In the early 2000s, Dustin Moskovitz co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and others. In his mid-20s, he was a billionaire, one of the youngest in the world. But unlike most Silicon Valley founders who turned their fortunes into new companies or lavish lifestyles, Moskovitz and his wife, Cari Tuna, a former Wall Street…
Respiratory illnesses continue to pose a significant global health threat, especially in low- and middle-income countries with limited access to modern medical diagnostics. While traditional clinical assessments, including chest X-rays and spirometry, or bronchoscopy are available, they require sophisticated resources and health personnel, both of which are often unavailable within resource-limited countries. The chronic burden…
The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIMV) is cementing its place as an elite institution leading thought leadership into urgent current issues through its long-running conclave CRISP 2025 “Conference on Responsible Innovation & Sustainability Practices” this year in the company of an inspiring representation of academics, industry leaders, policymakers, researchers, and students. An event with…
This year, one of the most significant cultural events in Uttar Pradesh is the Janjatiye Bhagidari Utsav, popularly known as the Tribal Participation Festival. It is organized jointly by the Uttar Pradesh Tourism and Culture Department, the Social Welfare Department, and the Folk and Tribal Culture Institute. It will be held in Lucknow from November…
For three decades, India’s National Social Assistance Programme has formed a silent but vital backbone for the country’s welfare system. Introduced in 1995, the simple principle on which NSAP is based has been that the State bears responsibility for ensuring a minimum level of dignity for those who cannot work because of age, disability, or…
A quiet revolution is taking place in the heart of one of the most agriculture-intensive states in India. Andhra Pradesh, once called the “Rice Bowl of India”, is testing advanced digital machinery in its ag-biosystems sector and this experiment could have implications for the national agrarian landscape. Based on a recent overview, the government of…
On 7 November 2025, McGill University’s Global Health Programs and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences announced that Drs. Lalitha Regi and Regi George, co-founders of the Tribal Health Initiative (THI) in Tamil Nadu, India, are the 2025 co-recipients of the Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity. The award is named after the…
The Sustainable Development Goals story in India is not a straight line: it’s a patchwork. Some states are sprinting ahead while some states are struggling to keep pace. The SDG India Index 2023-24 shows strong contrasts in terms of goal attainment, showing that real monuments happen when we contextualize global goals and exchange data into…
In June 2023, the Government of India launched the Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats and Tangible Incomes, a program that quietly yet firmly repositions the restoration of mangroves from an afterthought in conservation to a national climate and livelihood mission. As the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change expands its implementation through 2025, MISHTI…
When Titan Eye+ introduced “The Eye Test Menu” on World Sight Day, they did something deceptively uncomplicated: they made the walls of highway dhabas into clinics, and they turned the lunch break of a truck driver into an opportunity for diagnosis. The idea reads like a case study in empathy design – an eye chart…
