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In coming weeks, the battleground in all probability, could be the LoC and the villages dotting the vicinity.
Amidst the US-China power struggle, global counterterrorism cooperation needs to be strengthened.
To take advantage of their favourable demographic transitions over the coming decades, the developing and least developed countries (LDCs) need to add
Given India’s position in the region and its history of supporting democratic traditions, Delhi is likely to exert pressure for the restoration of democracy.
Poverty is the root cause of child labour, which, despite being a priority for a succession of Indian governments, is yet to be eradicated.
This discussion drew heavily from Shashi Tharoor and Samir Saran’s new book — ‘The New World Disorder and the Indian Imperative.’
Across the globe, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on food and nutrition security. Efforts to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 on Zero Hunger have been stalled, and it is estimated that an additional 137 million people faced acute food insecurity as 2020 ended. The reasons are many: interrupted food supply chains, high levels of unemployment, loss of incomes, and rising food cost. Climate change and the resultant extreme we
The Covid-19 vaccination rollout has been slow in many parts of the world, and it might not be inaccurate to say that the newer, more transmissible variants have done a better job at immunising populations than the vaccine. More than 16 months since the global vaccination drive was started, wealthier countries have inoculated vastly higher proportions of their populations compared to the poorer ones. For example, as of late April 2022, the United
In addition to the fears of surviving this pandemic, citizens of West Bengal have to unfortunately cater to an additional anxiety resulting from — t
The pandemic will bring in more of the unorganised sector in the formal fold by means of the economic stimulus announced, and increase the government�
It is clear that developing countries have very lucrative opportunities in the field of trade in the coming post-COVID-19 world.
The recent incidents shed light on the desperation of the migrant labours in the South Asian countries that worsen during disasters like the present p
It stands to reason that not only is an investigation into the issue a vital necessity, but also that such an investigation would be incomplete and la
The treatment of women care workers in India highlights the gendered division of work, and continued undervaluation of women’s labour and care work.
India has done well with its neighbours by not giving up on them in their own hour of crisis. Even while the nation was faced with exigencies of every
Health crises may originate anywhere in the world, but the subsequent responses from the concerned countries characterise their roles as responsible c
Rapid and mass testing, setting up gigantic infrastructure is the biggest challenge in fighting the contagion in this slum colony.
How can we create innovative financing mechanisms in countries in the BIMSTEC region?
Considering that films and books, creator's freedom and that of the Press are not existential questions for which ready answers could still be found, whether enforceable or not, the answers too have to be in the realm of pragmatism.
Immersive technology is a key part of the emerging Web 3.0. A prominent aspect of this evolution of the World Wide Web is the Metaverse, which aims to build a fully immersive and self-sustaining virtual shared space for humans to use as they would the physical world in all aspects of life. Existing concerns and debates on privacy, user protection, and the ethics of monetising platforms also extend to the Metaverse. This brief discusses the three
China is facing crises on multiple fronts. However, when it comes to the upcoming Party Congress, the show must go on.
All players involved in the current dialogue over the Ukraine crisis cannot afford for it to escalate but use the opportunity to reconstruct existing
The Teesta issue poses unique challenges to both India and Bangladesh. The growing involvement of China adds a geopolitical dimension to this problem
Population can be an asset or a liability, depending on how India deals with it
Regulators around the world must address the faultlines in newer technology-led concepts like crypto that can reshape the global economy
While there is no explicit definition of cryptocurrencies under India’s regulatory framework, the focus is on investor protection, anti-money launde
While the initiatives taken at the UN, including the draft code, could be viewed as a step forward, the clear differences in what the American and Russian sides seek to address through such a mechanism will remain a stumbling block.
Constructing structural interventions without undertaking proper evaluations has led to man-made disasters.
Fifty years after the first LNG tanker sailed from Mississippi to UK in 1959 natural gas has finally matured into a global commodity. Gas is no longer limited to being a regional resource or a continental resource.
Fifty years after the first LNG tanker sailed from Mississippi to UK in 1959 natural gas has finally matured into a global commodity. Gas is no longer limited to being a regional resource or a continental resource.
New Delhi’s decreased policy manoeuvrability coupled with China’s decreasing need to comply with international norms and conventions is a dangerou
The lack of consensus amongst key stakeholders in the nuclear non-proliferation regime has been an underlying factor in the discord that surrounds san
Debt for climate swap has the capacity to promote climate action and potentially contribute to macroeconomic stability
