of Aga Ruhullah Mehdi did it all. Omar Abdullah, the Chief Minister, still refuses to show humility. His interview soon after the results revealed his anger toward Ruhullah, but also his refusal to accept defeat. No one in the NC is willing to say, “Yes, we lost, and we accept our mistake.”  

By A Representative   A detailed representation sent to the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has raised strong objections to the consideration of the 2,000 MW Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project (PSP) proposed inside the Sharavathi Lion-Tailed Macaque (LTM) Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka. Dated November 14, 2025, the communication from power and climate policy analyst Shankar Sharma argues that the project continues to move forward despite what he describes as “massive opposition,” serious procedural lapses, and extensive evidence of potential ecological damage.