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Beyond the Cap: Pathways to Reliable Funding for Rare Diseases in India
Healthcare Dec 10, 2025

Beyond the Cap: Pathways to Reliable Funding for Rare Diseases in India

This report examines how India can move from ad-hoc responses to a more reliable system for financing high-cost therapies for rare diseases. It reviews the policy and financing architecture being built around the National Policy for Rare Diseases (2021), including Central support, state responsibilities, tax ...

The Legal Basis for India’s Claim to Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir
Neighbourhood Dec 02, 2025

The Legal Basis for India’s Claim to Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir

The spate of calls from within India’s political establishment, led primarily by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, for integrating Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) raises the issue of the basis for India’s claim. This report highlights that the 1993 judgment of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir ...

The Climate, Food, and Market Conundrum: Placing Business Emissions at the Forefront
Healthcare | Climate, Food and Environment | Agriculture Nov 14, 2025

The Climate, Food, and Market Conundrum: Placing Business Emissions at the Forefront

Agriculture is the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, even as it feeds the 8-billion global population. Around 75 percent of farms, globally, are family-owned and under 2 hectares; together they produce a third of the world’s food. These smallholder farms produce 15-percent lower emissions per ...

China’s Infrastructure Buildup Near India’s Northern Borders: The Eight-Year Surge Since Doklam
International Affairs Nov 04, 2025

China’s Infrastructure Buildup Near India’s Northern Borders: The Eight-Year Surge Since Doklam

In the past seven decades, China has been actively building civilian, military, and dual-use infrastructure in Xinjiang and Tibet—which it calls, respectively, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). This infrastructure web runs close to India’s northern borders, over which ...

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Nikhila Natarajan

Nikhila Natarajan

Nikhila Natarajan is Senior Programme Manager for Media and Digital Content with ORF America. Her work focuses on the future of jobs current research in the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence digital innovation and strategy. Nikhila also tracks ...

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Premesha Saha

Premesha Saha was a Fellow with ORF’s Strategic Studies Programme. Her research focuses on Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania and the emerging dynamics of the Indo-Pacific region. Premesha’s other research interests include: Indonesia’s maritime strategy, India and Southeast Asia, India’s ...

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