Long Story

Our daily Long Story is a deep dive into a specific contemporary issue, brought to you from the front lines with original reportage by our best journalists. Each story is carefully written, edited, fact checked and published only when we are satisfied that your time will be well spent reading it.

News

Beyond loneliness: Keralam’s ambitious bet on ‘aging in place’ and the silver economy

As youth migrate and palatial homes stand silent, Keralam is crafting a new blueprint for elderly care. From vibrant daycare centres to innovative ‘time banks’, explore how the rapidly ageing state is transforming loneliness into companionship.

9 min read30 Aug 2026
Technology

They are masters of electronics assembly. But can our factories genuinely Make in India?

While PLI has proven to be a game changer for electronics assembly, the hard part, upgrading factories to manufacture what goes deep inside those products, starts now.

12 min read27 Aug 2026
Science

Your vitals, their algorithm: Inside the race to build the health platform of the future

From high-tech scans to continuous AI monitoring, new-age clinics are turning your body into a living data stream. But as healthcare shifts from treating sickness to predicting it, are we truly getting healthier—or just handing over our most intimate biology?

11 min read26 Aug 2026
Companies

Nvidia’s trillion-dollar chip market has friends and foes closing in

The chipmaker remains dominant for now, but an onslaught of companies is encroaching on its territory.

10 min read25 Aug 2026
Global

The $500 billion experiment to build 24/7 markets on blockchain

When the US and Israel launched their aerial assault on Iran on the last Saturday of February, the world’s main oil markets were closed. The price of crude kept moving anyway.

7 min read25 Aug 2026
Companies

After the lottery win: why Dr Reddy’s may be doing much more in its laboratories

The pharmaceutical company rode one copycat drug to record profits. Now, co-chairman G.V. Prasad has to prove the company can grow without it. Biosimilars and innovation may hold the answer.

11 min read24 Aug 2026
Industry

India’s fabless dream hits the commercial reality wall

Homegrown chip startups are getting silicon out of the lab, but overcoming foreign IP costs and reluctant OEMs will take more than policy mandates.

11 min read23 Aug 2026
Companies

The hidden debt that Apple owes to the CIA

Without CIA funding that helped keep NeXT afloat in the ’80s, Steve Jobs might not have made a triumphant return to Apple—and the iPhone might not have its foundational operating code.

8 min read21 Aug 2026
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News

A student protest—and a reckoning for Bar Council of India

A convocation controversy at Nalsar has sparked a backlash that has widened into a debate over the Bar Council of India’s powers, accountability and functioning.

11 min read21 Aug 2026
Companies

After years on the fringes, Noel Tata has taken centrestage, and inherited a leaky chalice

The day Tata Sons failed to hold its AGM, the curtain rose on Noel Tata’s real problems. N. Chandrasekaran leaves behind a more powerful Tata Sons, and a clutch of unfinished mega bets.

10 min read20 Aug 2026