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‘Tiger Triumph’ tri-service exercise to consolidate US-India defence ties
Sep 24, 2019

‘Tiger Triumph’ tri-service exercise to consolidate US-India defence ties

Trump’s announcement of the first-ever tri-service US-India military exercise demonstrates his will to insulate US-India defence ties from bilateral

BEST’s road to financial recovery may face potholes of populism
Sep 23, 2019

BEST’s road to financial recovery may face potholes of populism

With most of the grant money being used to settle loans and pay salaries, populist moves ahead of the state election may prove to be counterproductive

Education Paralysis in Kashmir: Need to protect the future
Sep 20, 2019

Education Paralysis in Kashmir: Need to protect the future

Innovative and creative educational initiatives and their effective use can break the legacy of violence and mistrust in Kashmir.

Trump’s political arithmetic on Indian Americans may ease US-India trade tensions
Sep 18, 2019

Trump’s political arithmetic on Indian Americans may ease US-India trade tensions

As Trump gears up for re-election, his instruction to the Office of the US Trade Representative to draft text for a partial trade deal with India refl

Macron Brussels and Washington
Sep 16, 2019

Macron Brussels and Washington

Because of geopolitical changes, we are living the end of Western hegemony, and the West needs to cooperate with Russia in order to create a new syst

Motor Vehicles Act 2019: A challenge to federalism?
Sep 16, 2019

Motor Vehicles Act 2019: A challenge to federalism?

Every year 1,50,000 people get killed on roads and 65 percent of them are 18-35 years old.

Changing landmarks in Indo-Russian economic relations: The Vladivostock summit and beyond
Sep 16, 2019

Changing landmarks in Indo-Russian economic relations: The Vladivostock summit and beyond

The Putin-Modi summit as part of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok was a step further in Indo-Russian relations.

Macron, Brussels and Washington
Sep 16, 2019

Macron, Brussels and Washington

Because of geopolitical changes, we are living the end of Western hegemony, and the West needs to cooperate with Russia in order to create a new syst

India and Russia share an evergreen relationship of trust and confidence
Sep 14, 2019

India and Russia share an evergreen relationship of trust and confidence

Indian envoy to Russia, Ambassador D. Bala Venkatesh Varma, discusses Indo-Russia ties and the recently concluded Modi-Putin Summit in Vladivostok. Th

Urban local bodies and bus rapid transit systems
Sep 13, 2019

Urban local bodies and bus rapid transit systems

The BRTS falls between two stools. It monopolises rare road space and heavily congests non-BRTS lanes.

हे न्याय!
Sep 13, 2019

हे न्याय!

आज के बाद से मैं उन मामलों में सीधे दखल दूंगा और उन जजों को

Maldives: Designation brings US terror war closer?
Sep 13, 2019

Maldives: Designation brings US terror war closer?

By designating Mohamed Ameen, a ‘key leader for ISIS’ — Washington may have taken the ‘global war on terror’ to the southern Indian Ocean ne

The long road ahead: Russia and its ambitions in the Far East
Sep 11, 2019

The long road ahead: Russia and its ambitions in the Far East

Indian government and businesses would do well to carefully examine their prospects.

Indian startups and Chinese venture capital: The strategic dimension
Sep 11, 2019

Indian startups and Chinese venture capital: The strategic dimension

How does it play out in the larger technology war involving the US and China?

Congestion pricing economics
Sep 11, 2019

Congestion pricing economics

India needs to seriously start looking at city roads through the real estate lens to make a case for public transport and address the problem of peren

सांप्रदायिक एकता और सतत विकास के लिए उम्मीद जगाती भागवत और मदनी की मुलाकात
Sep 11, 2019

सांप्रदायिक एकता और सतत विकास के लिए उम्मीद जगाती भागवत और मदनी की मुलाकात

सांप्रदायिक एकता और सतत विकास अत्यावश्यक है, क्योंकि पूर

Assessing Modi government’s decisions
Sep 10, 2019

Assessing Modi government’s decisions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi must be assessed by the success or failure of his major decisions that have been taken since he assumed power in May 2014

Recent IAS resignations: An appraisal
Sep 10, 2019

Recent IAS resignations: An appraisal

The depletion of the IAS ranks should not be a worry as the Government seems to be moving in the direction of lateral entry — and a fresh infusion o

Flight of foreign portfolio investments: Perilous to government plans
Sep 10, 2019

Flight of foreign portfolio investments: Perilous to government plans

Despite recent waivers, continuing the withdrawal of FPIs from the Indian economy highlights the perils of an uninsulated capital market in India.

India’s urban reality
Sep 09, 2019

India’s urban reality

Unless India takes up urban planning with the seriousness it deserves, the future of some of the mega projects of the incumbent government such as the

Pakistan's quick U-turn on its trade ban on pharmaceutical products with India
Sep 07, 2019

Pakistan's quick U-turn on its trade ban on pharmaceutical products with India

Pakistan’s knee-jerk decision to suspend all trade relations with India could have only created a barrier of access to medicines for the Pakistani p

China banks on the Fourth Plenum to set future course
Sep 05, 2019

China banks on the Fourth Plenum to set future course

As the Fourth Plenum approaches, the Communist Party of China will use this platform to further discuss important socio-political and economic issues.

Acting East: Indian defence co-operation in Asia
Sep 05, 2019

Acting East: Indian defence co-operation in Asia

India must remember that it is only by exporting to Asia that it can transform its ‘Act East’ policy from being a tokenistic one into an influenti

Kashmir blackout: Counterterrorism and an increasingly challenging role of the internet
Sep 04, 2019

Kashmir blackout: Counterterrorism and an increasingly challenging role of the internet

The security challenges posed by the online sphere today are not new, nor is India in Kashmir the only state facing questions on the use of the intern

Urban local bodies, municipal bonds and due diligence
Sep 03, 2019

Urban local bodies, municipal bonds and due diligence

Contract clauses of penalties and liquidated damages are bound to be pressed, leading to arbitration and legal battles.

Justice Hamid Kureshi Case: Battle between executive and judiciary continues unabated
Sep 02, 2019

Justice Hamid Kureshi Case: Battle between executive and judiciary continues unabated

The Supreme Court has to decide whether to reconsider its earlier recommendation or to reiterate Justice Kureshi’s name.

No country for good peace deals
Aug 31, 2019

No country for good peace deals

Taliban commanders may continue to fight the Afghan government in spite of any deal that may be signed with the US. So, is there really a point in mak

Oh justice!
Aug 31, 2019

Oh justice!

Various aspects of Nazi rule have received copious amounts of attention in the form of books, documentaries, films and a range of highly scholastic an

Global Innovation Index 2019: Key takeaways for India
Aug 30, 2019

Global Innovation Index 2019: Key takeaways for India

A proper understanding of India’s thriving R&D services industry and its impact on national innovation capability needs to be developed.

Reimagining Sustainable Development Education for teens
Aug 30, 2019

Reimagining Sustainable Development Education for teens

Engaging youth in the SDG debate will require more than classroom education — it’s time we saw greater online innovation.

The strategic logic of the No First Use nuclear doctrine
Aug 30, 2019

The strategic logic of the No First Use nuclear doctrine

India’s No First Use policy was a result of the lessons that India’s key strategic thinkers learned in the long decades they spent thinking about

US-India defence ties ‘socialising’ India into the Indo-Pacific calculus
Aug 29, 2019

US-India defence ties ‘socialising’ India into the Indo-Pacific calculus

Washington is seeking an active New Delhi by raising the tempo of US-India defence trade and interoperability agreements.

आयुष्मान भारत: नीति, विवाद और अज्ञात हक़ीक़त
Aug 23, 2019

आयुष्मान भारत: नीति, विवाद और अज्ञात हक़ीक़त

बुनियादी स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं और उपचार के बीच संतुलन बनाने क

Partition 1947 and its bitter legacy
Aug 23, 2019

Partition 1947 and its bitter legacy

The division of India remains a long litany of tragedy for the consequences it threw up in the times following August 1947.

Kashmir today and tomorrow
Aug 19, 2019

Kashmir today and tomorrow

How much satisfaction will one get by owning a flat or an apartment house in such places protected by thousands of boots on the ground is beyond measu

The future of women leaders in Afghanistan
Aug 16, 2019

The future of women leaders in Afghanistan

It is only when the institutional structures change in Afghanistan, that the status of women leaders can shift from symbols to real people.

Small countries must together create structures that can defend against global powers
Aug 16, 2019

Small countries must together create structures that can defend against global powers

The talk by Boris Tadić focuses on African issues as they are becoming strategically important for the future of mankind and for the sustainability o

India’s e-vehicle drive: Context and challenges
Aug 14, 2019

India’s e-vehicle drive: Context and challenges

There is no doubt in the merits of moving away from fossil-based mobility, but all the efforts must match up to the targets that have been set forth.