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Online shopping: Impact on city planning and infrastructure
Jan 01, 2019

Online shopping: Impact on city planning and infrastructure

Internet shopping has become an effective way of boosting an economy by increasing demand, expanding consumption and promoting employment. It has impr

Onshoring fabrication is a precondition to secure Indian techno-sovereignty
Dec 07, 2021

Onshoring fabrication is a precondition to secure Indian techno-sovereignty

India can simultaneously boost its economy and break free from its dependence on China by onshoring fabrication of hardware and electronics.

Open health data in India: Finally a reality?
Sep 09, 2016

Open health data in India: Finally a reality?

To improve the quality of available health data, proper resources for the datasets need to be provided.

Opportunity to actualise counterterrorism cooperation between India and the US
Feb 04, 2020

Opportunity to actualise counterterrorism cooperation between India and the US

As Republicans dampen Democrats’ criticism on Kashmir by citing India’s counterterrorism imperatives, an opportunity to actualise US-India counter

Optimising digital innovation ecosystems for development
May 17, 2024

Optimising digital innovation ecosystems for development

Digital innovation ecosystems are crucial for global development, but balanced growth requires adaptive capacity to optimise their performance

Optimising Urban Agriculture: A Pathway to Food Security in India
Aug 17, 2023

Optimising Urban Agriculture: A Pathway to Food Security in India

As global and urban populations continue to grow, and climate change threatens food security, it is imperative that cities—often the largest food consumers—contribute to its production through urban agriculture. Urban agriculture comprises food and non-food products grown for self-consumption or sale. Entrepreneurs, non-governmental organisations, and citizens worldwide are adopting new technologies to optimise production amid space c

Optimism over upcoming Modi-Abe Tokyo summit
Nov 11, 2016

Optimism over upcoming Modi-Abe Tokyo summit

Modi and Abe will be holding their third summit and second one to be held in Tokyo in a bid to renew their special strategic and global partnership

Orbits to objectives: Aligning space security strategy with military CONOPs
Jan 05, 2024

Orbits to objectives: Aligning space security strategy with military CONOPs

India's venture into space security, intertwined with defence readiness, necessitates a comprehensive and well-structured national strategy

Ordinance on Commission on Air Quality lapses, air pollution persists
Apr 01, 2021

Ordinance on Commission on Air Quality lapses, air pollution persists

The continued inability of the executive bodies to implement judicial orders not only leads to the persistence of the problem of air pollution, but al

ORF launches new logo as it completes 25 years
Sep 07, 2015

ORF launches new logo as it completes 25 years

ORF has launched a new, bold and impressive logo as it completed 25 glorious years. The logo was unveiled by the senior-most Trustee and Honourary Secretary Mr. Baljit Kapur at the 26th Foundation Day. Also present were Trustees Mrs Renuka Mishra and Mr Lalit Bhasin and Director Sunjoy Joshi.

ORF Seminar on Status Of India Studies in the United States
Sep 15, 2004

ORF Seminar on Status Of India Studies in the United States

The seminar on Status of India Studies in the United States is co-sponsored by Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi and India Studies Program of Indiana University. The seminar is scheduled for September 15 and 16, 2004 at Indiana Memorial Union Hotel, Indiana University, Bloomington.

ORF study highlights appalling state of sanitation at Mumbai railway stations
Jun 03, 2010

ORF study highlights appalling state of sanitation at Mumbai railway stations

The study urges urgent action to improve the state of sanitation and demands facilities comparable to those at airports

ORF TRUSTEE HONOURED WITH NATIONAL LAW DAY AWARD
Dec 03, 2007

ORF TRUSTEE HONOURED WITH NATIONAL LAW DAY AWARD

Mr. Lalit Bhasin, Trustee, Observer Research Foundation, and one of the senior-most lawyers of the Supreme Court, has been bestowed with the National Law Day Award for his "Outstanding Contribution to the Development of the Legal Profession in India and for his deep involvement and engagement in the maintenance of the highest standards at the Bar".

ORF, FUDAN University Joint Project to Study Rural Economies and Governance Practices
Aug 10, 2010

ORF, FUDAN University Joint Project to Study Rural Economies and Governance Practices

Observer Research Foundation (ORF), India and Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences Fudan University, China have agreed to undertake a joint research project.

ORF-Hammurabi & Solomon suggestions to Justice Verma Committee
Jan 04, 2013

ORF-Hammurabi & Solomon suggestions to Justice Verma Committee

ORF and Hammurabi & Solomon, a law firm, have submitted a memorandum to Justice Verma Committee, detaling suggestions in the law and the government setup to provide for speedier justice and enhance safety and security of women.

Osama's legacy is in political geography
May 05, 2012

Osama's legacy is in political geography

On the first anniversary of Osama bin-Laden's killing, questions about his relevance are déjà vu. What's more interesting is how even when on the run and long dead the Sheikh of misdirected Jehad shaped the histories of nations.

Our Digital Age and the Exercise and Contestation of Power
Mar 11, 2024

Our Digital Age and the Exercise and Contestation of Power

Over the last 30 years, digital innovation has been met with vacillating opinions on whether technology is emancipatory or tends to benefit those with political and/or economic power. In the context of innovations in AI in the early 2020s, this brief tackles the question: In a digital age, what is new in who exercises power over whom? It focuses on the power of States in relation to both citizens and territory, and outlines four areas where funda

Our digital future holds the key to urban sustainability and resilience
Jun 18, 2019

Our digital future holds the key to urban sustainability and resilience

The increasing integration of sensors, big data and connected devices is creating an information-rich urban environment, that — if leveraged properl

Our digital futures: Rights, pluralism, or tech determinism?
Apr 14, 2021

Our digital futures: Rights, pluralism, or tech determinism?

It is a moment of awakening, as we are still suffering a pandemic that made “digital” the daily real — exposing divides and flaws, glitches and

Our fragile world: Conflict, Pandemic, and vaccine inequity
Mar 17, 2022

Our fragile world: Conflict, Pandemic, and vaccine inequity

The COVID-19 response is forcing us to reimagine global institutions and their commitments.

Outer space and international security
Dec 28, 2019

Outer space and international security

The realm of space is “fluid, contested and driven by politics.”