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It is understood that not only gender equality suffers a setback when women leave the workforce, GDP suffers a blow as well
The announcement of developing Integrated Biorefineries at COP26 displays a willingness on India’s part to explore bio-solutions as a viable form of
Education in India is compulsory and free for primary and middle school, yet about 20 percent of children aged 6-14 remain absent. Analysts offer various explanations for India’s continued challenges in ensuring universal basic education, including lack of access to schools and poor educational environment. In this context, an index measuring the health of the early education system can be a valuable tool. This paper devises a Performance, Infr
A deliberate strategy of not tackling the novel coronavirus from the start has left the pandemic out of control in Brazil.
In the first of a three part series, an excerpt from Sandeep Bamzai’s latest book, “PRINCESTAN: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India” rev
In the second of an three part series, an excerpt from Sandeep Bamzai’s latest book, “PRINCESTAN: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India” d
In the last of a three part series, an excerpt from Sandeep Bamzai’s latest book, “PRINCESTAN: How Nehru, Patel and Mountbatten Made India” deta
Upon close scrutiny of the scheme, an obvious question comes to the forefront: was the scheme a governance measure or political manipulation?
In 2022, the Government of India is set to introduce the new Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) that will provide direction to the country's broader trade policy regime in the succeeding five years. This FTP will be more difficult to draft than the previous ones, for various reasons including the increased global pressure to address trade policy uncertainties, the need for alignment with the self-reliance mission, Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, and the tenu
Inordinate focus on the military threat obscures the larger political impact of China’s rise, which will have a bearing on India’s interests and e
Ahead of polls, he will seek to leverage the trip for political ends. India should stay focused on the wider agenda
Once Narendra Modi steps away from the minefield of Nepal's domestic discourse on the Hindu state, the Indian Prime Minister will find the shared Hindu and Buddhist heritage a solid foundation on which to build a new and lasting edifice of bilateral cooperation.
The lesson of 2019: The Modi generation, which is and will be India’s most influential ever, will reshape this country
With both China and the United States jockeying for position, nearly every geopolitical challenge facing Asia will be exacerbated by this new phase of
The hyped jingoistic ‘surgical’ action did nothing to deter Pakistani ‘misadventure’
An internationally accepted ‘redback’ and financial institutions under Beijing give China the requisite arsenal to project economic influence and
Transboundary water politics in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin areaffected not only by inter-government relations between India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh,but also by dynamics on different scales, including the hydropolitics between Indian stateswithin the basin. At the same time, the disputed issues, and the patterns of power dynamicsbetween actors, are similar in transboundary interactions in the basin as well as in inter-stateinteracti
The simple fact is that there are no easy answer for progressives, whether in Europe, Asia or America.
If a Chinese-funded military base were to come to Cambodia, it will affect regional security in the Southeast Asian region.
Even before Donald Trump's tough stand on immigration, H1B visas had become a lot tougher to come by.
With common interests ranging from countering terrorism and Chinese hegemony to promoting trade, the India-Uzbekistan virtual bilateral summit is a mo
How can G20 assist the Global South to undo the negative impact of the pandemic in the education sector and help achieve the SDG targets?
Political polarisation gnaws at American democracy from within as mutual intolerance has drastically increased in the United States.
Strategists in New Delhi would have to factor in that a two front confrontation with Pakistan and China cannot be ruled out. US response in this case is an uncertainty. We need to remember that in the ultimate analysis, China is the resident power and the US is a distant power.
Despite the limitations posed by urban farming, promoting it as a critical urban function will prove to useful in the long run.
It is easy to criticise Nehru today. His priority then, as it remains that of our country today, is to take poor Indians out of poverty and protect the country's territorial integrity. Given the circumstances, he did not do a bad job, and he did it without murdering millions as was done in China, or overturning democracy, as was the case in many countries of the time.
While digital connectivity proves to be a boon, many countries are concerned about the threat posed by the PRC’s satellite programme.
Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar’s visit to the Maldives came as the politico-electoral climate in Maldives began heating up
As India celebrates the 76th year of its independence, it continues to robustly and cautiously engage with its neighbours, confront new challenges in
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s four-day official visit to India, will be underscored by serious concerns which will challenge Delhi-Dhaka ties.
For Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, some seriously onerous tasks are out there which require swift and sophisticated handling.
The real American dilemma is to find allies in Islamabad who reduce and not multiply anti Americanism
The terrorists may be an extreme minority, but they have successfully coerced the majority?or, to be more accurate, enthralled them?into sympathy for them. They have successfully also intimidated a large number of writers, artists, journalists, film-makers, many of whom live in exile.
The impact of the Kachin conflict should also be evaluated in terms of Myanmar?s ties with other nations, especially Japan ? a nation that is one of the principal aid providers and architects of Myanmar?s path to development.
