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Smart Grid technology solutions can not only help India reduce its transmission and distribution losses, but can also help leap to the future by bundling major public utilities over one single grid.
BRICS as an institution must nurture independent growth trajectories of member nations keeping their individual interest at the forefront.
Boris Johnson has succeeded in breaking the logjam in British Parliament on the deal by presenting a solution which has now much greater traction than ever before. However, that’s just not enough in overseeing Brexit.
The increase in funds allocated for improving the quality of life in urban areas by 12 percent, as pledged in the Interim Budget, is positively receiv
India, with its burgeoning digital landscape, needs to understand the significance of data centres and make substantial investments to harness their p
Bringing structural reforms to WHO is a crucial step to ensure the success of the proposed Pandemic Treaty and the amendments to the International Hea
The continuing Rohingya crisis has shown how little the subregion is equipped to deal with such a movement of displaced people from one member state t
Indian enterprises stand at the threshold of a lucrative venture, tapping into the thriving global carbon trading markets. These entities also play a
It is high time that the annual discussion around lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) delivers a legal or political framework for regulatory purp
The BRICS is growing more relevant and increasingly institutionalised. Economic growth rates continue to outpace the rest of the developing world. According to the UNDP, Brazil, China and India's combined GDP will be greater than the combined GDP of the US, the UK, Canada, France, Germany and Italy by 2020.
Beijing’s move, though unsurprising, is not without significance.
The 220 Km border between Sikkim and Tibet is the only delimited and demarcated part of the 4,000 Km odd Sino-Indian border.
Unlike the ‘area sabha’ of the Nagar Raj Bill, the decisions of the ‘jan sabha’ were to be binding on the wards committee in regard to local w
The significant gap in fiscally integrating climate change concerns within national spending needs to be addressed
Domestic politics and China’s influence will play a major role in hampering the growth of CSC
A decentralised cluster planning approach holds the key to social distancing in urban public spaces.
Changes need to be made at the grassroot level so that water available is optimised for usage
It is important that India steps up testing. The testing protocol needs to prioritise the high-risk group of individuals with travel history because t
Unlike in Kashmir, the population in the rest of the country has not witnessed weeks of curfews every year. The majority may not even know what a curf
Data localisation requirements under Turkish law have so far been sector-specific and, hence, limited in scope.
The data protection bill is an opportunity for India to be a partner under the CLOUD Act
The requirement of retaining one “serving copy” of all personal data collected within India is shrouded in mystery.
Addition of data localisation to the basket of persisting trade issues warrants greater compartmentalisation and consultative approaches to US-India t
India’s 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, which empowered local self-governments (Panchayati Raj Institutions) and reserved one-third of electoral seats in these bodies for women, has elevated women’s participation in rural governance. India is among the foremost countries for women’s participation in local governments, with over 1.45 million women shaping local decision-making. Women leaders are a critical link between local governance, s
There is a groundswell in Africa in support of local pharmaceutical production. Africa's dependency on the rest of the world for medicines may not las
The role of the State Finance Commissions between States and local bodies is supposed to mimic the role of Finance Commissions between the Centre and
A dedicated fishing ministry would be able to deal with fishermen's problems holistically. India can thus begin her correctives at home, and without reference to either the neighbourhood seas or the nations that own them.
The Rohingyas are among the world’s most persecuted communities, who, until a mass exodus in 2017, mainly resided in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. In 2017, about 712,179 Rohingyas made their way to Bangladesh, taking the total number of Rohingya refugees in that country to 855,000.[1]The overcrowding caused by this influx at the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps has led the Bangladesh government to consider temporarily relocating the Rohingya refugees t
Considering the changes in modern living, glocalization could turn out to be a viable alternative to globalization
India still has about one week left before deciding the fate of its nationwide lockdown. Therefore, if there are lessons to be learnt from the countri
It is hard to deny the benefits acquired from hydropower, however, the local environmental compromises cannot be dismissed.
There is a need to move beyond empowerment towards improving the ability of urban women to join and remain in the workforce
Using your data to analyse behaviour trends is also acceptable, if only aggregated, secondary data is made public.
