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Space biotechnology: An emerging frontier in India’s scientific endeavours
Space Dec 03, 2024

Space biotechnology: An emerging frontier in India’s scientific endeavours

The collaboration between space research and biotechnology can both improve the health of space travellers and also aid with new research and innovation ...

Lost in the echo: Party manifestos and intelligence oversight in India
Domestic Politics and Governance | National Politics Dec 03, 2024

Lost in the echo: Party manifestos and intelligence oversight in India

Growing scrutiny on Indian intelligence activity highlights the need for intelligence oversight, but the implementation might prove to be difficult ...

What to expect in 2025: Looming talks for a brooding peace
International Affairs Dec 03, 2024

What to expect in 2025: Looming talks for a brooding peace

Four septuagenarians—Trump, Putin, Xi and Modi—will renegotiate geopolitics over the next 12 months ...

Charting Africa’s path to semiconductor leadership
International Affairs | Cyber and Technology Dec 03, 2024

Charting Africa’s path to semiconductor leadership

Although Africa is currently a prime site for critical minerals extraction, it has immense untapped potential in the other stages of the semiconductor value chain ...

Transit hubs or hurdles? Addressing the lack of physical integration in Indian transit stations
Urbanisation in India | Transportation Dec 03, 2024

Transit hubs or hurdles? Addressing the lack of physical integration in Indian transit stations

Transit hubs across Indian cities need to have better physical integration at interchanges to facilitate smooth and efficient mobility ...

The Investment Facilitation Agreement: Resisting plurilateralism in global investment law
Multilateralism | Law and Justice Dec 02, 2024

The Investment Facilitation Agreement: Resisting plurilateralism in global investment law

India is blocking the adoption of the IFDA as it will set a norm sidelining developing states from the decision-making process ...

Corruption and purge in the PLA: Apprehension and distrust
International Affairs | Defence and Security Dec 02, 2024

Corruption and purge in the PLA: Apprehension and distrust

The recent purge in the PLA as a result of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign reveals deep-rooted issues in the military ...

EU versus Russia in Georgia’s high-stakes election
International Affairs Dec 02, 2024

EU versus Russia in Georgia’s high-stakes election

The Russia-leaning Georgian Dream party has secured victory in the recent parliamentary elections amidst Opposition allegations of potential electoral misconduct ...

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