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Russia’s tryst with the fourth wave of COVID-19
Nov 17, 2021

Russia’s tryst with the fourth wave of COVID-19

The Russian government is in a tight spot amidst worsening COVID-19 numbers and vaccine scepticism

Achieving net-zero through just transition
Nov 12, 2021

Achieving net-zero through just transition

To ensure an inclusive transition, India will have to introduce policy interventions to cushion the states and communities who will be impacted by the

Aligning climate and health goals
Nov 02, 2021

Aligning climate and health goals

The sustainable development, climate action and COVID-19 recovery strands of the common agenda need to be better aligned to target the most vulnerable

G20 returns to Asia
Oct 30, 2021

G20 returns to Asia

The ‘duplex of Asian G20 presidencies’ led by Indonesia and India takes on a formidable agenda, one that is likely to shape the world economy for

Outrage over local pollution: Not an elite? Your cries don’t qualify.
Oct 11, 2021

Outrage over local pollution: Not an elite? Your cries don’t qualify.

Immediate policy changes due to public outrage over health and the ill-effects of pollution are seen only because it is the rich who raise these issue

Undermining institutions, underwriting OBOR: Beijing and the crisis of global governance
Sep 21, 2021

Undermining institutions, underwriting OBOR: Beijing and the crisis of global governance

Will the world end up underwriting the further rise of China by allowing the CPC to take over global institutions?

The spoils of World War 2 are handing World War 3 victories to China
Sep 21, 2021

The spoils of World War 2 are handing World War 3 victories to China

The World Bank Group’s manipulation of Doing Business rankings to promote China is part of a larger and continuing malaise that needs to end now

The disastrous impact of the pandemic on the child immunisation programme in India
Sep 14, 2021

The disastrous impact of the pandemic on the child immunisation programme in India

Efforts to resume and make up for the setback in mass immunisation for preventable childhood diseases must be ramped up

Beijing vs. Washington: Fundamental departures vis-à-vis a “Rules-based Order”
Sep 01, 2021

Beijing vs. Washington: Fundamental departures vis-à-vis a “Rules-based Order”

What is at stake is whose interpretation of a rules-based system will assume primacy.

Xi’s masterclass: Edu-tech purge spooks markets and investors
Aug 04, 2021

Xi’s masterclass: Edu-tech purge spooks markets and investors

The current system of online education start-ups, which give an edge to students whose parents have deep pockets, have skewed the pitch for the poor.

फ़ाइज़र के बर्ताव ने पूरी दुनिया को ख़तरे में डाल दिया है
May 14, 2021

फ़ाइज़र के बर्ताव ने पूरी दुनिया को ख़तरे में डाल दिया है

12 दिसंबर को फ़ाइज़र की कोरोना वैक्सीन को अमेरिका के फूड ऐ�

Understanding the role of health in foreign policy: The Indian experience
Apr 27, 2021

Understanding the role of health in foreign policy: The Indian experience

To influence the global health agenda, India not only needs to proactively engage within the WHO, but also outside the organisation at the regional an

इज़रायल के तेज़ टीकाकरण अभियान ने पूरी दुनिया कर दिया है दंग!
Apr 10, 2021

इज़रायल के तेज़ टीकाकरण अभियान ने पूरी दुनिया कर दिया है दंग!

इज़रायल को दुश्मन मानने वाले कुछ अरब देश भी टीकाकरण अभिय�

Second wave of COVID-19: Causes and solutions
Apr 04, 2021

Second wave of COVID-19: Causes and solutions

The behaviour of the COVID-19 pandemic is not particularly unusual with regard to its resurgence as “waves.”

Africa’s quest for securing COVID-19 vaccines
Mar 24, 2021

Africa’s quest for securing COVID-19 vaccines

The race to secure COVID-19 vaccines has laid bare the inherent inequalities in access to global healthcare, which adversely affects developing popula

The centrality of historical female figures in the future fight for equality
Mar 08, 2021

The centrality of historical female figures in the future fight for equality

It is crucial that we tell our daughters of the countless armies of women who have raised their voices, who have raged, and fought, and sung.

Fear and loathing of cryptocurrencies
Mar 04, 2021

Fear and loathing of cryptocurrencies

Governments must realise that cryptocurrencies were created as a reaction to neoliberal policies and wholly strive to understand how the state can bui

US needs a federal data protection law right now: Marietje Schaake
Jan 29, 2021

US needs a federal data protection law right now: Marietje Schaake

If this is a moment that will change the Internet, how will that process proceed from here? And for whom will it change?

Israel’s rapid vaccination drive against COVID-19
Jan 25, 2021

Israel’s rapid vaccination drive against COVID-19

Israel has already vaccinated more than 72 percent of those aged 60 and above of its population.

The virus doesn’t know there’s a new US president
Jan 20, 2021

The virus doesn’t know there’s a new US president

The promise of widespread vaccination is still out of reach for most Americans. A month after the country’s first vaccinations, there’s no federal

What China has in store for 2021
Jan 08, 2021

What China has in store for 2021

Whether China succeeds or fails, there will be geopolitical consequences which will be difficult to ignore.

Genetic editing in humans: Guiding change
Dec 30, 2020

Genetic editing in humans: Guiding change

The real question is not whether therapeutic gene editing is possible, but rather — do we want it and are we ready for it?

Straddling free speech and censorship: What social media should do to stay afloat
Dec 30, 2020

Straddling free speech and censorship: What social media should do to stay afloat

Social media is straddling between saving freedoms at one end, and censoring content by restricting access to extremist groups and those who are poten

Mutant virus emerges in the United Kingdom, Christmas killed
Dec 29, 2020

Mutant virus emerges in the United Kingdom, Christmas killed

The UK has suffered enormously over the past year. Most visibly, it has one of the highest rates of COVID deaths per million people, and has suffered

Maldives: Discourse over burying Sri Lankan Covid dead turns Islamic
Dec 26, 2020

Maldives: Discourse over burying Sri Lankan Covid dead turns Islamic

The Sri Lankan government’s decision became a hotly-contested political issue after the World Health Organisation cleared burial as a safe procedure

COVID-19 and its gendered impact
Dec 23, 2020

COVID-19 and its gendered impact

Any unemployment support must include women who form a large proportion of the workforce in the informal sector.

The road to justice for many Syrians begins in Germany
Dec 08, 2020

The road to justice for many Syrians begins in Germany

Germany activated the principle of universal jurisdiction enshrined in the German Code of Crimes, which allows it to prosecute international crimes no

Nepal: Is Biden’s win win-win for the Himalayan Republic?
Nov 25, 2020

Nepal: Is Biden’s win win-win for the Himalayan Republic?

The situation now seems to be ripe to reorient the relationship by instilling new foreign policy mechanisms that can be helpful for not only the US an

China’s economic plans: Reading the tea leaves
Nov 04, 2020

China’s economic plans: Reading the tea leaves

The emphasis on self-reliance, innovation and the whole business of “dual circulation” seems to be aimed at convincing the country that the proces

कौन बनेगा विश्व व्यापार संगठन का नया महानिदेशक?
Nov 04, 2020

कौन बनेगा विश्व व्यापार संगठन का नया महानिदेशक?

चुनाव से पहले जब हर देश इस बात पर विचार कर रहा है कि वो किस �

Open Financial Technologies: Asia’s first neo-banking platform for SMBs and startups
Nov 02, 2020

Open Financial Technologies: Asia’s first neo-banking platform for SMBs and startups

We look for self-starters, we look for people who do not settle, we look for people who have done something of their own before.

Geo-technology: 5G and who builds the digital future, builds all of the future
Nov 02, 2020

Geo-technology: 5G and who builds the digital future, builds all of the future

Technology has been a fulcrum point for Trump’s disruption of the status-quos with China, with 5G leading the way