At dawn on Monday, the coastal town of Tuguegarao in northern Luzon resembled a ghost city. Floodwaters had swallowed roads,...

It starts with something simple—a small vibration, a blink of light on the phone screen, maybe an unnoticed buzz in...

India’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are at a pivotal juncture. On one hand, they face age-old constraints: limited...

In a small pharmacy shop in Hisar, Haryana, one sees rows of brightly-coloured lozenges, “medicine toffees”, cough-drops, and branded items...

On a quiet afternoon in February 1928, while sailing the Mediterranean and watching the sea’s brilliant blue, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman...

At a sleek conference room in Mumbai last week, a handful of franchise executives gathered quietly. The topic: how to...

On 15 September 1861, in a modest village named Muddenahalli in the Kingdom of Mysore, a boy was born who...

The classroom in a far-flung village in South India now receives curriculum content via a smartphone app; a retired civil-servant...