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Deoband and the Taliban: Faith, Diplomacy, and India’s Theological Opportunity
International Affairs Oct 10, 2025

Deoband and the Taliban: Faith, Diplomacy, and India’s Theological Opportunity

Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to Darul Uloom Deoband highlights how India can leverage its historical and theological influence to engage the Taliban, reclaim the classical Deobandi legacy, and turn shared spiritual heritage into a strategic instrument for regional stability. ...

Nutrition and Mental Health: A Lifeline in Crisis Settings
Healthcare Oct 10, 2025

Nutrition and Mental Health: A Lifeline in Crisis Settings

India’s experience shows that integrating nutrition and mental health programmes—through initiatives like POSHAN Abhiyan, Tele-MANAS, and PM-POSHAN—is essential to strengthen public health systems and build resilience in times of crisis. ...

China Watches India-Taiwan Ties with Unease
International Affairs Oct 09, 2025

China Watches India-Taiwan Ties with Unease

China views India-Taiwan ties with unease as trade, labour, and tech cooperation deepen—testing Beijing’s red lines amid a cautious thaw with New Delhi. ...

Gurugram Floods Underscore the Case for Traditional Planning
Climate Change Oct 09, 2025

Gurugram Floods Underscore the Case for Traditional Planning

Gurugram’s flooding crisis underscores how India’s cities must move beyond cosmetic modernity and revive traditional ecological wisdom like the Panchabhuta philosophy to build true climate resilience. ...

The US-India TRUST Initiative Reshaping Biotech Future
International Affairs Oct 09, 2025

The US-India TRUST Initiative Reshaping Biotech Future

The US-India biotech collaboration under TRUST is more than a bilateral game; it can help reshape global value chains and promote inclusive, ethical innovation ...

India’s Critical Minerals Mission: From Ambition to Action
Critical Minerals Oct 09, 2025

India’s Critical Minerals Mission: From Ambition to Action

With bold new policies in place, India's success in the global race for critical minerals now hinges on turning ambition into effective, coordinated execution. ...

The PLARF Challenge: Why India’s Integrated Rocket Force Cannot Wait
International Affairs Oct 08, 2025

The PLARF Challenge: Why India’s Integrated Rocket Force Cannot Wait

As China’s PLARF fields advanced missiles capable of striking deep into India, New Delhi’s long-delayed Integrated Rocket Force (IRF) must be urgently established, fully equipped, and operationalised to close critical capability gaps and ensure credible deterrence. ...

The Fifth Capital
Developing and Emerging Economies | Sustainable Development Oct 08, 2025

The Fifth Capital

Beyond natural, human, physical, and social capitals, ingenuity emerges as the vital ‘fifth capital’—the stock of ideas and innovations that sustains societies in the Anthropocene. ...

Takaichi’s Japan and the Politics of Continuity Over Change
International Affairs Oct 08, 2025

Takaichi’s Japan and the Politics of Continuity Over Change

Japan’s first female leader is set to inherit a fractured party and a fragile mandate as the country navigates economic headwinds and regional uncertainty. ...

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Srishti V Sinha

Srishti V Sinha

Srishti Sinha worked as a research assistant for the Digital Societies Initiative at ORF. Her research focuses on the governance of emerging technologies, with a particular emphasis on artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, and the regulatory frameworks shaping responsible innovation. Previously, she ...

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Srishti V Sinha

Srishti Sinha worked as a research assistant for the Digital Societies Initiative at ORF. Her research focuses on the governance of emerging technologies, with a particular emphasis on artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, and the regulatory frameworks shaping responsible innovation. Previously, she ...

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