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New Delhi needs to note that China’s estrangement from the US is not as serious as the one with India.
A crisis of these proportions call for a combination of basic practices, innovative measures, and radical thinking.
Heightening great-power rivalry has impeded consensus-making in multilateral institutions. This has given rise, in recent years, to minilaterals especially in the Indo-Pacific. Even as there are criticisms that minilaterals are too informal and lacking in structures that are required for focused debates, China’s belligerence has galvanised support for, and focus within minilateral groupings in the region. Over the past year, the fallout of the
The COVID-19 pandemic is posing unique challenges to policymakers across the globe, necessitating efficient action in short timeframes. During such crises, having the right data at the right time is crucial to making informed policy decisions. Traditional economic indicators can be inadequate owing to issues of timeliness, granularity, and difficulty in collection. There is a need therefore for higher-frequency and more granular data to track e
The fight against COVID-19 has just begun. It will continue over time.
As the world confronts multiple challenges which are intricately connected, our path for development stands at a crucial juncture. In the context of the embroiling polycrisis, progress on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) has been steady but fragile with major and persistent challenges. Financing for Agenda 2030 has emerged as a major bottleneck with several developing economies, especially the least developed countries (LDCs), low-income
The pandemic has accelerated digitalisation, which can be used as an opportunity to bridge the gender digital divide in India.
The picture about India’s happiness quotient presented by the World Happiness Report 2021 is quite disappointing.
The GST regime over the last five years has showcased the cracks emerging in federal cooperation.
The COVID-19 pandemic sparked rapid digitalisation worldwide, with work-from-home interactions, online payments, and online consultations for various services becoming acceptable practices. While this shift in the manner and nature of work brought enormous benefits, crucially in terms of access, it has also increased the kind of cyber security threats that countries face, with vulnerabilities felt particularly in the health and financial sectors.
On World Food Safety Day, we look at how COVID-19 has highlighted the growing concerns around food safety
It is important to not only bridge the demand gap for an optimal transition to green growth, but also create appropriate legal frameworks to actualise
The EU’s push for multilateralism on developing a vaccine against COVID-19 comes amidst fraying international relations
Despite being criticised as being ‘convenient’ or ‘lazy’ — online activism makes a significant impact. It has become an integral part of act
As a new American President prepares to assume office, China has sent him a greeting card with three messages conveying the terms of Beijing’s engag
For 2021, governments in Africa will focus on improving their revenue and ending the economic recession, way more than it will focus on managing the p
G-20 गटाने जागतिक स्तरावरील विविध सहभागी राष्ट्रांमधील आं�
India is poised in a unique position to influence the climate action discussion to ensure comprehensive mitigation, adaptation, and restoration.
वैक्सीन बनाने को लेकर भारत की क्षमता के आलोक में ये देखना
With India looking forward to its G20 presidency in 2023, it becomes a vital actor in pushing international health reforms
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, reforming the global health governance system has become a key area of concern for the G20 and other multilateral platforms. This comes at a time when the world has increasingly become volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. As a grouping of developed and developing countries, the G20 must prioritise addressing global health challenges by identifying its direct and indirect determinants. This brief
Global institutions should adopt a rights-based paradigm that focuses on strengthening health systems and access to healthcare rather than securitised
The Sino-Russian biotechnology collaboration, augmented by its strategic focus on pharmaceuticals and economic growth, has called for a global concern
Even if a single student is left behind, the move to online teaching will remain unfair. In the longer term, the Central and state governments must co
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive economic and social fallout for India, as it has across the globe. In India, large numbers of people lost their jobs, and supply chains across industries and agriculture have been disrupted. At the same time, environmental indicators—notably air and freshwater quality—showed improvements following the long period of a nationwide lockdown. This brief outlines why India must make a focused decision to mov
Adopting a uniform approach to climate-friendly trade regulations could be detrimental to developing countries and could jeopardise future cooperative
Free elections are the backbone of a democracy. But to preserve democracy during a crisis such as this, we may need to cancel, postpone or rethink the
To end the intergenerational cycle of poverty and eradicate all types of malnutrition, policymakers must intensify their efforts
Under India’s G20 presidency in 2023, it has the opportunity to advance digital financial inclusion in the agenda to allow an inclusive COVID-19 rec
Amidst all the handwringing, it is often forgotten that the crisis of multilateralism could offer new opportunities that India should harness
Although the government has initiated schemes to extend proper healthcare, many sections of people are still excluded from its coverage or are unable
The New Delhi Declaration’s policy commitments in the health sector emphasise the role of the G20 in revising the existing financial and global heal
Ensuring health security is a simple task, albeit not a simplistic one; it will require us to invest domestically in preparedness and response and enh
The protests In Hong Kong on Sunday will really tell us how the future will unfold. If millions participate, then it means Beijing is not going to fin
As if COVID-19 was not enough, Amphan has not merely damaged infrastructure, rendered many homeless, and affected small businesses — but has imposed a cost on the West Bengal economy whose indelible impacts will be felt in the long-run.
The pandemic COVID19 doesn’t just come in the way of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, but calls for a rethinking of the timeline.
Disrupting conventional thinking, Prime Minister Modi held a video conference to fight Covid-19 with all SAARC leaders.
India’s development partnerships could be a potential game changer if sustainability is incorporated into the agenda
Newspapers, or even television channels, will have to bypass Google and Facebook to survive. Question is — how do they do that?
