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India will have to navigate through the challenges as it assumes the G20 presidency at a time of geopolitical instability
Indian planners would do well to reflect on some lessons from past missions.
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
Active work must be done to ensure that those without digital access are not left behind
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
Insider threats targeting nuclear plants have always been a concern. A stressful pandemic exacerbates those existing risks.
In the Interim Budget, the government seems to be focusing on important pillars of its Universal Health Coverage plans, namely healthcare infrastructu
The fact that ISIS has managed to attack in and around Baghdad is an anecdotal yet strong indicator that during this time of multiple crisis, the terr
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
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
For most coalitions — and especially so when they involve developing countries — there are usually doomsayers predicting its premature death. The
A new specter is haunting the world – the specter of unemployment.
The pandemic has worsened the problems that Latin America and the Caribbean were already facing. 2021 will surely be challenging in terms of political
It is apparent that local government bodies played a big role in controlling the pandemic, therefore they should be further empowered
The Chinese government is misusing the data collected under the pretext of public health interventions to suppress all forms of dissent.
To those at the helm of affairs and in the military, what leadership lessons do they derive from the ongoing worldwide crisis?
Let us resolve to leave the standing forests and other natural landscapes alone and revisit the provisions of forest land diversion under the legal fr
What we need is a shift of national economies away from fossil fuels on to a low-carbon footing and generate new jobs quickly.
Savings is an important feature of the economy, affecting both — the individual and economy’s macroeconomic factors.
The COVID-19 pandemic has once again highlighted the increasing frequency of spillover of infectious disease from wild animals into humans. The SARS coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) almost certainly “jumped” into humans from bats, evolved towards efficient human-to-human transmission, and caused a global pandemic. Ecological changes such as deforestation, increasing greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change are important drivers of disease
Online education is necessary because children benefit from structured learning environments, and there is a danger of them regressing if their educat
The COVID-19 response is forcing us to reimagine global institutions and their commitments.
“A simple take on the 4 Ps of the #Covid19 crisis”, and its impact on the retail investors.
With panchayats emerging as front warriors in the collective fight against COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister’s address to key members of rural self-
The goal of universal healthcare cannot be achieved without building accessible health facilities for people with disabilities.
While India’s malnutrition rates have improved over the recent years, the country is still home to the largest number of stunted and wasted children in the world. To combat the dismal state of nutrition in the country, the government launched the Prime Minister’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyaan (‘movement’) in 2017, a flagship mission that aims at a convergence mechanism for the country’s response to malnut
This paper examines the pre-pandemic slowdown, and subsequent contraction, in Indian economy. Utilising an analysis of broad macroeconomic and sectoral fundamentals, the paper argues that a notable lack of consumption and investment demand had already persisted before the pandemic; COVID-19 heightened those trends. Henceforth, India’s economic revival will be crucially dependent on demand generation by direct government fiscal intervention. The
