Eight decades after its founding in the wake of the second world war, it is not a good time for the UN.

Back in April, Australian authorities raised the alarm over a surge in “non-genuine” student applications, cases in which education was not the primary intent but a façade for residency ambitions or unauthorised employment.

The West Bengal Urdu Academy had cancelled a literary event in Kolkata, which was to feature the renowned Urdu writer and poet, Javed Akhtar.

The outage – plus Optus’s delayed response to it – has sparked fury and condemnation.

Going to high-quality early childhood education or preschool is one way to ensure children do not fall behind before they even start school.

“Our friendship commenced in terrible times of cruelty, murder, privation, and suffering, and yet in all this, your father shone out as one of the bright stars of heaven"

There is growing concern that we are increasingly putting too much of the tax burden on people aged in their mid-30s to mid-50s.

Pacific nations, meanwhile, are increasingly cautious about entering into deals that seem rushed or insufficiently transparent.

For the first time, Canada has officially acknowledged that banned extremist groups such as Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation remain active in promoting separatism and violence.

These upheavals have two immediate implications for India.