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Tamil Nadu’s New Pension Pivot: Why TAPS Replaces OPS — and What It Means for State Finances

Tamil Nadu’s decision to introduce the Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme (TAPS) from January 1, 2026 marks a calibrated shift in one of India’s most politically sensitive policy...

January 21, 2026

Why the Voter List Revision Has Opened a Political Fault Line on Immigration and Democracy

The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls — which dropped nearly 6.5 crore names from draft lists across nine States and three Union Territories — has sparked...

January 21, 2026

India’s Diplomatic White Spaces in 2026: Why Europe, BRICS and the Quad Matter More Than Ever

On January 26, 2026, Kartavya Path will offer more than a ceremonial spectacle. For the first time, India’s Republic Day chief guests will be the institutional leadership of...

January 21, 2026

A ‘Solid–Liquid Hybrid’ at the Nanoscale: Why Scientists Say the Line Between Phases Is Blurring

Scientists from Germany and the U.K. have reported evidence of an unusual new state of matter — one that behaves like a solid and a liquid at the...

January 21, 2026

Can Scientists Really Detect a Single Graviton? Why a New U.S. Experiment Has Sparked Excitement and Doubt

The claim is audacious: scientists in the U.S. say they are building the world’s first experiment explicitly designed to detect an individual graviton — the hypothetical quantum particle...

January 21, 2026

Reviving Madumar’s Ancient Tank: How Water Heritage, Livelihoods and Climate Resilience Meet in Bundelkhand

Madumar, a small village in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh, offers a striking reminder that India’s past holds valuable answers to today’s development challenges. Anchored around a massive...

January 20, 2026

Why India’s Food Security Depends on Healing Its Soils

For decades, Indian agriculture has delivered impressive gains in food production, helping feed a growing population. But this success has come with a largely invisible cost: the slow...

January 20, 2026

Startup India at a Decade: How Entrepreneurship Became a Nationwide Growth Engine

Over the past decade, the Startup India initiative has transformed entrepreneurship from a niche urban phenomenon into a nationwide movement, positioning startups as a central pillar of India’s...

January 20, 2026

France’s G-7 Agenda and the Return of ‘Global Imbalances’: Old Problem, Wrong Diagnosis?

On January 1, France assumed the presidency of the G-7, the long-standing forum of advanced economies. Paris has placed “global imbalances” at the centre of the group’s agenda—specifically,...

January 20, 2026

Trump’s Second Term and the World of Three: Why a G2 Has Become a G3 Problem

As Donald Trump completes one year of his second term as US President, the central question confronting the world is whether his second year will be as disruptive...

January 20, 2026

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