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The achievement of global sustainable development goals (SDGs) depends largely on India’s progress, given the country’s massive size and its moderate historical success in key health and nutrition outcomes over the last several years. This further increases the relevance and need for effective monitoring of India’s performance, through timely and disaggregated data, which ensures systematic assessments and course-correction. As India will b

A review of Delhi’s water sources reveals that there is a shortage of supply even though water is tapped both within and outside the state for suppl

The flailing multilateral system has led global corporations to rethink just how connected they ought to be

Countries in the Gulf region are facing a proverbial perfect storm: oil demand falling to its lowest levels in decades, disagreements within the group of oil-exporting nations on supply cuts, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The plummeting of oil prices is affecting these countries’ fiscal positions, business sentiments, and economic growth. India has stakes in all this; after all, the country has strong economic, commercial and diaspora ties with th

Among the estimated 1.3 billion people across the world who have no access to electricity, 70 percent are women. This brief discusses the impact of energy poverty on India’s rural women. As women are primarily responsible for securing food and energy for their family, they are the ones who are worst affected by the lack of access to clean and modern energy. The brief calls for a more holistic approach in research and policymaking on energ

Peace and war are not the only options in any bilateral relationship. Numerous issues, more or less serious, emerge between two countries which demand

Questions about the utility of globalisation are not new. Could the COVID-19 outbreak be the final nail on the coffin for an idea that drove the world economy in the past three decades?  In theory, countries would produce what they specialised in, leaving it to the market to ensure everyone got a better price for it. As 2020 began, the pandemic spread from one province of China and soon disrupted production across the world. Countries banned the

The drastic and sudden drop in Venezuelan and Iranian oil exports to India in 2019-2020, due to the looming threat of US secondary sanctions, is the latest supply chain disruption to India’s energy security. To avoid similar disruptions in the future, India must act decisively to increase its Strategic Petroleum Reserves to meet at least 90 days of emergency oil stocks, and combine lobbying efforts between India’s private and public oil compa

Washington has made its intentions clear—foundational technologies are a matter of national security.

As of now, the Quad’s formal agenda is modest. It remains a platform for leaders of the four countries to meet each other collectively and bilaterally. Meetings have so far taken up the issue of providing vaccines, building supply chains, mitigating climate change and providing humanitarian relief. An unstated aspect of the Quad grouping is supply-chain resilience and the need to have a chain which is not linked to China.

China may soon find it difficult to source semiconductors specific to the development of artificial intelligence, expanding on US export control measures announced in October 2022. The US is preparing to constrain access of Chinese companies to US cloud-computing services.

The visit of Modi to Washington D.C. promises to be a harbinger of a major transformation in US-India defence ties

The reinstatement of India’s GSP benefits could also serve as the much-needed boost for US-India trade to capitalise on emergent opportunities.

Decoupling, like sanctions as a geopolitical tool, can be a substitute for outright conflict, and this has started a controversy that is likely to be

Most analysts agree that a dangerous mix of demand, supply and currency is responsible for Punjab’s drug menace. Punjab is both a transit point and a market for the drugs smuggled from the so-called Golden Crescent that is Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. While the heroin produced in Afghanistan is smuggled through the 553-km-long, porous India-Pakistan border, the opium, poppy husk, charas and hashish, among other drugs, come from the neighbour

The demand for basic infrastructure and services in Indian cities has increased phenomenally due to rapidly growing populations. Such unmet demands often adversely affect the quality of urban life, the economic productivity, as well as the process of sustainable development. The main purpose of this brief is to highlight the problems involved in improving access to water supply in Indian cities faced with a severe water shortage crisis. A case st

In the Middle East, which continuously suffers from chronic disorder, water supply systems are increasingly becoming both political lever and objectiv

This paper highlights the importance of water valuation and pricing for sustainable and efficient water allocation and management in India. An efficient water-pricing mechanism could be a tool to address the impending crisis of water scarcity, which necessitates a robust, objective, and holistic valuation technique. Every unit of water consumed for economic purposes has an ecological footprint, and this opportunity cost or externality factor need

While a trade war theme is expected to remain in play periodically, the global economy will continue to tread along a relatively stable path. However,

Every war has its share of the unexpected. However, the impact of the lockdown on the economic chain, even if expected certainly did not anticipate th

Hasina’s victory will likely put Delhi-Dhaka relations under more scrutiny -with the West expecting India to be vocal about the state of democracy in Bangladesh

With a robust increase in coal consumption worldwide, grand challenges await the entire world in future

The Russian attack on Ukraine’s agricultural industry has largely destroyed the agricultural supply chain. The impact has been felt on the Indian economy as well.

Baghdad can figure in India’s energy calculations more significantly given the geopolitical developments in recent times.

New Delhi and Seoul are two key players in the Indo-Pacific in terms of their respective maritime geographies, geopolitical capabilities, and foreign

Germany’s image as the leader in green energy and the creator of “Energiewende” (energy transition) is under siege. According to a recent study, the self-committed goal to reduce carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2020 will likely be missed. This potential shortcoming does not come as a surprise to Germany and has been an intensively discussed issue for many years. Does this mean the end of Germany’s energy transition? This paper anal

The 9th India-Japan bilateral is taking place in New Delhi this week-end. PM Abe is reaching Delhi on December 11. Two of the main issues that need to be resolved to take the partnership to new heights are the civil nuclear agreement and the supply of Japan's indigenously made US2 amphibious aircraft to India. Will Abe and Modi be able to achieve this?

In line with this year’s World Food Safety Day theme, this brief explores the role of proper food standards in ensuring the safety, quality, and int

The WTO has served as ‘constructed focal point’ during the pandemic by helping countries coordinate their policy responses.

European efforts to find a footing in China present opportunities for India.

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शेख हसीना यांच्या विजयामुळे भारत आणि बांगलादेशाचे सबंधांवर आणखीन शंका वाढण्याची शक्यता आहे. बांगलादेशातील लोकशाहीच्या स्थितीबद्दल भारताने आवाज उठवावा अशी पश्चिमेची �

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भू-राजकीय आणि भू-आर्थिक गट अशी युरोपीय महासंघाची प्रतिमा

विकासाची उद्दिष्टे आणि ऊर्जा संक्रमणाची उद्दिष्टे साध्

भारताचे कार्बनविरहितीकरणाचे मार्ग हरित उर्जेच्या निर्मिती क्षमतेवर अवलंबून आहेत.

कोरिया, जपान आणि युएस यांच्यातील वाढत जाणाऱ्या भागीदारीच्या लवचिकतेवर कॅम्प डेव्हिड शिखर परिषदेचे यश अवलंबून असणार आहे.

महामारी के इस मुश्किल दौर में हमें विनम्र बने रहना होगा

तंत्रज्ञानाच्या स्पर्धेत चीनला अन्यायकारक मार्गाने फायदा मिळण्याची भीती अमेरिकेच्या धोक्यांच्या आकलनावर अवलंबून आहे.

चीनचे धोके कमी करण्यासाठी भारताचे मजबूत अर्थव्यवस्थेच्

ईयू (EU)ने आपल्या धोरणात्मक निद्रेतून जागे होत चीनबाबत ठोस

इराणचे परराष्ट्र मंत्री होसेन अमीर-अब्दोल्लाहियान यांनी अलीकडील आखाती दौरा केला. ज्यामध्ये संयुक्त अरब अमिराती, ओमान आणि कुवेतच्या राजधान्यांमध्ये ते थांबले होते.

भारत जागतिक सेमीकंडक्टर हब बनण्याची आकांक्षा बाळगत आहे. त्या दृष्टीने भारतासाठी इस्रायल हे अनुसरण करण्यासाठी एक मॉडेल आणि चांगले भागीदार बनू शकते.

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