On World Mental Health Day 2026, Clear Cut examines the mental health challenges facing India’s daily-wage workers, the country’s treatment gap and whether expanding mental healthcare services are reaching those who need them most. Every morning, millions of Indians leave their homes uncertain about how much they will earn that day. Some find work at…
Experts argued that technology must solve real classroom problems, be designed for scale with governments, and not widen the divide between children with devices and those without NEW DELHI: Artificial intelligence should strengthen teachers rather than replace them, and it must not widen the gap between children who have technology and those who do not,…
The discovery behind the 2026 Nobel Prize began with algae. It gave scientists a way to control selected nerve cells with light, and understand more about how the brain works. This sounds like the opening of a science-fiction film. Scientists take a light-sensitive protein from algae, introduce it into nerve cells and make those cells…
Two People. The Told and the UntoldA degree can tell us that a person has completed a course of study. It can tell us what they have learnt, perhaps even what they are qualified to do. But can a degree tell us whether a person is educated? Consider two people. One has multiple degrees, speaks…
At the inaugural Clear-Cut Education Summit 2026 in New Delhi, education leaders, practitioners, researchers and innovators called for a wider understanding of learning one that goes beyond enrolment, examinations and foundational skills to include thinking, inclusion, character, technology, evidence and the realities children face outside school. New Delhi, October 1, 2026: Getting children into school…
India’s Education Paradox by Debdas Banerjee examines regional inequalities in India’s education system and highlights how national averages can hide differences between states. The book explores school education, vocational training, higher education and NEP 2020, calling for more region-specific education planning. India now enrolls more children in education than at any time in the country’s…
A global look at testing integrity and what China, the United States and the United Kingdom do differently For millions of Indian students, a competitive examination is a gateway to a medical seat, a university place or a government job, which makes examination integrity a matter of public trust. Yet India has repeatedly faced questions…
Harish Hande’s SELCO India pioneered a financing-first solar energy model, using a social enterprise approach to expand clean energy access in rural and underserved communities. Through SELCO Foundation and its wider ecosystem, the model continues to influence off-grid solar and last-mile energy solutions. In the early 1990s, Harish Hande was midway through a PhD in…
India has the world’s largest youth population, with nearly two-thirds of us under 35. We repeat that statistic often, and we usually stop there. The other half of it is that India is ageing faster than at any point in its history. Indians above sixty numbered 14.9 crore in 2022 and will reach ≈ 35…
NAMASTE scheme data show rising PPE, insurance and vehicle-subsidy numbers even as rights groups say official sewer-death figures undercount fatalities NEW DELHI — The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) said on September 13 that 90,942 sewer and septic tank workers have been profiled nationwide under its flagship sanitation-worker safety programme, with 89,248…
