The Economic and Political Weekly invites articles from researchers and policy analysts for the second special issue on industrial transformation to be published towards the end of 2025/ early 2026.

Her point was deceptively simple. The absence of data is not necessarily an accident. Every dataset embodies decisions about what is worth measuring, who is worth counting, and what can be made ...

Gender inequality encompasses a wide range of issues, making it important to identify a specific dimension for intensive analysis. In the labour market, gender-based wage and earnings inequality ...

As a body of considered thought, the idea and discipline of geoeconomics have their origins in the dying days of the Cold War. Geoeconomics as statecraft—“war by other means,” as Blackwill and Harris ...

Given the increasing likelihood of powerful AI agents from abroad intruding into our digital infrastructure, India will probably need something more powerful than McAfee Antivirus to secure its cyber ...

The country’s growing middle class and its relatively low participation in the stock market indicate considerable potential for the expansion of the mutual fund industry and capital markets. Rising ...

Globalisation has fundamentally altered the organisation of production and trade. Advances in digital technologies, declining transport costs, and trade liberalisation have enabled firms to fragment ...

It assesses how allocations and programmes affect gender equity outcomes and how fiscal policy can address structural disadvantages faced by women. Contrary to the common perception that gender ...

In 2026, the national medical entrance test, taken by more than two million young people, was cancelled within days when a circulated “guess paper” was found to match the real one (Outlook 2026). But ...

Migration has long contributed to development by connecting workers with employment opportunities and supporting economies at both origin and destination. However, the gains are not uniform.Migration ...

The film revolves around Charlie (Robert Pattinson), his fiancé Emma (Zendaya), and his two friends Mike (Mamadou Athie) and Mike’s wife Rachel (Alana Haim). At a wine-tasting for their wedding, ...

Trump threatened to commit genocide, “annihilate” Iran (with 90 million people), as he defended US–Israel’s “robust use” of military force where the two have committed war crimes. Trump asked for an ...