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India ranks 114 out of 142 countries in the Global Gender Gap index this year. Except Pakistan, most of the South Asian countries rank higher than India. What the index shows is a reflection of reality that no matter how rapidly India grows, women's status in society needs faster improvement.
Amit Krishankant Paul, The Siachen Story: The Inadvertent Role of Two German Explorers in Starting the Race to the World’s Highest Battlefield, April 2024, Observer Research Foundation.
Russia’s foreign policy underlines the significant role that both China and African countries will play
The election would conclusively indicate if the state prefers to align with the old formations which are local, less resourceful and more on the centr
Bangladesh and India should consider reviving the office of the Sundarbans commissioner with jurisdiction over the defined and agreed geographical are
The trilateral meeting will take place on 9 May 2018. It assumes considerable significance for several reasons.
Recent research has drawn attention to the potential link between air pollution and diabetes, indicating that environmental factors may play a crucial
The good news is, the current crisis in Ladakh bears some resemblance to these prior standoffs, all of which were peacefully resolved. The bad news is
Past experience and Occam’s razor suggest wolf warrior diplomacy has seized the day.
R.C. Cooper was a great admirer of the emerging economies of Southeast Asia.
The rise of BRI is directly proportional to American strategic confusion in Asia.
The Sino-Indian clash puts Russia in an awkward position.
An Indian Prime Minister's visit to China has always been of strategic significance. Rajiv Gandhi's visit to China in 1988 following Wangdung episode resulted in the formulation of Mutual Understanding, Mutual Accommodation and Mutual Adjustment for a long-term Sino Indian boundary solution.
From Kremlin’s perspective, as Europe is getting increasingly militarised, keeping Ukraine “neutral” is of strategic importance.
Equipping women with employable skills is a far greater challenge than skilling men, as most women in India work low-skill and low-paying jobs in the informal economy. It is a gap that needs to be addressed urgently, as skilling can expand work opportunities for women and increase their participation in the workforce. This brief analyses the participation of women in skills training programmes, underlining the biases that lead to women being trai
An attempt is being made to draw Damascus back into mainstream politics; however, the influence of foreign actors over the war-torn country will make
Recent headlines show India's renewable energy, especially solar, is slowing despite optimism. The government's coal focus hints at a shift.
The SIDs need to ensure that they are not viewed as pawns in the geopolitical competition but as important stakeholders in the region.
We risk missing out on a generational opportunity to shape global development through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In a talk at ORF, Dr. Bjon Lomborg, head of the Copenhagen Consensus think tank presented a critical evaluation of the 17 SDGs and 169 associated targets.
The state of Manipur has been steeped in violent conflicts between ethnic groups for decades. The latest, ongoing strife between the Kukis and the Meiteis that erupted in early May has exposed the failure of state forces to contain the violence, even as it reflects the deep-rooted hostility between the two ethnic groups. This brief attempts to engage with the multifaceted, historical ethnic conflict between the Kukis and the Meiteis of Manipur. I
India should adopt a similar approach to that of the other East Asian countries and ramp up spending on schooling and public health
The victory of the Opposition party in the recent South Korean elections will force the President to focus more on the domestic agenda than on foreign
The stability and security of Mozambique is a cause of international concern.
The threat posed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy to the Strait of Hormuz is real, but exaggerated. Its advantages in open, asymmetric warfare wo
As the country that hosts the EU institutions with Brussels known as the EU’s de facto capital, Belgium has been instrumental in the EU’s evolutio
The World Bank Group’s manipulation of Doing Business rankings to promote China is part of a larger and continuing malaise that needs to end now
It would be strategically and geopolitically prudent for India to extend assistance to Sri Lanka during such trying times.
The deteriorating economic crisis in Sri Lanka has grown into a political movement against the government who secured a landslide victory in the 2020
Is there an external hand in Sri Lanka’s internal crisis?
Despite the desperate attempts made by President Gotabaya to retain power, the country managed to oust him and take nascent steps towards re-democrati
Balancing both India and China to extract economic benefits came at a high cost for Sri Lanka as this strategy only postponed the inevitable economic
For Pakistan to become truly democratic, significant revamping of the country's structural scaffolding is necessary.
It seems that in Germany, as elsewhere, the contest that matters is no longer left versus right, it is open versus closed.
Pulses are the cheapest source of protein for Indians – and thus a favoured food item nationwide. The Indian pulses sector, however, faces numerous challenges. Scrutiny of the sector increased sharply after price fluctuations in 2015-16 and the increase in import of pulses. Government interventions, as part of the anticipated supply response to the shortfall in availability of pulses, did not entirely mitigate the problem. The sector stands at
India’s large defence industrial base has historically been dominated by public sector entities, although they have failed in meeting the growing requirements of the armed forces. The public sector suffers from inefficiency in productivity, innovation and international sales, rendering New Delhi highly dependent on arms imports. The government is taking steps to reform the public sector, even as it accords greater importance to the private sect
