Opinion
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| Safe Education, Safe Future: India’s Unfinished Development Agenda | | | | Lalit Gargg
India is steadily moving toward its ambitious goals of becoming a developed nation, the world’s third-largest economy, and realizing the vision of “Viksit Bharat” (Developed India) by 2047. Artificial Intelligence, Digital India, smart classrooms, online education, the National Education Policy, modern universities, and global competitiveness have become symbols of the country’s progress. Yet, there exists another face of India that raises uncomfortable questions about these achievements. The recent images of innocent schoolchildren in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district crossing the swollen Betwa River amid monsoon floods to reach their school are not merely an isolated incide | |
| | | | More Species, Stronger Forests: Two Decades of Scientific Evidence | | | | Dr Vijay Garg
Forests are among Earth’s greatest natural assets. They provide oxygen, store carbon, regulate rainfall, protect wildlife, and support the livelihoods of billions of people. Yet forests are far more than collections of trees. They are living ecosystems where thousands of plant, animal, fungal, and microbial species interact in complex ways. Increasingly, scientists are discovering that the diversity of life within forests is not just a feature of healthy ecosystems—it is one of the main reasons forests remain productive and resilient.
A major international study spanning two decades has provided compelling evidence that forests with a greater variety of tree species perfor | |
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