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The H-1B Challenge: A Pointer to a Strife Within the US
International Affairs | US Foreign Policy Sep 23, 2025

The H-1B Challenge: A Pointer to a Strife Within the US

The shrill of the growing divide in America has now reached a crescendo. ...

Navigating Tariffs: Securing Medicines and Safeguarding Innovation
Healthcare Sep 22, 2025

Navigating Tariffs: Securing Medicines and Safeguarding Innovation

Assumption that tariffs will bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to US shores is marred by several complexities ...

Countering Rogue Drones: Why India Should Lead Multinational Exercises
International Affairs Sep 22, 2025

Countering Rogue Drones: Why India Should Lead Multinational Exercises

India must leverage its recent successes against hostile drones to spearhead multinational exercises that strengthen preparedness, foster collaboration, and set new benchmarks for counter-drone strategies ...

Future-Ready Forces
International Affairs | Indian Defence Sep 20, 2025

Future-Ready Forces

Defence reforms have become a national urgency ...

Addressing Educational Inequality in India: Insights from PARAKH 2024
Education Sep 20, 2025

Addressing Educational Inequality in India: Insights from PARAKH 2024

PARAKH 2024 data highlights persistent learning gaps among SC, ST, and OBC students across India, underscoring the urgent need for comprehensive, equity-focused interventions in pedagogy, policy, and inclusive education for all. ...

Decoding the Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health
Healthcare | Climate Change Sep 20, 2025

Decoding the Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health

Climate change is driving a silent mental health crisis, from trauma and eco-anxiety to rising aggression and inequality, that demands urgent policy action ...

China’s ‘Global Initiatives’ and the Quest to Rewrite the World Order
International Affairs Sep 19, 2025

China’s ‘Global Initiatives’ and the Quest to Rewrite the World Order

China’s recent wave of “global initiatives” seeks to challenge the US-led order by rebranding multilateralism, appealing to the Global South, and positioning Beijing as the architect of a new world order. ...

How Maga Support is Firing up the Far-Right in South Korea and Japan
International Affairs Sep 19, 2025

How Maga Support is Firing up the Far-Right in South Korea and Japan

Charlie Kirk’s visits to Seoul and Tokyo just before his killing shone a spotlight on the growing relations between movements on both sides of the Pacific ...

Israel–Qatar Crisis: Regional Reactions and Recalibrations
International Affairs Sep 19, 2025

Israel–Qatar Crisis: Regional Reactions and Recalibrations

Israel’s strike on Qatar has upended regional alignments, forcing neighbours and allies alike to reassess their choices. ...

Between Arab Solidarity and the Abraham Accords: Bahrain at the UNSC
International Affairs Sep 20, 2025

Between Arab Solidarity and the Abraham Accords: Bahrain at the UNSC

Elected to the UNSC, Bahrain must reconcile Arab solidarity with its partnership with Israel under the Abraham Accords. ...

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Prasad Ashok Thakur

Prasad Ashok Thakur

Prasad Ashok Thakur is a CIMO scholar and has authored a book and several articles published with The World Bank Asian Development Bank Institute United Nations Government of India etc. His work in digital-agriculture clean energy public finance international relations ...

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Labanya Prakash Jena

Labanya Prakash Jena is Director at the Climate and Sustainability Initiative (CSI) and a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). ...

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