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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented stress on India’s urban public health infrastructure, underscoring the need for urban planning to account for increased demand for health amenities during crises. This paper evaluates the city of Mumbai’s 1991 and 2034 development plans and finds inherent infrastructural inadequacies. It calls on urban-policymakers to complement development plans with robust dynamic health strategies that conside
Militaries must focus on their primary task of protecting our national interests, and no biological incident can hinder it from carrying out its assig
One can foresee many challenges as farmers and farm labourers set out to rebuild their lives and livelihoods.
The pandemic proved that the Centre and states have different roles but need to work closely during a crisis, instead of adopting a centralised approa
With new variants surfacing, India should take in account its elderly population and undertake suitable policy changes to ensure their survival
As the Indo-Pacific construct gains momentum, India is augmenting its role in the region in the post-COVID period through enhanced interaction with ne
India’s global ambitions come with global health duties both amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and in its aftermath
The values that steer India’s development cooperation — demand driven, conditionality free and based on the principle of partnership among equals
Despite the kind words, emergency cooperation, and the defence relationship, there are longer term difficulties in the India-Russia relationship that are unlikely to be easy to resolve.
Elections in a demographically large democracy like India demands vibrant — at times chaotic — political interaction, and mass mobilisation on a l
New Delhi has been quietly focused on tackling the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, trying to help others within its own limitations and bu
Although Centre-state cooperation is crucial for Indian federalism, the competition amongst them cannot be discounted
While the virus is threatening to rise again in a ‘third wave,’ China has literally dug in at high altitudes in its quest to secure real estate an
India could have much done better to have not been in this position of high risk. Deficits in India’s social welfare are old and basic problems and
To meet the SDG target of universal access to electricity and regain the lost momentum, off-grid solutions must be embraced in the short term
Although anti-Muslim prejudice is already a huge problem in the UK — the fact that even a pandemic will not stop people from spreading bigotry and s
Israel has already vaccinated more than 72 percent of those aged 60 and above of its population.
India’s leap into the services and IT sector without first going through the appropriate growth models and methods of educating and skilling its ent
Just like COVID-19 — climate change has the potential to destabilise various systems and institutions while simultaneously deepening the schisms bet
As the world soldiers on to combat this formidable adversary, another global catastrophe — one involving higher stakes and no cure — looms large.
COVID-19, which is a highly infectious disease of zoonotic origin, serves as a serious reminder that human-nature interactions need to be based on sustainable development pathways. The recent surge in zoonotic infections in different parts of the world—among them, H1N1, Nipah virus, Zika virus, and Lyme disease—can be attributed to the intensification of human-animal contact through wildlife trade and livestock production. Reducing the rates
How is Maharashtra faring as compared to other states — and what is the status of the spread of COVID-19 within the state?
There are many metrics to measure the Modi foreign policy of the past year.
Much can be learnt from the Mumbai model and the critical gaps identified to decentralise decision-making, focus on primary healthcare centres and pre
Myanmar is currently fraught with rising humanitarian needs, and an impending economic meltdown that seems quite probable
Authorities need to increase testing capacities.
Myanmar is ill-equipped to handle growing COVID-19 caseload on its own — it requires external help.
Later this year, the national elections will be due. The elections may be postponed because of the COVID-19 scenario.
Traditions that conspired to keep a woman at home may have an ally in the emerging economic landscape.
Regular communication with India and other host countries should be re-evaluated by Nepal, which is economically viable for the country in the long run, as it has to survive a major chunk of its economy on remittances.
The relations between India and Nepal have reverted to the pre-pandemic period as both countries have reopened borders
As work from home becomes the new normal, regulators around the world have come under pressure to relook at the rules relating to bandwidth, traffic a
As the government begins to shut down its cities to flatten the Covid-19 infection curve, here’s what Nigeria can do to cater to its poor.
The rapid mutation of the coronavirus and threat of new variants have indicated that COVID-19 is likely to remain for the long term
The spread of the new Omicron variant raises pertinent questions over the long-term protection against COVID-19
If rich nations want to preserve the liberal order, they must invest in the institutions that can help poorer countries survive this crisis.
