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Aakar Patel | Why India’s Rank Has Been Falling In Global Indices… But Do We Bother?

Aakar Patel | Why India’s Rank Has Been Falling In Global Indices… But...

On the UNDP’s Human Development Index, India’s rank in 2014 was 130 and its rank today is unchanged. The UN report says...

17 Nov 2025 11:55 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Differences among India’s states acute: For real answers, hold early Census

Aakar Patel | Differences among India’s states acute: For real...

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievement: a long and healthy life, knowledgeable...

24 Feb 2025 11:12 PM IST

Anita Anand | India, at 2047, as a developed nation: Itll just be a pipedream

Anita Anand | India, at 2047, as a developed nation: It'll just be a...

In August 2022, at the Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Delhi’s historic Red Fort, Prime Minister...

19 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Though the GDP numbers grew with low base effect, there are also other significant reasons which suggest a recovery in the economy. (Twitter)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | The other side of life in the 5th largest...

The jubilation over India’s GDP outstripping Britain’s is a reminder that Indians often take pride in...

28 Sept 2022 12:05 AM IST

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Aakar Patel | Can the whole of South Asia work as one to develop...

We like to think India is in some way different from the rest of South Asia, but we’re really not. On the...

20 Sept 2022 12:10 AM IST

In the last three years, malnutrition has claimed the lives of about 1,600 children in Palghar. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Dev 360: Hungry India Are we angry enough?

Populous states like UP, Bihar and MP have made some progress in the battle against child malnutrition but the situation...

21 Oct 2017 4:05 AM IST