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Bitter harvest: Yields and the illusion of farm productivity

India, May 21 -- By all indications, India is self-sufficient in food as harvests scale new heights. In 2023-24, wheat production crossed 113 million tonnes, while rice output hit a record 137.8 milli... Read More


When the exam room is an oven

India, May 14 -- On April 27 this year something unusual happened. The planet's 50 hottest cities were all in India. Recent years have been the hottest on record since systematic data was recorded. Th... Read More


India's antibiotic crisis has a vaccine solution

India, May 7 -- Every year, antibiotic resistance - the failure of antibiotics to treat bacterial infections - kills more people in India than in any other country. According to the World Health Organ... Read More


India's dual opium crisis

India, May 1 -- India grows more legal opium than any other country. Nearly a million licensed farmers, mostly in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, coax the latex out from poppy capsules by scoring them b... Read More


India's food security is largely dependent on the Persian Gulf

India, April 24 -- India's agricultural achievement is one of its great post-Independence success stories. From the brink of famine in the mid-1960s, the country is now among the world's largest produ... Read More


India needs a national development corps

India, April 9 -- Every recruitment cycle in India sees tens of thousands of public posts attract millions of applicants. The fact that even a posting for the position of office peon in the public sec... Read More


The diaspora's potential, beyond just remittances

India, April 2 -- India's most consequential contribution to the world isn't a product, a service, or even a technology platform. It is people. Indian workers, entrepreneurs, scientists, physicians, i... Read More


Sanitation security and kidney stones in women

India, March 20 -- Public debates about women's safety in India usually focus on violence in public spaces. But there is another dimension of safety that receives far less attention: sanitation securi... Read More


Long shadow of public health's colonial legacy

India, March 12 -- 'The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner's words about the American South apply to India's health system as well. Much of how the Indian State governs disease,... Read More


Life After 65: India's Next Development Frontier

India, Feb. 27 -- India may well become old before it becomes rich. That is simply a demographic, and economic, reality. Fertility has fallen rapidly, child survival has improved dramatically, and the... Read More