Research integrity in 2026: India's retraction problem and the ANRF response
India's retraction volume remains high; ANRF's 2026 mandate aims to restore trust.
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NIRF 2026 rankings: what changed in methodology and what still isn't fixed
NIRF 2026 introduced methodology changes; whether they fix credibility gaps remains unclear.
India bet its research future on private money: inside the Anusandhan National Research Foundation
The ANRF plans a ₹50,000 crore research corpus over five years, with roughly 70% expected from industry and philanthropy. It is a deliberate break from how Indian science has been funded, and its biggest risk.
India's retraction surge forced a reckoning with how research gets checked
The country now ranks third in the world for life-science retractions. Regulators have scrapped an old journal list and funders are demanding disclosure, but the harder repair is peer review itself.
Smaller classes help, but not the way policymakers keep hoping
The Tennessee STAR experiment gave the field its cleanest evidence that small classes raise early achievement. Decades of follow-up show why cutting class size is still one of the most expensive ways to buy it.